History of Education - The Colonial Period 1642-1776

  • Period: to

    Comenius

    Identified developmental stages of learning and universal education
  • Dame Schools in The Colonial Period

    Dame schools started in the colonies in New England where women would turn their homes into schools to teach reading, writing and computations.
  • Latin Grammer School

    Boys only private school to prepare them for college.
  • Harvard College

    Founded for a need to train clergy for the new commonwealth
  • Massachusetts Bay School Law

    Head of households must teach their dependents to read the english language or face a fine.
  • Period: to

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Distinguished schooling from education