European Influences
Comenius
Mary McLeod Bethune
accreditating body for preschools and daycares
National Association for the Education of Young Childen NAEYC
Changed education by making it integrated, child-centered, and more democratic
A school that is owned and overseen by parents
Parent cooperative
Whole child learning - hand, heart, & head
Teachers need to study child development
Pestalozzi
Separate but equal ruling ok under constitution
Plessy v. Ferguson
reform based on making schools more responsive to children's needs
Progressive Education
Founder of NAEYC, wrote Happy Birthday to You.
Patty Smith Hill
Begun by President Johnson as part of the War on Poverty to level the playing field for young children
Head Start
Father of Kindergarten - play, music, active involvement
Froebel
Rise of black colleges and universities - name one
Howard, Hampton, Tuskegee, Spelman
Multiple learning areas addressed within curriculum at the same time
Integrated
Developed unit blocks
Caroline Pratt
Loris Malaguzzi based this approach on the use of a variety of artistic media, documentation, and following the child's lead
Reggio Emilia
Children can learn in prepared environment
Child size furniture and open shelves
Montessori
1954 landmark ruling that separate is inherently unequal.
Brown v. Board of Educaton
Curriculum reflects what child is interested in and capable of learning.
Child-centered
Founded Bank Street College of Education for teachers and Writer's Workshop for Children's Authors
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
This preschool study showed the importance of high quality preschools
Perry Preschool Project
People came from the US to study his work and brought the idea of kindergartens back to the US
Froebel
The negative effects of segregation were shown in this experiment where black children chose white....
Dolls
Bilingual Education
Helped start first kindergartens in the US
Susan Blow
A popular school that follows the teachings of Maria Montessori
Montessori