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Johann Amos Comenius
John Amos Comenius was a Moravian philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education -
John Locke
John Locke wrote about children and their education and he even published an essay describing his beliefs. -
Robert Owen
Robert Owen was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the co-operative movement. -
Social Reform
Social reform is reshaping and reforming culturally accepted laws and norms in light of new cultural paradigms. -
Johann Henrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach. He founded several educational institutions both in German- and French-speaking regions of Switzerland and wrote many works explaining his revolutionary modern principles of education. -
Kindergarten
The first class happened in Germany and it influenced many people around the word to start offering education for younger kids around the world. -
Friedrich Wilhelm Froebel
Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel or Froebel was a German pedagogue, a student of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities. -
Rudolf Steiner
Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a literary critic and published works including The Philosophy of Freedom -
Nursery Schools
Early nursery training centers stressed good health and hygiene for children, parent education for better mothering, and children's education and habit training through play. -
Maira Montessori
She was the first woman in Italy to be granted a medical degree. She studies children's diseases and works with kids with intellectual disabilities. -
Media and Technology
When technology was introduced into classrooms it improved the speed of learning. Computers and iPads were no longer just seen as toys, but as tools to use to gain knowledge. -
Sputnik
Congress poured money into improving math skills in primary and secondary schools. -
Head start
promote school readiness by enhancing young children's social and cognitive development -
High Scope
HighScope is a way of working with children based on the idea that children learn best from active learning experiences which they plan and carry out themselves. -
A. S Neill
Alexander Sutherland Neill was a Scottish educator and author known for his school, Summerhill, and its philosophy of freedom from adult coercion and community self-governance -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational thought. -
DAP
DAp is the principle of standards that taught practice that developed education. The practices taught young children some of the most important development tasks and they learned through interactions, and thinking about experiences. -
No Child Left Behind
an act of Congress requiring schools to demonstrate their success in terms of the academic achievement of every student. -
Standards
When the United States started to focus on education standards. The common core standards were released and new standards in English-language arts and mathematics for grades K–12.