Early education in the United States found its beginnings trailing the Antiquity period, prior to the 5th century, with European roots. Early education moves through the Industrial Revolution, 5th to 15th century, and Post-Industrial Revolution finally arriving in America with Friedrich William Froebel (Lascarides and Hinitz, 2011). The timeframe was late 1700s through middle 1800s (Please see Appendix 1 for pioneers and their countries/states).
During Antiquity, Sparta and Athens were the cities to notice. Sparta acknowledged children developing differently than adults. These differences in adults and children were divided into preschool years (birth to seven) and formal education years (seven to twenty). Ancient Greek was influenced by these …show more content…
Children were reared at home by women, mothers and slave companions (Lascarides & Hinitz, 2011). Mother, in turn, a product of her violent environment conceded to the demands of warring communities as observed when males at the age of seven are trained for combat. Women were responsible for the education of the children until the child became seven; divided by gender, the girls received domestic-type training as in running a household while males were groomed for war. Another option for a young girls was to marry, in light of acquisition and status, this person was likely to be twice her age. Males’ formal secondary training was for battle, for warrior training. Not many could afford to spare boys because of the continued civil unrest throughout societies in addition to being surrounded by combatant enemies. The security and the survival of the communities depended on the skill of the military. Psychohistorical studies demonstrate acknowledgement by exposing the historical cycling of child abuse. ( , year) There is a cognitive dissonance between the theory of enlighten and the reality of application. ( …show more content…
Middle Ages theorist, Shulamith Shahar, thought that good parentage was important as well as grading curriculum to keep a check on students’ intellect and acknowledgement of life cycle stages. [What does this mean] Lloyd de Mause recounts the history of childhood by acknowledging massive damage of children at the hands of their parents and caretakers. His emerging concepts were ones proposing a child’s innocence; child development was the basis of children becoming adults. ( , year) Francesco of Barbro was clear about how schools belong to the community. His resulting ideas were a proponent of wet nurseries to help prepare children for adulthood. [What does this mean] Mothers or women in the community, provided examples of attachment abilities needed to become a citizen. This period is called the enlightenment period in Europe and was the first education which made a difference in classes of