Vocabulary
Years when a child learns to walk, talk, establish an identity, print and count
What are building block years?
The first Kindergarten in the US by Margarethe Schurz was for ___________ children.
What is German?
Dewey stressed children's ____________ skills should be developed as well as their academic skills.
What is social?
Education of the _________ as well as the children was an important feature of nursery schools.
What is parent?
What 2 events caused changes in the economy and led to women entering the workforce?
What were the Great Depression & World War II?
Group settings deliberately intended to affect developmental changes in children from birth to age eight
What is early childhood education?
She opened the first Kindergarten in a US public school.
Who is Susan Blow?
Dewey emphasized students should have direct contact with _____________.
What are materials?
Lucy Mitchell established this institution and it laboratory school linking theory with practice.
What is Bank Street College of Education?
The most famous child care program of the middle 20th century
What is the Kaiser Child Care Center?
Locke's theory that a child is born neutral, "blank slate"
What is tabula rasa?
The first English-speaking Kindergarten was opened in Boston by ______________.
Who is Elizabeth Peabody?
Dewey was the ________ American influence on early childhood education.
What is first?
She was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Education from Harvard and helped to establish Pacific Oaks College.
Who is Abigail Eliot?
This important court case set the stage for "separate but equal" in the school system, leading to desegregation
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
Stages that children pass through that make them ready to acquire certain skills and knowledge (hint:Montessori)
What are sensitive periods?
What year was the first English-speaking Kindergarten opened?
What is 1860?
Dewey felt that schools should focus on the ___________ of the child.
What is nature?
_________________ schools were started by research centers in colleges and universities to study child development and improve early childhood teaching methods and practices.
What is laboratory?
What event led to the research that would eventually lead to the development of Head Start and High Scope programs?
What is the SU's launch of Sputnik?
Teaching practices that are suitable and fitting to the development of a child, ex. mastery of play/ learning experiences for children through interacting with physical materials
What are developmentally appropriate practices? DAP
Patty Hill inspired this organization which focuses on the curriculum and programs that address the needs of Kindergarten children.
What is NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children)?
Dewey summarized his philosophy of teaching in his Pedagogic ___________.
What is creed?
Nursery schools reflected the teaching of Dewey and used a ____________________ approach.
What is child-centered?
What program was the government's first attempt at eliminating the barriers for children living in poverty?
What is Head Start?