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Last updated January 22, 2012.
Index: Education Timelines; Individuals, Theories, and Theorists; Laws, Events, Court Cases; Essays, Articles, etc.
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Education-Related Timelines:
American Educational
History: A Hypertext Timeline
My latest Web
project, this annotated, clickable timeline of American
educational history extends from 1607 to the 21st Century.
See the accompanying activity,
American Educational History:
What's Most Important?
History of American Education
Web Project
Not exactly a timeline, but organized chronologically. It
is among the best educational history sites on the Web.
Timeline of
School Integration in the U.S.
From Teaching
Tolerance. See also
Timeline of Events Leading to the Brown v. Board of Education Decision, 1954.
Historical
Timeline of Education in the US
From the Race and
Public Policy Program (RAPP), this timeline emphasizes
events related to racism and discrimination.
History of Education: Selected Moments
of the 20th Century
A hypertext timeline of events from 1900-1999.
The History of Art Education Time Line
From the 1800s to the 1990s.
Chronology of Some Important Events
in the History of Learning Disabilities
From the University of Virginia.
A Chronology of Federal Legislation
Affecting Public Higher Education and Extension
From 1787 to 1994.
A Twentieth Century Timeline:
Classroom Use of Instructional Film, Radio, and Television
Developed for a class at the
University of Georgia
Curriculum Integration Education Timeline
From NC State University.
Learning Theory
Timeline
A brief timeline of learning theories and theorists from 1889
to 1991.
Chronological
History Timeline of the United States
This very detailed
timeline includes all aspects of U.S. history.
Important Individuals, Educational Theories, and Theorists:
Innovators
Eleven women and
men who have shaped our experience of school.
John Locke (1632-1704)
From the Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
John Locke: An Essay Concerning
Human Understanding
The complete essay.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
See also the
Rousseau Association.
Faculty Psychology
and "Formal Discipline"
A concise overview
Horace Mann
A brief biography. See also the
Horace Mann from
PBS.
Noah Webster Bio
A biography of this famous author of the dictionary and
"Blue-Backed Speller."
Mind, Body, and Culture: American
Psychology Before William James
A terrific chapter from
Mind and Body: Rene Descartes
to William James.
William James
A comprehensive and very impressive
site on James.
Alfred
Binet
The "father" of the
IQ test.
Edward Lee Thorndike
A good, concise source of information from the
History of Psychology Archives.
See also
Connectionism.
Operant Conditioning and Behaviorism
- An Historical Outline
The history of behaviorism, beginning with Edward Thorndike.
B.F. Skinner
The B.F. Skinner foundation.
John Dewey, The Modern Father
of Experimental Education.
See also the John
Dewey Project.
Gestalt
Of German origin,
Gestalt
theory holds that learning often occurs through insight and grasping
the whole pattern or idea, rather than by learning the individual elements
one at a time. For more information, go to
Gestalt Psychology,
Gestalt Theory
by Max Wertheimer,
and
Links to Gestalt Related Sources.
Jerome Bruner
A biography and information
regarding his cognitive theory and its implications
for teaching.
Jean Piaget
This link is to the
Jean Piaget Society.
Maria Montessori
The Italian physician who
developed the Montessori Method of education.
Laws, Acts, Events, and Court Cases:
Machusetts Education Laws of 1642 and 1647
The first school laws in
North America.
The Northwest Ordinance
A summary as well as the text of this important ordinance.
The Morrill Land Grant Act
Information about the
Land Grant Act
which provided public lands to the
several States and Territories for the purpose
of establishing institutions of higher education.
See also the
Second Morrill Act
and
About the U of M.
http://codex23.com/gtexts/college/papers/j3.html
Plessy v. Ferguson
Though not specifically
about education, this 1896 case set the legal precedent
for "separate but equal."
The
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
The GI Bill.
Brown v. Board of Education
- 50 Years Later
See also
Documents
Related to Brown v. Board of Education,
Brown v. Board of Education Online Archive
and
Brown v. Board of Education Historic Site.
The Sputnik Era
See also
From Sputnik to TIMSS,
and
Sputnik
Left Legacy for U.S. Science Education.
Elementary and Secondary School
Act, the 'War on Poverty' and Title I
Information about the Elementary and Secondary School Act
of 1965.
PARC v. Pennsylvania
The text of this 1971 federal
court ruling that
students with mental retardation are entitled
to a free public education.
Mills v. Board
of Education of District Columbia
Text of and information about this ruling which extended the
PARC ruling to other students with disabilities.
Important Court Cases in
Special Education
Brief information on several cases.
Many people believe this 1972 law pertains only to girl's and women's participation in sports, but actually, Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sex in all aspects of education. See also Title IX Info.
Public Law 94-142
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975.
Public Law 101-476
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act updates PL 94-142.
Essays, Artcles, etc.
Colonial America Home
Page
From Gettysburg College, this page is good source of information
on the colonial period, including colonial
education. See also
Back In
The Day: Lessons From Colonial Classrooms.
A History of Teachers and Teaching
in America
Concise overview compiled for the Encyclopedia of Educational
Research - Sixth Edition .
School: The Story of American
Public Education
A site developed to supplement the PBS series by this same
title. Click on
Innovators
for information on eleven
"women and men who have shaped our experience
of school."
Blackwell History of
Educational Research Museum
An interesting site with pictures and information about the
museums' artifacts (such as the Hornbooks
and New England Primers).
American Women's History: Education
A research guide.
From Mathematical Cognition (2003).
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