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Sep 2, 1540
Martin Luther King
Fought to open up schools to teach children to read. He also translated the Bible into German which allowed people to learn in native language. -
John Amos Comenius
He spent his life being a teacher, and writer. And Created the first picture book for children. -
John Locke
Invented theory of "tabula rasa", which translated to blank tablet, beleived in the stimulation children receive from parents, to learn and acquire who they are. -
Robert Owen
Beleived that childrens enviroment contributed to their beleifs behaviour and achievements, the use of enviroment to shape childrens character. -
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Beleived that all education is based on sensory impressions. -
Friedrich Willhelm Froebel
"Father of Kindergarden". The idea that a teacher's job is to observe childrens natural unfolding. He also likened the goal of teacher to a gardener. -
Maria Montesorri
The Montesorri Method of teaching, and schools currently alive all over the world. Her Method is used in over 4,000 early childhood propgrams. -
John Dewey
Accomplished more than any other person to re direct the course of education. "Progressivisim", emphazied on children and their interest as opposed to subject matter.
