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Johann Amos Comenius
Pictorial textbooks written in native languages instead of Latin. Teaching based in gradual development from simple to more comprehensive concepts. Lifelong learning with a focus on logical thinking over dull memorization. Equal opportunity for impoverished children. Education for women -
John Locke
He revolutionized the study of epistemology or how the mind gathers knowledge. He created the modern education system by combining ethics, physical training, and reason.
He argued for a broadened syllabus and better treatment of students in his thoughts Concerning Education (1693), which was an enormous influence on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's novel Emile (1762). -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean Jacques Rousseau was a philosopher and educator who advocated for natural and moral education. He wrote his educational philosophy in his book Emile, where he proposed a new way of teaching children based on their interests and stages of development. He also influenced the arts and culture by promoting the expression of emotion and taste1. -
Johann Henrich Pestalozzi
Advocating education of the poor and emphasizing teaching methods designed to strengthen the student’s own abilities. Encouraging harmonious intellectual, moral, and physical development. Methodology of empirical sensory learning, especially through object lessons. Use of activities, excursions, and nature studies that anticipated Progressive education. Emphasizing writing, drawing, singing, exercise, model making, mapmaking, group recitations, and field trips. -
kindergarten
Academic Excellence and Cognitive Development Children get a head start on their academic careers in kindergarten. Social and Emotional Skills. long-term Success and Well-being. Parental Engagement and Community Impact. Closing the Opportunity Gap. -
Robert Owen
Owen's biggest success was in support of youth education and early child care. As a pioneer in Britain, notably Scotland, Owen provided an alternative to the normal authoritarian approach to child education. -
Rudolf Steiner
Steiner education is known for providing a sound and practical basis for working with children, enabling them to find their creativity and to become free individuals who can think for themselves, make their own judgements and find their own purpose and direction in life. -
Friedrich Wilhelm Froebel
He was a sincerely religious man who, because of his belief in the underlying unity of all things, tended toward pantheism and has been called a nature mystic. His most important contribution to educational theory was his belief in self-activity and play as essential factors in child education. -
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori has made many contributions to the education system, some big ones include promoting open classrooms, encouraging customized learning for every student, and introducing manipulative learning materials that allow students to engage in a hands-on approach when learning about a new concept. -
nursery schools
Perfect balance of rest and activity to ensure that every child is in good health. Enhancing the vocabularies of the children in the most interesting story-telling or enacting manner. Improving the social behavioral patterns of the kids. Teaching students to remain disciplined and consistent in their lives -
A.S. Neill
In 1921 he created Summerhill School as an experiment in free learning. The success of this school and Neill's writings about his experiences at Summerhill profoundly influenced and motivated the Free school movement of the 1960s and 1970s. -
Sputnik
Though Sputnik was a relatively simple satellite compared with the more complex machines to follow, its beeping signal from space galvanized the United States to enact reforms in science and engineering education so that the nation could regain technological ground it appeared to have lost to its Soviet rival. -
High Scope
Were more likely to graduate from high school. Committed
Were more likely to be employed. Earned more than those who did not go to preschool or did not participate in a HighScope program. -
DAP
The overall goal for using DAP is to support excellence in early childhood education through decision-making based on knowledge about individual children and child development principles combined with knowledge of effective early learning practices. -
Media and Technology
Longer attention span. Increased intrinsic motivation to learn. Higher classroom participation and student engagement. Greater academic achievement. Stronger digital literacy. -
no child left behind
In 2001, the reauthorization included No Child Left Behind, which asks the states to set standards for student performance and teacher quality. The law establishes accountability for results and improves the inclusiveness and fairness of American education. -
Social Reform
A desire to reform and expand education accompanied and informed many of the political, social, and economic impulses toward reform. Three particularly important core components of education reform developed in the antebellum period: education for the common man and woman, greater access to higher education for women, and schooling for free blacks. -
Standards
Students are completely aware of what they are expected to know or be able to do. By adopting and following standards, and informing students of their goals, administrators can hold teachers and students accountable for classroom progress. Standards-based instruction guides planning and instruction and helps teachers keep their focus on the learning target. -
Head Start
Our results show that Head Start participation has an important short term benefit to children during preschool, supporting their readiness for elementary school. Importantly, we find larger gains in cognitive skills in the bottom of the skill distribution, though these gains fade out when children enter elementary school.