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Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1200
Roman Empire Falls
Children were not given a long childhood, expected to get into the work world to help support the family. (taught how to survive) -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1400
Medieval
No educational system church was in charge. children were thought needed to be punished and corrected. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1500
European Renaissance and Reformation
Basic education for the poor and girls.
Printing press invented which made reading a household thing, parents read stories to their children. Idea of universal eductaion and literacy. -
Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jan 1, 1546
Martin Luther
Suggested many revolutionary ideas like, all towns should have schools, both genders should be educated, schools should encourage intellectual, physical, religious, emotional, and social ideaolgies. -
Jan 1, 1500
1500's
children began to live longer.
Reading, writing and math become subjects taught to children. It was recognized that parents could not teach children themselves. -
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John Amos Comenius
“To seek and find a method by which the teachers teach less and the learners learn more, by which the schools have less noise, obstinacy, and frustrated endeavor, but more leisure, pleasantness” first years of life our crucial to development -
Colonial America
Children were taught to read the bible by their fathers to disencourage evil behaviors.
schools were for boys and for the rich. Mostly based upon religious beliefs. -
Romantic and Radical
Blank slate theory came about. Hands on learning was important parents were thought to be the best teachers and were let to develop naturally. -
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
Education should be post poned until a child is 12, during this time they shouldn't have books and should learn from natural settings. -
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Johann Pestalozzi
Modeled practices currently used in early care and education:
Careful observation of children
Recognizing the potential in each child
Strengthening peer relations
Sensory learning -
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Friedrich Froebel
Created circle time for kindergarteners thought music should be incorporated to break up class time, teach concepts -
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Industrial Revoulution
Children learn best by learning. Upper middle class went to school. Developmental milestones become important. Reading instruction should begin in second grade. -
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Sigmund Freud
psychoanalysis -
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John Dewey
Progressive Movement ideas
Education should be integrated with life
Education should preserve social values
True education occurs in social situations
Children’s instincts and powers create starting points for education
Active learning is essential -
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John Dewey
Education should be integrated with life
Education should preserve social values
True education occurs in social situations
Children’s instincts and powers create starting points for education
Active learning is essential -
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Margaret McMillan
Emphasized outdoor play
Believed in facilitating emotional development
Parent involvement
Children’s art -
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Patty Smith
Founded the National Association for Nursery Education, later renamed NAEYC and currently the largest and most influential organization for early care and education profession -
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Maria Montessori
Helped special educations students prepare for testing -
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Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Initiated excellent model program
Research children and their development
Train prospective nursery school teachers -
Normal Education
First normal school for teaching education. -
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Abigail Eliot
model for Head Start programs that included:
Child-sized equipment
Comprehensive program, including health care
Variety of materials (Froebel, Montessori, McMillan)
Full-day program
Work with parents -
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Lev Vygotsky
concept of imaginary play -
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Jean Piaget
child actively constructs
Learning as a social and collaborative endeavor
Learner-centered activities
Cross-disciplinary activities
Topics for inquiry driven by students’ interests
Emphasis on understanding and application
Authentic measures of assessment -
Progressive and Developmental
Play is a form of learning. Nurturing and Affection was centered around children. Because of WWI WWII nursery schools created to take care of children while moms were working. -
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Erik Erikson
Education should be integrated with life
Education should preserve social values
True education occurs in social situations
Children’s instincts and powers create starting points for education
Active learning is essential -
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Abraham Maslow
hierrachy of needs -
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Benjamin Bloom
Development in the early years of a childs life is extremely important. -
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1940-1950
Mothers were pressured to stay home with children until they were around three. Lots of research going on about mental stimulation so moms were expected to help with mental health. -
Maternal Care and Mental Health
created to take care of many mental problems being discovered in children in orphaneges. -
Launching of Sputnik
Consensus that America needed better education to catch up with Russian scientists
Renewed interest in preschool education
Overemphasis on intellectual performance -
1960
ideas of the 1940's and 1950's are replaced -
Anti-Biased Curriculum
Ground-breaking ideas about how young children can overcome bias
Strong influence on diversity education
published 1989 -
No Child Left Behing
government initiated act to provide quality equal education to all children.