Early childhood education concept

History & Development of Early Childhood Education

  • Period: Feb 18, 1503 to Feb 18, 1546

    Martin Luther Life Summary

    Martin Luther was a very influential person throughout his whole life. He created his own church to help educate people to have more faith in their lives. Martin translated the new testament from Latin to German, so that the people could become more educated about the bible and to learn the true word. He became the dean of theology and advocated for children to be able to learn how to read.
  • Period: Apr 2, 1529 to Apr 19, 1529

    Martin Luther's Preface Book

    This preface laid out the duties of married couples as well as the the Christian training of children. Luther wanted to make sure parents understood how important it was to educate their children.Training your children and showing them the way to go was more important to Luther than buying your children materialistic things.
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    The CHildren's House

    Maria Montessori opened her school, The Children's House, in Rome that were fit for children of low income families. Even today there are hundreds of school that has opened. Maria Montessori gained her philosophy from observing how kids learn naturally. She taught many children who were malnutrition,uneducated, and homeless. This is what motivated Maria to make a difference.
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    Margaret McMillian

    Margaret McMillian suggested that students get free school lunches. Margaret opened up a Open-Air Nursery School & Training Centre for ages 18 months - 7 years old.
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    Rudolf Steiner

    Rudolf believed that if kids play this enables them to use other skills that they have such as talk, socially interact, use their imagination and intellectual skills. Steiner established a school for the children Stuttgart, Germany. Steiner's encouraged teachers to focus on the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of each student.
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    Jean Piaget Theory

    Jean Paiget was the first psychologist to study cognitive development. Paiget theory consists of child cognitive development, observational records and studies of cognition in children and assessment tests. All of these tools were needed to discover the different cognitive abilities in children.
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    Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program

    A program tat was created by Hilary Clinton. The program gave parents resources needed to enable them to teach their children at home before they were able to attend Kindergarten. Hillary Clinton initiated a national call to establish high quality Pre-K. Hillary wanted to provide programs at no cost to children from low-income homes.
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    No Child Left Behind Act

    This act was signed by President George W. Bush. This act was basically put the responsibility of the students on the school. So if the student were performing poor then so will that school. This enusres that no sudent will be left behind or left uneducated.