Timeline for curriculum development

By lsalud
  • Jan 1, 1524

    Reformation- Martin Luther

    Parental education, primary source of education was the family, the church and the workplace.

  • Old Deluder Satan Act

    This act required the opportunity for receiving an education to be voluntary.

  • Compulsory Education in all New England Colonies

  • Development of Special Education

    1800-1850 Historical development of special education began in Europe.

  • France had a well established tradition of public custodal care for their mentally ill and disabled population.

    This dated back to 1656.

  • Therapeutic Optimism Fades

    Therapeutic Optimism began to dimish gradually and be replaced by a renewed pessimism regarding individuals with a mental disablity.

  • First General Compulsory School Law in Massachusetts

    law stated that children 8-14 would attend school 12 weeks a year.

  • Local Law Control

    almost all of the 32 states had laws and local control.

  • Laws for State School Systems and School tax in place

  • The Committee of Ten

    The National Education Association appointed a Commitee of ten individuals to establish a stadard curriculum which students were to follow. This committee was chaired by Charles Eliot, the president of Harvard University.

    This commitee recomended that students have 8 years of elementary education and 4 years of secondary education. This is the same structure that we see in place today in the United States and also numerous places around the world.

  • Educational bodies established

    The bodies established were: superintendents, national education association, etc.

  • "Identical Theory of the transfer of training"

    Edward Thornidke wrote psychology that makes ideas of various educational claims simple and easy to understand. These ideas lead to helping educators decide what was important and what needs to be taught.

  • all states adopted complusory school attendance

  • Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education

    There are sevel cardinal principles of secondary education: health, command of fundamental processes, worthy home membership, vocation, civic education, worthy use of leisure, ethical character. It was necessary to reorganize secondary education because of the increased enrollment. This commission was instramental in starting a standard of forming goals before reforming schools.

  • Four Fundamental Questions

    Ralph Tyler wrote Basic Principles of Curriculm and Instruction. This book listed four fundamental questions that must be answered in order to develope any curricum and/or plan instruction. The four questions were:
    1. What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?
    2. What educational experiences can be provided that are likely to attain these purposes?
    3.How can these educational experiences be effectively organized?
    4.How can we determine wheter these purposes are being attained?

  • Blooms Taxonomy

    Benjamin Bloom wrote Taxonomy of Educational Objectives and Handbook 1: The Cognitive Domain. He identified six levels within the conitive domain. Teachers are still using Blooms taxonomy today. This defines the lowest level of thinking as the recalling of facts to the hightest level of thinking as a classified evaluation.

  • Curriculum mapping introduced

    Curriculum mapping was introduced in the mid 1970's. English also developed a Curriculum Audit. This is still used in schools around the world today. A curriculum audit helps to govern and control policies, gives direction and learner expectation, connectivity and consistency with programs, assessment and feedback, and finally helps monitor productivity and efficiency.

  • The Seven Step Lesson Plan

    Madeline Hunter created the seven step lesson plan. This helped educators plan for effective lesson plans.

  • National Standards

    Howard Gardner and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics published Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics. This was the first set of national standards set into place, other academic areas followed this model.

  • Goals 2000: Educate America Act

    President Bill Clinton created a special council to certify national and state content as well as performance standards.

  • Differenciated Instruction

    Carol Ann Tomlinson helped with the advancement of differenciated instruction by helping educators respond to the needs of all learners not just the students that fall within the standard "norm".

  • No Child Left Behind Act

    President George W. Bush signed the federal elementary and secondary education act (ESEA) into law. This law calls for extensive implemtnation of state educational standards addressing national criteria tied to federal funding.

  • Concept based Curriculum & Instruction

    H. Lynn Erickson helped educators learn more about concept based curriculum and instruction.