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This social reformation brought freedom for the people. After this Reformation children were seen as good and pure. Also with the use of the printing press books were able to make a difference in the education department.
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Johann Amos Comenius was a Czech educator who wrote the first ever picture book for children called Orbis Pictus. He believed education should follow the natural order of things, as well as learning at their own pace.
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John Locke was an English philosopher, and was the founder of modern educational philosophy. Locke believed that children were born neutral and with a "clean slate" and this was called the concept of tabula rasa.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Swiss writer the proposed the idea that children were not evil but purely good. He believed education should reflect the goodness of children and allow new ideas and interests.
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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss educator that believed that education should be the development of the hand, the head, and the heart of the child. He wanted to teach children basic skills but also care for them.
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Robert Owen was an industrialist that expressed his concerns for social reforms to families of those working. He took his ideas to the British House of Commons and spoke against child labor.
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German was the first country to have kindergarten. Kindergarten has gone through many social changes throughout the years. At first it was for poor students and then it went to be led by churches. The kindergarten we know today is the first grade that students enter when they go to school to help them become more independent and prepared for the following grades.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Froebel was the person to open the first kindergarten in the United States. This changed education over the US because even today we have kindergartens all over the world.
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He was an Australian philosopher, scientist, and artist that encouraged mainstream education in Europe. He believed in the children's spiritual development, imagination, and creative gifts. Steiner believed self-discipline came from the child's will to learn and engage.
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Maria Montessori was the first female physician in Italy. She worked with poor children and kids with intellectual disabilities. She developed the Montessori Method which is a philosophy of child growth. She believed education should start at birth and early ages of childhood.
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Nursery schools were meant for physical and intellectual needs as well as a place for care for the children. This is supposed to be a gentle place for growing and playing .
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A.S Neill founded the Summerhill School in England. This school became the model for the "free school" movement.
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The Sputnik was an launch of the Soviet satellite and the first successful exploration of space. This caused a uproar in the the education department. People had two main questions in most Americans minds. Why were we not first in space? What is wrong with our schools? This pushed our education on education quickly to catch up to the soviets.
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This was an observation that used eight categories of development for children ages 6 weeks to 6 years old. The teacher would then take notes and observe the children's behavior.
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This was a program the provided education, social, medical, dental, and mental health services to preschool children that came from a diverse population of low-income families. This continued and overtime services were provided to over 10 million children and families.
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Technology has made major improvements over the world's and to many generations like, children, parents and families. This can be good but also bad. There is an increasing concern to children and the effect on their future. Children are generally moved at a faster pace than needed at their age.
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DAP (Developmentally Appropriate Program) offers lots of learning opportunities for young children. Not only did they wanna focus of literacy but as well as STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). This is to gain high quality teaching and learning.
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No Child Left Behind was a legislation that was passed to improve public schools performances. This gave funds to public schools to have annual tests and specific report cards.
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Standards describe the type of learning that should be happening also including most areas of the developmental domain. Standards help show skills and where teachers need to help kids and show them what comes next.