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John Comenius
John C. wrote the first children's picture book, Orbis Pictus. He also believed a child could best learn using all of their senses. His biggest influence of theorists, would be learning/ teaching would benefit the learner most if it progressed from easy to difficult. This contributes to the work and grading done throughout the year for all grades. They star of seeing with seeing what the student is capable of, then they slowly challenge the student. -
John Locke
"tabula rasa" or a blank tablet is what John said children are born like. He believed a child's education should start early on in their lives. This comes to us now a days, having so many schools, and programs both offline, and online to give children a head start in their education. It's something that we're starting to see more, and more of, many people believe their is no right age limit for a child to start learning. -
Montessori Method
Maria Montessori came up with a method used in many schools and programs, everywhere. It has over 100 years of research, and it's based on the scientific observations on the growth of children from birth, and up. Maria said "I instinctively felt that mental was more than an educational than medical problem.". She shined a light on the fact that setting the right environment was an important factor in learning. Today, we focus on the students individual needs such as special needs education. -
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Once known as NANE (National Association for Nursery Education) the NAEYC, is the "core" of the Early Childhood Education (ECE) field. They throughout the years have had on main goal and that is young children and their education, the NAEYC has in their mission statement, "..connecting practice, policy, and research." They adopted the code of ethical conduct in 1989, which to this day is still being used in the field. The NAEYC has adapted throughout the years along with the education field. -
Sputnik
After WW2 ended in 1945 The U.S and Soviet Union were still in a competition, and this time it was a race to be the first in space. Sputnik is the name of the Satellite the Soviet Union launched into space. The U.S in result of being defeated, and now worried created STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) program. Today, we see many schools who focus and pursue these fields for hopes of advancing in the future. Nobody could imagine a competition would open up a vital program to us all. -
No Child Left Behind
This law was signed in by President George W. Bush. In hopes that the act No Child Left Behind (NCLB) would help close the education gap between "poor and minority students and their more advantaged peers.". However there was many mixed emotions on this law in the communities as well in educators. With this law not only did standardized testing change, so did the qualification of the teachers. Many believe that it was a step back on the individualized education every student once had. -
Preschool For All Initiative
Made by President Barack Obama, his goal is to be able to offer every child a proper and outstanding education. He believes early childhood education is a big investment for our future. Being that so many people before him, it's hard not to agree with his vision, that the children are our future. In his words, "So let’s do what works and make sure none of our children start the race of life already behind. Let’s give our kids that chance.". I was not able to confirm if or not it will take place. -
Every Student Succeeds Act
The Every Student Succeeds Act or ESSA is the act that was used to revise the No Child Left Behind law (NCLB). It was signed in by President Barack Obama. This law that is optional gives the schools the flexibility they didn't have under NCLB to decide on all of their goals (long, short, internal goals, etc.). Having ESSA now in effect shows in schools around the country, on how they decide what standardized test (ACT, SAT, etc.) can be taken, as well as the qualification of their teachers.