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9000 BCE
Pre-Agriculture
Children learned through their own play and exploration. Focus on skill and knowledge -
5000 BCE
Agricultural Period
Children become forced labor in agricultural settings. Focus on unskilled and repetitive work. -
Industrial Revolution
Children continue to be used in forced labor, but now in factory settings. Focus is unskilled and repetitive labor -
19th Century - Introduction of Compulsory Education
Schooling seen as a way to create better workers. Focus on inculcation, following direction, repetition. Learning seen as children's "job" -
20th Century
Schooling continues to be seen as children's "job". Number of required subjects expand, and children spend more hours in forced learning. Testing and repitition are still the norm -
Early Technology
Early advances in technology suggest ways to deliver instruction and content more quickly (videos). Focus still on inculcation, repetition, content delivery. -
Steve Jobs' Vision
Through the founding of Apple, Steve Jobs changes the conversation about technology and education. Envisions technology as ubiquitous in schools, and as a tool to transform learning to a constructivist focus -
The Internet becomes easily accessible
Increased accessibility of the internet changes the possibilities in education. Teachers and students can now collaborate around the world. Focus on connection, hands-on, constructivist.