Europe enters dark ages
Fall of the Roman Empire 476 AD
Controls all education
Catholic Church
primary purpose of christian education
learn to read in order to read the bible
began of the reformation in germany
martin luther
martin luther became a priest in
1507
martin’s 95 thesis
oct 31, 1517
martin’s major contributions
translated bible from latin to german
hymns- away in a manger
Greatest German reformer
Martin Luther
Great educator of lutherans
Luther’s best friend
Philip Melancthon
Outstanding leader of the reformation
John Calvin
Dame school
lady teacher
elementary school
ages 6 and 7
Latin grammar schools
ages 7-12
College (seminary for men)
age 15
First college in colonies
Harvard
Harvad
1636
Mass. Law of 1642
1st time in colonial America that a legislation body ordered that children learn to read
Ole Deluder Satan Act
1647
required establishment of schools
wooden paddle with the alphabet, numbers, and the Lord’s prayer
Handbook
1st book used to teach reading
new england primer
webster’s american spelling book
blue-backed speller in 1783
most popular text book that sold 1 million copies for 100 yrs
blue-backed speller
McGuffy Reader
1836
Academy of Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin
1751
Father of American Education
Horace Mann
1859
Horace Mann Dies
John Dewey was born
Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species
Father of Progressive Education
John Dewey
First psychological lab in Germany
Wilhem Wundt
First psychological lab in America
Stanley Hall
Father of modern psychology
James Cattel
Textbook
theories
teacher training
techniques
Edward Thorndike
Taught reading thru the look-say-method
Rev. Thomas Gallaudet
Wrote “Why Johnny Can’t Read”
“Why Johnny Still Can’t Read”
Rudolf Flesch
Who killed Excellence
Behavioral psychology
