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John Amos Comenius
John Amos Comenius, spent his whole life teaching school and writing text books. He wrote two famous books called "The great Didactic" and "Orbis Pictus". Considered the first picture book for children. John Comenius, believed education should begin in the early years because " a young plant can be planted, transplanted, pruned and bent this way or that. When it has become a tree these processes are impossible". -
John Locke
John Locke, is best known for his theory of mind as a blank tablet, tabularasa. According to Locke development came from the stimulation children recieve from parents and cargivers and through experiences they have in therir environment. -
Jean Rousseau
Jean_Jacques Rousseau, is best remembered for his book Emile, the opening lines of which set the tone for his education and political views:" God makes all things good; man meddles with them and they become evil." Because of this belief Rousseau advocated the "natural" education of young children, encouraging growth without undue interference or restrictions. -
Johann Pestalozzi
Johann Pestalozzi, was influenced by both Comenius and Rousseau. Pestalozzi believed that all education is based on sensory and that through the proper sensory experiences, children can achieve, their natural potential. To achieve this goal, Pestalozzi developed "object lessons", manipulatives that encouraged activities such as counting, measuring, feeling, and touching. Also wrote two books "how gertrude teachers her children" and "book for mothers" For parents to teach young children -
Civil rights to Education of today
In the 1960s the civil rights movement permanently altered the course of education as we know it today. With the civial rights movement, the fedral government became more involved in ensuring education for all and altering the environments of education as a whole -
Equal Opportunity in Education Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 included a provision that protects the constitutional rights of individuals in public facilities, including public education. Congress amended the Civil Rights Act in 1972.. The education amendments of the Civil Rights Act are now called the Equal Opportunity in Education Act -
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget, was intrested in how children learn and develop intellectually. He devoted his life to conducting experiments, observing children (including his own), and developing and writing about his cognitive theroy approach to learning piagets theory is a constructivist theory -
National Assessment of Educational Progress. (NAEP)
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Assessments are conducted periodically in mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography, U.S. history, and beginning in 2014, in Technology and Engineering Literacy
