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1522
Bible is Translated
In 1522 Martin Luther translated the bible from Latin and Greek to German, making it easier for more wide-spread learning. Luther also advocated for schools to teach reading as well as more wide spread education. -
John Locke
John Locke was a crucial part of the development of Early Childhood Education because he introduce the idea of experience based learning. Locke believed that children were born as a blank slate (or "Tabula Rosa") and that every experience that they had shaped the way that they learn and who they become. Locke also believed that by using this you can raise children in the way that society wants them to be raised, which helped form the way public schools were structured. -
First Picture Book Created
In 1658 John Comenius created the first children's picture book, titled "Orbis Pictus". This was significant because this was part of Comenius' belief that learning should occur early in a child's life while they are more receptive to it. -
Jean-Jaques Rousseau
Jean-Jaques Rousseau and his practices are at center of developmentally appropriated practices that we still use today. Rousseau believed that children should be able to develop naturally with limited interference. -
Infant School Created
Robert Owen believed that education could help children overcome the situations that they were born into and that educating children very early on could help to reform society. With this idea in mind, Owen opened his own Infant School in Scotland which housed children from 18 months to 10 years while their parents worked in the cotton mills. -
First Kindergarten Founded
Inspired by ideas and theories from John Pestalozzi and John Comenius, Friedrich Froebel opened the first world's first kindergarten in Germany. Froebel believed that children are like plants and teachers are like gardeners which inspired the name kindergarten (garden of children). Froebel also believed that children learned the most though play and incorporated that throughout his kindergarten. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education was a landmark court case that began the racial integration of schools. This case enforces an inclusive classroom that supports all ideas and cultures. -
Individuals with Disabilities Act
This act is the renaming and extension of The Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. This act helped to begin integrating education and special education as well as promoted the inclusive classroom that we know and value today.
