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Martin Luther (1483-1546)
One of Martin Luther's first acts as a reformer was to propose that monasteries be turned into schools. Martin Luther was at the forefront of those who realized the need for change in education, and with characteristic zeal he sought to effect improvements in Wittenberg and throughout Germany. He also emphasized the necessity of establishing schools to teach children to read. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
Rousseau was a naturalist and believed that the child should be allowed to grow close to nature and he should be given the right to think in his own way. Rousseau believed that the child is a child and not a small adult. He also stressed that childhood is a crucial period in life. He also believed that the child should learn from nature and the child should not be forced to do things. He further says that the “education” comes from nature, from men and from things. -
Elizabeth Harrison
Elizabeth Harrison (1849-1927) founder and the first president of what today is National Louis University, was a pioneer in creating professional standards for early childhood education teachers and promoting early childhood education. In 1886 she founded a school of training for kindergarten teachers in Chicago. -
Charles Eugene Beatty
Charles Eugene Beatty (1909-1998) Was the first african-american principal in Michigan. He is credited for being the pioneer of the Head Start program in the United States. -
David P. Weikart
David Weikart (1931-2003) was an American psychologist and founder of the High Scope Curriculum, an early childhood education program. He is also noted for creating Penny Preschool Project, which is to find the causes and the cures for academic underperformance of students in poor neighborhoods. Penny Preschool focuses on each childs intellectual maturation and supports the childs development through active learning. -
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood
Airing from 1968 - 2001. Fred’s effect on the public extended far beyond the viewing audience of his television program. From the very beginning, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was recognized as having a mission unlike other children’s television programming. The Neighborhood became synonymous with a concern for children and their families. As a consequence, Fred became a spokesperson for children and their caregivers everywhere.
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Erik Erikson (1902-1994)
Erikson stands out among Freudians as one of the first to use a psychoanalytic perspective with children and to develop play therapy techniques for counseling. He contributed that how parents and teachers interact with and care for children helps determine their emotional and cognitive development. He also influenced that all children need predictable, consistent, love, care, can education. -
Sesame Street
Being the first pre-school education program on TV to base it's contents and production values on laboratory and formative research, Sesame Street is crutial to developing minds. For more than four decades, American children and caregivers have counted on Sesame Street for their ABCs, 123s, and other academic skills, such as vocabulary, math, and science. In fact, Sesame is currently at the forefront of U.S. efforts to focus on science, technology, engineering, and math.
