0161-01-01 00:00:00
Marcus Aurelius
Emperor of Rome, described the importance of the relationship between old Roman family & training: he reported learning the following: good morals & temper control (grandfather), abstinence from evil thoughts & deeds (mother), not to busy oneself with trifling things, not to breed quails for fighting (tutor), the love of kin, truth & justice (brother). He then closed by stating his gratefulness to the Gods for blessing him with such a good family.
0300-07-09 12:49:55
Cato, The Elder
Wrote the first Roman book on education
0399 BC-08-01 17:07:10
Socrates
Socrates influenced education on a societal basis. He was a philosopher who believed that morality and intelligence which guides the right acts of men. People who acted poorly simply did not think carefully
0673-01-01 17:28:40
St. Bede the Venerable
An English Monk at the monastery of St. Peters in the Kingdom of Northumbria. a well known author and scholar, he is known as "The Father of English History". His work made the Latin and Greek writings of the early church fathers much more accessible to the average person, which greatly contributed to Christianity.
0730-01-01 00:00:00
Alcuin
Believed in a closer relationship between liberal learning (science, culture, society) and spiritual knowledge; spiritual knowledge is most important.
1533-02-28 06:38:37
Montaigne
He believed in an education that would prepare a child for proper life in the world of things and men. He was a firm believe in children learning on their own.
1645-10-01 00:00:00
John Locke
He set up some of the disciplinary conceptions of the educational process. He also believed that the process of learning was more important than the material that was being learned. To him, education was about disciplining the body, fixing good habits, and training the youth in moral situations.
1660-06-24 16:25:01
New story 1
The first Charity School started in England, created to give poor parish kids a chance at a decent education to help them escape poverty.
1761-05-03 06:38:37
Rousseau
He believed in the natural development of a child. The three greatest teachers in his eyes were nature, man and experience. He proposed 15 beliefs along side the main teacher. Many-sided education was essential for a Rousseau way of learning.
1831-10-01 00:00:00
Victor Cousin
Cousin reviewed the educational system of Prussia and made recommendations to France. He suggested that "primary" school be accessible to each class of people living in France.
1840-05-03 06:38:37
Kindergarten
Froebel opened a school in Germany for little children in which there was a heavy focus on games and play. He later called it kindergarten.
1880-10-08 04:33:31
Frederick Douglas
"Learning to Read and Write. Slave owner's wife started to teach Douglas until her husband told her to stop. He found boys on the streets around his age and they taught him to read.
1896-10-08 04:33:31
Booker T. Washington
Learned of a school in Virginia, the Hampton Institute. He walked, asked for rides, and went by steam car to reach the school. He later started his own school.