Who will write the book about the history of education?

In this Webquest, a college student in the year 2050 is asked to find information on the history of education in order to make a book to be archived in the world's library. No books have been used since the year 2030 and the world's online library has been compromised. The future of education is as stake. Without the student's help, future generations will never know the events, beliefs, people, or theories that impacted education in the past. However, if the student succeeds, then all is not lost and the history of education will be saved for future generations. 

Standards

ECE5001: Week 3 Assignment 

Create or modify a WebQuest for what you consider to be the most important events, beliefs, theories, and people (Luther, Comenius, Locke, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Owen, Froebel, Montessori, Dewey, Piaget, Vygotsky, Maslow, Erikson, Bronfenbrenner, and Gardner) that have had an impact on early childhood education. Include the following in your Webquest:

All the necessary components of a true WebQuest.
Include how the event, belief, theory, and people affected the role of the contemporary early childhood educator
If you are adapting a WebQuest from another source, be sure to give appropriate credit and citations.
Present your WebQuest in an online format.
Post the URL of the completed Webquest in a Word document, along with a personal reflection on your experiences with designing your WebQuest.
Be sure to incorporate a reference list at the end of the WebQuest, listing all
Your WebQuest presentation should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic.

Credits

Resources:

Books

Morrison, G. S. (2014). Fundamentals of early childhood education. (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson

 Web Links for Researching: Influential People in the History of Education

 Howard Gardner http://web.cortland.edu/andersmd/learning/MI%20Theory.htm

 Urie Bronfenbrenner http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2005/09/head-start-founder-urie-bronfenbrenner-dies-88

 Erik Erikson http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1960/Erikson-Erik-1902-1994.html

 Lev Vygotsky https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c0ba/61cfabc12b454bff17504c8e01cf1735ada2.pdf

 Jean Piaget https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/jean-piaget

 John Dewey https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1201&context=eandc

 Maria Montessori https://amshq.org/Montessori-Education/History-of-Montessori-Education/Biography-of-Maria-Montessori

 Friedrich Froebel https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/pioneers-our-field-friedrich-froebel-founder-first-kindergarten/

 Robert Owen http://robert-owen-museum.org.uk/Robert_Owen_1771_1858/school

 Johann Pestalozzi http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2319/Pestalozzi-Johann-1746-1827.html

 Jean-Jacques Rousseau http://www.iep.utm.edu/rousseau/

 John Locke http://www.iep.utm.edu/locke/

 John Amos Comenius http://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1774&context=luc_diss

 Martin Luther http://www.spindleworks.com/library/rfaber/luther_edu.htm

 Abraham Maslow www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/jct/article/download/2828/1663

 

 Web Links for Researching: Theories in the History of Education    

• Constructivism http://www.ucdoer.ie/index.php/Education_Theory/Constructivism_and_Social_Constructivism
• Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~rakison/POCDclass7.pdf
• Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ARECLS/volume_5/turuk_vol5.pdf
• Erikson’s First Four Stages of Psychosocial Development https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3644&context=etd
• Abraham Maslow and Self-Actualization Theory http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Maslow/motivation.htm
• Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory http://www.floridahealth.gov/alternatesites/cms-kids/providers/early_steps/training/documents/bronfenbrenners_ecological.pdf
• Multiple Intelligences Theory by Howard Gardner http://ericae.net/digests/tm9601.htm

Other

Q & A

Q: How do the events, beliefs, theories, and people affect the role of the contemporary early childhood educator?

A: Today's early childhood educators are influenced by the theories, events, beliefs, and people in education's history in some way or another. To say just one influences the most, would be an understatement to say the least. If you think about it, why did those people want to study education in the first place? Humans are learners by instinct. It's a process that will be forever practiced. But if I had to pick just one influence, I would pick the events in early childhood education. Each event is a stepping stone to what educators know about children and the way they develop, behave, and how their environment factors into the development of their character. Without the first event started by Martin Luther, then education would not even exist the way it does today. Over time, more and more people added to it. Like a snowball effect. As the ball rolls down the hill, it picks up more and more snow making the snowball bigger and bigger. It's the same for education over time. It began with a simple act of starting a school for poor children to children all over the world attending school.