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He wrote the first picture book for children. He believed that education should follow the basic order of things, and also the concept of "learning by doing". He said that he will educate the poor and the rich.
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John Locke was the founder of modern educational philosophy. He based his theory on scientific methods, and would walk up to kids the way a doctor walked up to a patient. Locke thinks that the purpose of education is to make humans reasoning creatures. He thinks instructions should be simple, with playful activities, and drills.
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Swiss writer and philosopher, claimed that children are not inherently evil but naturally good. "There is no original sin in the human heart". He described the education system according to nature and he was the first philosopher to do this.
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Pestalozzi had the idea of something call integrated curriculum that would help develop the whole child. He wanted education to help the hand, head, and heart of the child. He thought it would be better to work in groups other than using a tutor on one child. He added sensory to education and blended both freedom and limits into working with children.
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Robert Owens established labor practices for the workers and schooling for their children. Most began working when they were 6. Owen was a self-made business man whose philosophy was spread to the creation of and ideal community. After he took his idea to the British House of Commons he was invited to take over the building of a school. After they stopped employing the kids under the age of 10, he sent younger kids to a nursery and infant schools he made.
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He organized his educational thoughts and ideas about learning. Kindergarten means "children's garden" and Froebel felt best expressed using that word. He wanted to do this because his childhood had been unhappy, he resolved that early education should be pleasant. He attended training ran by Pestalozzi and left with desire to help kids learn to the best of their abilities.
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An ethic that states schooling for young children leads to social change and improvement. For example, Head Start and High Scope try to improve children's health by attending to the child's physical and social welfare.
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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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The nurseries had the kids all day. They enrolled students from middle - upper class homes. However until the 1960s they served a few poor families. Nursery schools have always been a place for care, physical + intellectual needs, and the social emotional aspects of young children's lives.
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He was an Australian philosopher, scientist, and artist. He created the establishment of schools known as the Waldorf Education. He theorized that childhood is an important phase of life. He believed that the role of a teacher was to be similar to that of a mother figure.
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She was the first female physician in Italy. She opened a preschool, for kids aged 2-5. She believed that children needed the right environment and motivation to learn, and that learning started at birth. She designed materials and classrooms to enforce her theory. She was the first person who could really understand the needs of the growing child, due to her medical and psychiatric training.
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He claimed that most education was defective because many teachers assumed that children were inherently evil. He thought that a child was instead innately wise and realistic. He believed that children should explore their right to freedom and not feel repression and guilt.