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Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Jun 12, 1546
Martin Luther
Emphasized the necessity of establishing schools to teach reading. Believed that people had the right to decipher the bible themselves and therefor needed to be able to read in their own language -
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John Amos Comenius
Wrote the first picture book for children ‘Orbis Pictus’ -
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Wrote Emile which encourages natural education for children by growth without interference or restriction -
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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Believed in education based on sensory experiences wrote “How Gertrude Teaches her Children’ and ‘Book for Mothers’ the first parenting books -
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Rober Owen
Taught that children’s environments contribute to beliefs, behavior and achievement. Believed society can use the child’s environment to shape the child -
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Friedrich Wilhelm Frobel
Father of Kindergarten. Thought teachers role is to observe child and then provide activities to allow child to learn when they are ready to learn -
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John Dewey
Developed progressive education theory – child centered curriculum and child centered schools -
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Maria Montessori
Started the Montessori method still in use today. Developed programs to teach, blind deaf and disabled children -
Civil Rights Act
Assured constitutional rights to education for all regardless of race -
Education of all Handicaped Children Act
Mandated that states must implement policies to ensure education of children with disabilities -
Individuals With with Disabilities Education Act
Reauthorized the Education of all Handicapped Children act renaming it the Individuals with disabilities education act -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Fully funded primary and secondary education