ECE103 Chapter 1 Timeline

  • Johann Amos Comenius

    He wrote the first picture book for children call "Orbis Pictus." He believed that education should follow the natural order of things. He also believed that children should be able to learn at their own pace.
  • John Locke

    Consider the founder of modern educational philosophy. He was the first European educators to talk about individual differences in learning. Also to add more sensory learning and playful activities along with drills to teach the children.
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    He believes that education should be goodness and spike interests in activites for the children. His idea of education was teaching in short times and using the brain development to back it up.
  • Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

    Johann believed good education meant the development of the senses. He wanted to include how to teach basic skills and the idea of caring for a child while educating. One of his greatest contribution was combining Roussseau's with his own thoughts.
  • Kindergarten

    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.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Froebel

    He was known for "Father of the Kindergarten." His organization included learning, curriculum and teacher training. He wanted education to be pleasant for children.
  • Robert Owen

    Robert grew concerns over children working such as cotton mills at the age of 6. Robert then stopped children working before the age of 10 and then reducing their time for school. He then built an infant school which included children from ages 3-10, with programs that included nature study, dance, songs and stories.
  • Maria Montessori

    The first women in Italy to get a medical degree. She studied children's diseases and used her knowledge with disabilities to learn.
  • Social Reform

    The theme for social Reform was for schooling leads for children to have a social change and improvement. Also to improve the child's well-being, with physical and social activites for the child.
  • Rudolf Steiner

    Rudolf states that childhood is one of the most important phases in life and that the environment needs to be protected and nurtured. The teacher's job is to understand each child's temperament, mother figure, and self-motivation to predominate.
  • Media and Technology

    The concerns around technology is the exposure to non age appropriate content through social media, TV, IPhones, and more. This can be with pushing children to adulthood too quickly and moving away from childhood too early. This has brought all ages at risk.
  • Sputnik

    Pushing more onto math, science, technology, and engineering (STEM) into school lessons from an early age
  • Nursery Schools

    Nursery schools fostered the child's development. Nursery Schools include Day Nurseries, Parent Cooperatives, and Labororatory Schools.
  • Head Start

    This program provided educational, medical, social, dental, nutritional, and mental health services for preschoolers with low income families. Over time Head Start has given developmental services to more than 10 million children and families.
  • A. S. Neill

    He was the most famous proponent of the free/natural school movement. He claims that most education is assuming children are evil.
  • HighScope

    HighScope addressed the effects of poverty on the child's development and putting more attention on cognitive aspects of learning. The federal government founded two studies on the different education approaches. They were called "Planned Variation" and "Project Follow-Through"
  • No Child Left Behind

    A federal program that all public schools are required to give statewide standardized tests along with report cards for all students.
  • DAP

    Developmentally appropriate practices. A good foundation of teaching regardless of the setting and engaging in practices. Commonality, Individuality, and Context.
  • Standards

    Was created to make sure that all teachers were meeting current teaching requirements and this ties together with DAP