Education Timetable

First Cave Images

62,000 BCE

Cave paintings, whose oldest example were found in in the Spanish caves of La Pasiega, Maltravieso,Ardales and considered to be sixty four thousand years old, allowed mankind to transfer generational knowledge with less loss, create stories, mix practice with rituals to better pass it to the next generation and overall helped to prevent groups of humans from reinventing the wheel as it were. (Despite the wheel not having been invented yet.)

Written Documents

3200 BCE

By the start of 3200 BC written documents have had started to appear. First starting in Mesopotamia as a method of keeping records, which helped teach the generations to follow results of various attempts, it soon evolved and contained more abstract shapes. While certain scholars had rather low opinion of paper, claiming it was going to rot the brains of the students, writing was to stay.

First Academy

510 BCE

The first formal education academy in the history was Pythagoras Academy. As the name implies it was founded by the philosopher Pythagoras. The classes took place in open space and students were taught philosophy,mathematics and science.

The Abacus

480 BCE

Simple counting tool that used moving beads to aid calculations, it allowed to calculate complex mathematical formulas without use of Arabic numerals or positional notation. Its use was first attested by Heredotus in Egypt in 480 BCE

First Paper

105

The method of creating paper was first discovered in China. It is often considered to have been discovered during the year 105 A.D. Discovery of paper allowed students to retain far more knowledge as well as allowing the spread of various teachings far further than would be possible through oral tradition.

Manuscript Transcription

382

Copying - or transcribing - manuscripts by hand was an important task carried out by monastic communities across Europe. Apart from impeccable style, skilled copyists often adorned their work with illustrations and ornately-decorated letters. Overall, copying things by hand helps students improve their handwriting and develop calligraphy skills

Academy of Gondishapur

489

Despite being overshadowed by other centers of learning of the ancient world, the Academy of Gondishapur - established under Sasanid dynasty in Persia - was an important milestone in history of education. Apart from their work on philosophy sciences, Gondishapur can be credited with creating modern system of medical education - students were expected to work at the local hospital supervised by the faculty members, and had to pass exams to prove their knowledge before they were allowed to operate

First Printing Press

1040

Referred to as movable type, the first reusable printing press was developed by Bi Sheng. It had various stones that could be moved to allow different things to be printed by the same machine. This allowed many confucian classics to be printed, allowing many students to prepare for state exams.

Gutenberg Printing Press

1450

Often considered to be one of the end dates of Medieval period, the discovery of printing press in Europe - separate from earlier invention in China - greatly increased the spread of information across Europe, including ideas of the upcoming Reformation. But it also helped in making general knowledge much more accessible to prospective students

Public Education

1600

With sweeping societal changes, Europe also saw the advent of public education. With less ties to religious institutions, more compulsory programs and widespread use of learning aides in form of books, schools now provided much better quality of education to general populace, including some forms of basic education to lower classes

John Amos Comenius

1639

In 1639 John Amos Comenius, a philosopher and a pedagogue from Bohemia, published his first work. Many of Comenius's ideas became a cornerstone of modern schooling: he first suggested dividing schools between kindergarten, elementary, higher and college levels of education, as well as learning languages through vernacular and interactions, rather than theory alone.

Blackboard

1801

While earlier dates have been suggested, 1801 marks first attested use of chalkboard in education. Blackboard was an important invention for both students and teachers. Easy to write on and erase, it provides workspace for all kind of writings and calculations, but also a quick way to convey ideas in graphical form

Magic Lantern

1838

Developing from an earlier device called "camera obscura", magic lantern itself can be seen as a predecessor to modern projectors used in education. In 1838, Royal Polytechnic Institution in London started using projected images in their lectures, often drawing huge crowds of listeners

Pencil

1870

While the original idea on how to make pencils was conceived in first half of XVI century, it took almost three hundred years to make them what they are today. At the end of XIX century, America became largest producers of pencils, providing probably the most easiest and convenient writing tool for students worldwide

First Computer

1882

While not relevant on it's own, the first working computer served as basis for all future computers which are of great use in modern times. It was designed by William Ferrel and completed in 1882

Ballpoint pen

1888

Invented by John J. Loud, while the initial ballpoint pen was too rough to allow writing letters, within a few decades it was refined enough to allow students around the world to use it for notetaking.

Calculator

1902

The years 1902 and 1903 saw two people making the same discovery - James L. Dalton in the United States and Ryōichi Yazu in Japan both came up with idea of calculating machines utilizing familiar, button-based input. Their creation proved to be indispensable, especially in the higher levels of education

Stereoscope

1909

While largely forgotten and displaced by video nowadays, the stereoscope used to be an important part of public education in the early XX century. Being able to show 3D images, it allowed students (especially those in rural areas) to "visit" distant places and learn about things like geography, animals or culture. In fact, American survey from 1923 showed that tens of thousand of those were in use in public schools throughout the country

Radio Education

1920

First started by BBC broadcasting various educational programs, radios served to send exercises through broadcasting, through the years it helped many understudies.

Filmstrip Projectors

1925

The precursor to the projectors we have in our time, filmstrip projectors helped serve to allow students to watch educational media or otherwise engage them with visual aids.

First Television

Sep 7, 1927

While still primitive at this date, television served as the basis for many educational programs and continues to serve as such through both documentaries and educational channels.

Film projector

1930

Both magic lantern and stereoscope had one fault - the images they project were non-moving, and thus less interesting to students. But with the development of the film projector - now in size available for a standard classroom - a wealth of visual materials could be presented to students

Overhead Projector

1960

Created by Roger Appeldorn, this machinery allowed teachers to project various images to the screen with the inventor personally reaching to teachers in order to get them to use his invention. While it is still in use in some places. It has been marginalized in favor of better technology.

First Handheld Calculator

1967

Developed under the codename "Cal Tech" First calculator served as basis for modern calculators that allow students to make complex calculation in class without having to haul large computers, making modern positive science education possible.

VHS

1977

First VHS was invented in Japan and it then proceeded to serve as basis for many educational videos due to it's portable nature, it allowed teachers to project far more complex images far easier.

First Laptop

1981

While the first laptop was yet to be put in mass protection, future developments would allow students to have access to technology during class without the educational instutitions having to make substantial investments.

References

2023

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