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Feb 20, 1500
1500-1700: The Foundation
In the early years of education philosophers such as Martin Luther, John Amos Comenius, and John Locke contributed the first textbooks, the blank tablet, and stressed the importance of literacy. Without these early influencers and great minds education as we know it today would most cease to exist.
Morrison, G. S. (2015). Fundamentals of early childhood education (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill. -
1700-1850: From Naturalism to Kindergarten
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi believed that children learned best through touch. (The early versions of what we now call centers) Using manipulatives, feeling, and counting. Friedrich Wilhelm Froebel is known as the "father of kindergarten." Froebel compared children to "tender plants," He compared the role of a teacher to a gardener. Kindergarten means "garden of children."Morrison, G. S. (2015). Fundamentals of early childhood education (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill. -
1850-1950: From A Garden of Children to the Children's House
John Dewey's work in education is in fact today still influential. His theory of Progressivism stressed that children are more than school work and related reading and math to real life activities such as cooking and crafting. Maria Montessori developed a system that stressed that early childhood education could possibly be the solution to what many people thought were medical problems such as, retardation.Morrison, G. S. (2015). Fundamentals of early childhood education (7th ed.). -
1964: The Economic Opportunity Act
While in office President Johnson created an act that would attempt to level the playing field for those who were impoverished. To promote education and health. From this act stemmed the Head Start Act of 1981. In 2007 president Bush signed a law to reauthorize the head start program through 2012.
http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/policy/head-start-act
Morrison, G. S. (2015). Fundamentals of early childhood education (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill. -
1965: Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is created in 1965 to help low income families to get educations. It benefits schools in buying new and better materials and updating facilities. It also created school lunch programs to help kids get a meal for the day. Morrison, G. S. (2015). Fundamentals of early childhood education (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill. -
1975: EAHC Act
In 1975 a policy was put into place for children with disabilities to "ensure free public education." In 1990 the EAHC was renamed IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), the idea behind these acts is to ensure equal opportunity education for all children no matter what their obstacles. This act is still working today.
Morrison, G. S. (2015). Fundamentals of early childhood education (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill. -
2001: No Child Left Behind
This act is put in place to measure how children are understanding their learning through standardized testing. All fifty states have certain standards that they need to hold each student to, to measure growth, the ability to understand the material being taught to them, and the effectiveness of the teaching.
Morrison, G. S. (2015). Fundamentals of early childhood education (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill. -
2013: President Obama and Preschool
In 2013 President Obama asked congress to expand quality pre-school care to every child in the United States. This act is called The Preschool for Initiative. This initiative provides access to education for children under the ages of 4. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/13/fact-sheet-president-obama-s-plan-early-education-all-americans