ECE Theorists Timeline

~Individual differences
~Importance of play in early years
~Blank slate

~Children should be shown sympathy & compassion
~Value of early childhood education
~Progression through developmental stages
~Learn through instruction
~Wrote "Emile"
~Importance of play

~Purpose of education is to develop physical, moral, & intellectual skill & power
~Positive teacher-child relationships
~All people have a right to an education
~Founded 1 of the first European schools to focus on children's developmental characteristics

~Originated the 1st kindergarten based on play & materials
~ Children have innate gifts to be developed
~Designed 1st curriculum to meet the specific needs of young children
~Stressed importance of teacher/child relationship

~Established the 1st United States kindergarten in Boston, MA in 1860

~Experiment & discovery learning
~Importance of exploration in active, free-play environment geared to own interests
~Problem solving based on real-life experiences

~Established 1st nursery school in London in 1911

~Early pioneer in kindergarten education in the United States

~Montessori Method (focus on development of intellect through exploration of materials
~Open Casa dei Bambini (Children's home) in Italy in 1907
~Senses were the source of a intellectual development
~Developed set of materials (self-correcting in nature) for teachers to used in prescribed manner
~Importance of school & family working together

~Norms of children
~Concept of individual differences