ECE chpt 1

  • Johann Amos Comenius

    a child educator who wrote the first ever picture book for kids
  • John Locke

    He published an essay where kids that were born with a tabula, or rasa meaning a clean slate
  • Jean Jacques Rousseau

    he is a swiss writer and his main topic of discussion was kids are not evil but naturally good, he is known for his book Emile
  • Johann Henrich Pestalozzi

    a swiss educator that had different theories on education and caring that have formed many of teaching styles and practices for kids
  • Kindergarten

    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.
  • Fridrich Wilhelm Froebel

    one of the major contributes to early childhood education he is best known as the father of the kindergarten
  • Robert Owen

    follower of Pestalozzi and extended his concerns for special families that were working in the cotton mills of Wales
  • Rudolf Steiner

    He was a historical theorist who's educational philosophy was shown as a approach to early childhood education
  • Maria Montessori

    she became the first female physician in Italy, she worked in the bad parts of Rome with her poor children and most of them went into disabilities
  • Sputnik

    he was the world's first successful exploration of space which later on caused upheaval in educational services
  • Nursery schools

    nursery schools custodial healthcare and they fostered and watched the child's total development
  • head start

    it began in 1965 as a demonstration program aimed at providing educational, social, medical, dental and mental health services to pre schools for children
  • Social Reform

    in Britain the term infant school refers to the kindergarten and primary grades, the plowden report proposed a series of reform for the schools
  • A.S Neil

    he was the most famous proponent of the "free/ natural school" he is known for his book summer Hill which describes 40 Years of an educational program
  • Media and Technology

    the introduction of technology has changed from tv shows, to video games, computers, phones and tools to make work easier, weather meda has been bad or good it is here to stay for children and their education to get a see on what technology is and how it will be a part of their future
  • High scope

    this was made to help address the effects of poverty on a kids development throughout life and focus attention towards learning
  • No child left behind

    This was passed because, it was met to improve public school attendance and their over all work in class, with this there was also a test that all kids have to take to get a report card
  • DAP

    it is known as developmentally appropriate practice, it is to focus on how kids grow and learn at different ages
  • standards

    NAEYC had professional standards and guidelines to support the ethical early childhood education, they included developmentally appropriate practice, accreditation standards and teacher preparation guidelines