Historic Milestones

  • Period: Mar 13, 1483 to Mar 13, 1546

    Martin Luther

    Mrtin Luther translated the bible from latin to vernacular language. This allowed people to be educated in thier own language.This avocated schools to teach children how to read. This allowed adults and children to be able to read.
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    John Comenius

    John Comenius wrote Orbis Pictus, the first picture book for children. This helps with sensory support. He also believed that education should accur through the senses. That this should also grow with children. As they grow older thier teaching should start from easy and get harder. This help with developing a learing plan.
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    John Dewey

    He started the progressive education movement. Created child centered education. This formed the discovery of learning. This emphanzied children and thier interests rather than subject matter.
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    Jean Piaget

    Jeanwas interested in how children learn and develop intellectually. he devoted his life to conducting experiments, observing children and developing and writing about his cognitive theory. His development therory understand how individuals think, understand and learn.
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    Erik Erikson

    Hebelieved that childrens personalities and social skills grow and develop within the contex of society and society's demands and expectaions. he had a psychosocail development based on the idea that congntive and socail development occur hand in hand.
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    Abraham Maslow

    Therory of self actualization based on needs motivation. Human development is a process of meeting basic needs throughout life. Humanistic psychology. This movement was all about love and affection for all children.
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    urie Bronfenbrenner amd ecological therory

    Looks at childrens development within the context of the systems of relationships that form thier enviornment. Five interrelating systems- microsystems, mesosytems, exosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem; they have powerful impact on development. each system influences the other.
  • howard gardner

    The believed in the therory of multiple intelligencies. Nine abilities. teachers have developed programs and curriculm to match childrens particular intelligencies.