Ancient Chinese curriculum was often built around his famous teachings.
Who is Confucius?
100
He was a Dominican monk, who has been called the most important scholar and philosopher in the Middle Ages.
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?
100
It was the dominant philosophy of the Renaissance.
What is humanism?
100
Education should advance scientific inquiry. Understanding of an ordered universe comes through reason.
Who is Bacon?
100
They brought many of the educational views of the Reformation with them when they arrived in New England after crossing the Atlantic.
Who are the Puritans?
200
This was a pictographic script taught to students in ancient Egypt.
What is hieroglyphics?
200
They are credited with translating many of the ancient Greek manuscripts into more modern languages, including Latin.
Who are the Arab scholars?
200
He has been coined "the foremost humanist of the Renaissance".
Who is Desiderius Erasmus?
200
Children enter the world with a blank slate (tabula rasa). The goal of education is to promote the development of reason and morality.
Who is Locke?
200
In Colonial New England, it was often held in the kitchen or living room of a neighborhood woman.
What is a dame school?
300
It is probably fair to say that this Greek philosopher had a greater impact on education than either of his predecessors, perhaps because he gave the most systematic attention to it.
Who is Aristotle?
300
It emerged as a cheaper and more efficient alternative to parchment and papyrus, eventually replacing both altogether.
What is paper?
300
These consist of grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music.
What are the seven liberal arts?
300
The child is inherently good. Children's growh and development goes through stages, which necessitates adaptation of instruction. Education should be concerned with the development of the child's natural abilities.
Who is Rousseau?
300
Also known as charity schools, they were sponsored by various religious denominations or wealthy benefactors with the purpose of educating children of the poor who could not afford to attend other schools.
What are pauper schools?
400
Originally a tutor to the emperor's grandsons, his influence on Roman schooling has had a subsequent impact on education through the centuries.
Who is Quintilian?
400
The most common mode of instruction found in Medieval universities was lecture in this language.
What is Latin?
400
He was an Augustinian monk, best known for his "Ninety-Five Theses", who believed that every child should be provided a free and compulsory education.
Who is Martin Luther?
400
The aim of education should be the development of moral character. Any material can be learned if presented systematically: preparation, presentation, association, generalization, and application. Instruction must arouse interest to be successful. Education is a science.
Who is Herbart?
400
In 1722, this college established the first professorships in secular subjects, specifically mathematics and natural philosophy.
What is Harvard?
500
Introduced with "new Greek education" (after 479 B.C.) they were traveling teachers who charged admission to their popular lectures.
Who are the Sophists?
500
It became the dominant force in society and education during the Middle Ages.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
500
These were established in order to offer instruction in the "mother tongue".
What are vernacular schools?
500
The aim of education should be to ensure self-development through self-expression. Self-expression takes place through an activity curriculum. The school should promote creativity and bring out "divine effluence" within each child.
Who is Froebel?
500
Established in 1693, it was the only institution of higher education in the South prior to the Revolutionary War.