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Johann Amos Comenius is the founder of modern education. Johann believed that everyone should have access to education. He found many different learning styles by using the 5 senses, and promoted step by step learning. He wrote Orbis Pictus, the first illustrated textbook for kids, making schooling easier and more fun.
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He published his first essay about children being born with a tabula rasa, or clean slate. Another essay concerning human understanding.
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Jean-Jacques is a swiss writer and philosopher. His main argument was how kids aren't inherently evil, but naturally good. Known for his book "Emile", He reasoned that education should show interest to children.
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A swiss educator, offered theories on education that formed basic knowledge and showed practices of early child education. He believed good education meant development of senses Pestalozzi stressed the idea of integrated curriculum would develop a child, and not basic learning.
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German was the first country to have kindergarten. Kindergarten has gone through many social changes throughout the years. At first it was for poor students and then it went to be led by churches. The kindergarten we know today is the first grade that students enter when they go to school to help them become more independent and prepared for the following grades.
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One of the most major contributors to early child education. Best known as "Father of the Kindergarten", His educational thoughts were, curriculum, and teacher training helping education for younger children.
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A follower of Pestalozzi, Owens established labor practices for the workers of social reform and schooling their children. He was a self made business man who reached to his ideal community
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A. S Neill founded Summerhill school in England. Which he used for a "free school" movement to show student freedom. He then published "Summerhill" book in 1960.
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Rudolf was an Australian philosopher, scientist, and artist. He gave lectures that led to the establishment of schools known as Waldorf education.
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Maria became the first female physician in Italy. Worked in Rome with poor kids and intellectual disabilities. Seeing that they lacked motivation, she opened a preschool, "Casa di Bambini" and had her first class with 50 kids.
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The Soviet satellite and the world's first successful exploration of space. Soviet technology was a change in American education. This invention quickly settled on engineering, science and math.
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Nursery schools were beyond custodial health care. Kids were enrolled from middle to upper class homes, until in the 1960s schools would serve few poverty students.
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Head start began as a demonstration program for education, social, medical, nutritional, and mental health services to preschool kids with low income parents and providers. Dr. Edward was the first director of child development and US chief. In 1972 in transformed into a full year program. Head start is the largest publicly funded education program (for younger kids) in America.
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British infant schools had a strong commitment to social reform. Plowden Report proposed series of reforms for the schools. Three aspects to these now opened schools were, mixed age groups, integrated day, and learning how to identify problems.
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Standards is the degree or level of requirements, excellence, or attainment that is mandated by local or national government agencies that describe the learning outcomes for various age groups.
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Children need to find balance with media. Kids brains aren't fully developed, and with such media and technology it doesn't help learning. Now, kids are pushing to adulthood quicker because of the media.
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High scope addressed the effects of poverty on children's development and attention. Two studies, Planned Variation, and Project Follow Through, address effects of programming from preschool through third grade.
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In the US, the "Leave No Child Behind" registration passed. This meant all public schools that receive federal funds must do standardized testing to all students. This also specified detailed report cards for all students.
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DAP, also known as developmentally appropriate practices, is the foundation of good teaching for younger kids, based on practices. While making sure you are teaching a child the appropriate topics, you want to also make sure you are having a fun teaching style to help a child grow and learn. While being familiar with DAP, you have to ensure the public is familiar with these priorities. The "Save Our Schools March" event did just that.