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Jan 1, 1534
Martin Luther Translated the Bible
Martin translated the Bible from Hebrew and Greek, because he believed that it was improtant for children to learn how to read in their own language. The translation was into German. Being able to read in your own language is the start of universal eduction and the importance of learning to read. -
John Amos Comenius Creates the First Picture Book
John created the first picture book called Orbis Pictus "The World in Pictures". This book showed everyday activities with pictures along with words. It taught kids by using their senses. -
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Jene-Jacques Rousseau
Roussean belived that chidren should be showen symtathy and comassion. He found progression throught develimental stages, along with the impratans of learning though instruction and play. -
Robert Owen Opens a School
Owen believed that teaching children was the way to shape socity for the future. With this belief he opened a school for infints to 10 years old. The kids went there while their parents worked in Owen's cotton mills. -
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John Dewey
John Dewey believed in learning through experiment and descovery. He belived that children learned by exploring and playing with things that interested them better. He also belived in solving problems through real-life experiences. -
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Maria Montessori
Maria decovered the Montessori method which focuses on development of itellect though materials. Believed that senses were the source to development. She focused on the importance of schools and familys working together in the childrens development. -
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Lev Vygotsky
Lev focued on children's mental, language, and soial development. He believed that children learned not on their own but with others. Children learned through activities that was done with other classmates or with assistance from either the teacher or their assistant. -
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Urie Bronfendrenner
Urie believed the develpment of chidren was influenced by the childs enviromnet. There are Fie inviroments systems: The microsystem, the mesosystem, the exosystem. the macrosystem, and the chronosystem. Each were a level of how children were vewed in that inviroment and their development.
