ECE History Timeline

  • Period: 1483 to 1546

    Martin Luther

    Reading became a noticed skill to have. It became noticed because Luther believed that bible should be practiced through scripture, which required to be able to read.
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    John Locke

    Locke had a theory that a child's mind was developed by how they were raised and what surrounded them during that time. If all children are given the opportunity to get an education at an early age, there would be less chance at failure in the future.
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    Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

    Johann believed that our senses were the base to how we learned. A child's knowledge on understanding the world started with being able to manage their body.
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    Robert Owen

    In 1816, Owen opened up an infant school in New Lanark, Scotland and two years later, opened up the first infant school in London. He started his first infant school to care for the children of his cotton mills workers.
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    Progressive Education Theory

    John Dewey believed that children should learn through experience. His theory was usually called "progressivism", referring to learning to live, overcome obstacles and be socially prepared.
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    Maria Montessori

    Maria had came up with a system on improving educational ways for children with disabilities. Maria organized many children schools in Rome, with Casa dei Bambini being the first one. Thousands of schools have adopted the Montessori method.
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    STEM

    Science, technology, engineering and mathematics became important due to superiority. After WW2, the United States passed a law, to require these as subjects.
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    Elementary and Secondary Education Act

    Congress passed a law providing fund to help educate low-income children's education and lunch. Over 17 million children have been provided lunch and education.