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Justin Smith Morrill/ Morrill Act
Sponsored by Senator Justin Morrill allowed the creation of donating public lands to states that could provide colleges. -
land Grant University
A designated college that receives benefits of Morrill Act -
Jean paiget
a Swiss psychologist and genetic epistemologist. He is most famously known for his theory of cognitive development that looked at how children develop intellectually throughout the course of childhood -
BEGINING OF FACS
11 people gathered for a conference in New York at Lake Placid -
child development begins
The Foundation for Child Development started as an Auxiliary Board of the New York City Children’s Aid Society -
Erik Erickson born 1904
Erik Erikson built upon Freud’s work. He identified eight separate stages across the lifespan. He believed that in each stage we face a crisis that needs to be resolved in order for us to develop socially and emotionally. -
AACC
he Auxiliary Board was established as the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children (AACC) separate from the Children’s Aid Society to teach and aid children with disabilities -
Ellen H. Richardson
Founded the American Home Economics Associations ( later known as the American Association of Family and consumer science -
Smith lever Act of 1914
established a national Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans about advances in agricultural practices and technology. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
formally National Vocational Education Act, U.S. legislation,, that provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics. -
The Symbol
the American Home Economics Association adopted the Betty Lamp as a symbol for the association. -
Vocational education Act 1963
provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. The funds were earmarked for occupations in demand. -
Vocational amendment of1968
addressed the nation's social and economic problems and continued funding for students who were at risk or with disabilities. The STWOA supplied funding to states to connect education and careers for all students. States could apply for five-year grants. -
Comprehensive Child Development Act
States the finding of Congress that: millions of children are suffering from lack of child development service -
The name change
I in recognition of its evolving focus on child development and of its status as a grant-making organization, the Association changed its name to the Foundation for Child Development -
vocational amendment of 1973
prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment, and in the employment practices of federal contractors. -
congressional science fellowships
in partnership with the William T. Grant Foundation, the Foundation established Congressional Science Fellowships through the Society for Research in Child Development. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
required states receiving federal funding for vocational education to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. -
Lev Vygotsky (
Vygotsky developed his theories around the same time as Jean Piaget but the main difference was that Vygotsky emphasised the importance of relationships and interactions between children and more knowledgable peers and adults. -
Carl Perkins Act
will provide an increased focus on the academic achievement of career and technical education students, strengthen the connections between secondary and postsecondary education, and improve state and local accountability.
