Timeline

History of Education Timeline

By wigintona
  • Hunter Gather
    100,000 BCE

    Hunter Gather

    In the beginning children's learning was based on play and exploration.
  • Introduction of Agriculture
    10,000 BCE

    Introduction of Agriculture

    Children were put to work in the fields to raise crops and food.
  • Rise of Industry

    Rise of Industry

    The goal was to create better workers for the factories. "Education was understood as Inculcation"
  • Conventional Schooling

    Conventional Schooling

    The 20th century brought about the idea that education was a child's job. Forced learning for 6-8 hours a day.
  • Apple Inc.

    Apple Inc.

    The Apple company comes up with the idea to put a computer into every school. The program is called Kids Can't Wait (KCW)
  • Apple's Idea of a New Classroom

    Apple's Idea of a New Classroom

    Apple expands it's idea into a program called Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (ACOT).
  • The Internet

    The Internet

    The Internet changed the limitations of the classroom. Schools and children could connect across states and nations.
    Virtual field trips and visuals.
  • COVID

    COVID

    The pandemic of COVID forced schools to shut down and go remote. Teachers had to recreate education in the realms of students' own homes.