Literacy Timeline

By jilliannoel18

  • First Education Law Passed

    First Education Law Passed
    In 1642, the first education law was passed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The law stated that children must be taught to read and write. In 1647, a second law was passed that stated that "all towns must establish and maintain public schools". These are major events in literacy education because this started the trend of people learning new things which will ultimately lead to new discoveries. (Mass Moments,1)

  • Pestalozzi

    Pestalozzi
    Pestalozzi was a theorist who believed in the idea of natural learning. He developed the idea that learning can be done with natural elements in the world and incorporated that with informal instruction (Asbury, 7). In 1770, Pestalozzi had his first son who he named Jean Jacques after the philosopher Rousseau. Pestalozzi taught his son using Rousseau's work as a basis for his education. After following Rousseau's works, Pestalozzi developed a new instruction based on psychology. (Pestalozzi, 1)

  • Webster's Dictionary

    Webster's Dictionary
    In 1806, Noah Webster published the first American dictionary (Merriam-Webster, 1). This was a huge event for the education world because it taught people so many new words and has continued to help people become more educated. After Webster published the first dictionary, he started to work on his next project which was "An American Dictionary of the English Language". This work that Webster did was published in 1828. (Merriam-Webster, 1)

  • John Dewey

    John Dewey
    In 1966, John Dewey came up with the idea of progressive education. Dewey believed that children learn best when things interest them and that children also learn from the world around them. Social interactions were also something that Dewey thought was important in education because we learn new things from the people we interact with. (Asbury, 9)

  • Piaget

    Piaget
    Piaget is someone who is a big deal in the education world. In 1969, he came up with the idea of cognitive development and that children go through different stages of development (Asbury, 14). He broke down every developmental stage for each age and he explains how we evolve at those ages. Piaget believed that we learn best by engaging with the world around us. (Asbury, 14)