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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau was a philosopher who was born in 1712. His theory is that children's learning should be natural and should follow the child's development. This relates to literacy in the way that students can only be as literate as their developmental level allows them to be. -
Testing became popular
Between 1930 and 1940, testing became popular which had an impact on the years to follow. -
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The Research Era
Starting at the 1960s and ending at the 1980s, there was an era full of research in the field of Early Childhood Education. This era provided change in the literacy practices for young children. -
Marie Clay
Credited to be the first person to use emergent literacy. Emergent literacy allows children to be exposed to books early on. -
John Dewey & Progressive Education
John Deweys' theory of progressive education mentioned that students don't need to be taught math or reading formally. A teacher reading students a story would be beneficial. -
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget brought up the idea that children need to be involved in their learning. -
Theory of Intellectual Development
Lev. S Vygotsky had a theory that learning happens as children are faced with new concepts. It is as if children learn by building off of what they already know because they store it in their mind. This relates to literacy because that is a primary method of how a child learns to read. -
National Reading Panel Report
This analysis provided important research found about literacy success. This report included beneficial strategies on how to teach children to read. -
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
This act was passed in 2001 with the main goal of making sure every child is a fluent reader by the time they reach grade three. -
Race to the Top
Under Obama's administration, this grant was launched for underachieving schools. Race to the Top put the accountability on the schools to make sure their students were meeting standards for their testing. Teachers would receive money if their students did well. -
Common Core Standards
Standards provide a guideline for teachers and the content students need to learn. Common Core Standards were put in place to have all American schools following the same guidelines.