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Martin Luther, Germany, 1483-1546
*Literacy and Universal Education
*Children need to be able to read the bible
*Universal education betters families, communities
*The family as the first/important teacher
*Communities must support ECE
*Reformation on educational expansion -
John Amos Comenius, Czech Republic, The Father of Modern Education,1592-1670
*School of Infancy
*Children should be taught as young as possible
*The importance of safe environment “happy workshops of humanity”
*Education should follow child’s natural development (first to say this) first children’s picture book (Orbis Pictus or "The World Illustrated"), published in 1658, a mini picture encyclopedia
*Sensory exploration as root of learning
*Didactica Magna “The Whole Art of Teaching”
*“believed that people were born with a natural craving for knowledge and goodness” -
John Locke, United Kingdom, 1632-1704
*Children are shaped by their social environments
*Through education a child learns socialization
*Education makes children to be appropriate members of society
*Advocated “Tabula Rasa” (blank slate), mind’s initial resemblance to “white paper, void of all characters,” with “all the materials of reason and knowledge” derived from experiences
*Environment exerts its effects through associations between:
-thoughts and feelings
-behavioral repetition
-imitation
-rewards and punishment
