C.C. Van Liew

Dr. C.C. Van Liew Portrait as President of Chico State Normal School in 1909 Charles Cecil Van Liew (C.C.) (February 15, 1862 - ) was a prominent American educator, educational theorist, and pioneer of American Herbartianism throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the United States.

Early life In 1862, Van Liew was born in Aurora, Illinois to Frederick Hobart and Mary Van Liew. His father practiced and studied medicine. He was educated within common-schools and graduated from high school in Aurora in 1881. He also was a student under Rein, which further deepened his interest in educational pedagogy and theory. In 1893, Van Liew received his Ph.D. and returned to the United States to work within normal schools. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and prominent figures of Herbartianism within the United States. In addition, Van Liew was secretary-treasurer of the Illinois Society for Child Study until he moved to California in 1897, where he served as president of the Chico State Normal School.