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John Locke
John Locke believed that every child was born equally. He believed that they were shaped by their social environments and the adults that teach them the most. He also believed in people's rights. -
Johann Amos Comenius
He was one of the first people to recognize the importance of educating kids at a young age. He wrote a book to moms called "The School Of Infancy". He wanted to encourage parents into getting their little ones into education at a young age. He believed this would help them when they would go into kindergarten. -
Johann Henrich Pestalozzi
He believes that in the classrooms, kids should be allowed room to play and use their creative minds to create things. This is good for problem solving as kids learn how to solve their own problems. Having this will encourage them to work on their own and make their ability to judge gets better -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques believes children should be taught minimum facts with the concept of discipline being learned in stages in a fair way -
Robert Owen
He believed that teaching should be based off of children's interest and that learning should occur from playing and different activities. He opened the first infant school in the United Kingdom. -
Kindergarden
German was the first country to have kindergarten. Kindergarten has gone through many social changes throughout the years. At first it was for poor students and then it went to be led by churches. The kindergarten we know today is the first grade that students enter when they go to school to help them become more independent and prepared for the following grades. -
Friedrich Wilhelm Fröbel
Friedrich invented kindergarten. This was the start of children education systems. His goals were to teach children how to learn, observe, reason, express and create through play, employing philosophies of unity and interconnectedness. -
Social Reform
Social Reform is the idea that schooling for young children will lead to social change and improvement. Kids need to interact with each other, form relationships, and develop a sense of self in relation to other -
Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf emphasizes the importance in rhythm, routine, activities, sensory experiences, body awareness, and fine motor skills. He wants to have children be active in their own learning and want to learn. -
Nursery Schools
Nursery school helps children to have a structured day. It also helps them get into a routine for when they go into kindergarten or further schools. This will also help them develop social skills and learn quicker on how to communicate with their peers or express their feelings in a healthy way. -
Maria Montessori
The Montessori Method encourages self-directed learning that promotes self-confidence, independent thought and action, and critical thinking, while fostering social-emotional and intellectual growth - cognitive, language, social-emotional, and physical. -
DAP
DAP stands for developmental appropriate practice. DAP is important because it insures that children are learning the best they can on the content they need to learn in an engaging way -
Media and Technology
Media and technology have changed every aspect of the world including education. Technology helps teachers ease through teaching and display things to the students. These help students develop important skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration and communication. This started in 1951 when videotapes became a thing. -
Sputnik
Sputnik helps to encourage kids to pursue Science and engineering. This ensures that Science is being taught at a young age from an interesting teaching point so that kids are encouraged to like it more. -
High Scope
support and expand the children's learning by observing and listening, asking appropriate by learning experiences. A high scope classroom looks like having blocks, comfy chairs, art area, house area, and quiet area. This allows children to be in "different" areas throughout the classroom and day. -
A. S Neill
A. S Neill believes that teachers should leave children alone in some circumstances so that they can fend for themselves and learn how to problem solve, interact with their peers etc. He thought that if the teachers helped them with every single thing, is a waste of time. -
Head Start
a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children from birth to age five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. -
Standards
Setting standards is very important. Standards help guide the learning, planning and instruction to make sure that the teachers are being kept on the learning. -
No Child Left Behind
This is a law to ensure that every child is meeting the curriculum and academic standards. All students are required to participate in assessments. States have to prove that students are making academic progress throughout the year.