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Who is the concept of educating children attributed to?
Martin Luther
Who believed that children should be educated so that they could read on their own?
Martin Luther
Who believed that children learning how to read would benefit society?
Martin Luther
Who believed that learning is rooted in sensory exploration?
John Amos Comenius
Who wrote the first children's book to promote literacy?
John Amos Comenius
Who developed the term "blank slate," which is also known as tabula rasa?
John Locke
Who believed that children learn through play?
Friedrich Froebel
Who founded the first kindergarten?
Friedrich Froebel
Who believed the learning environment is essential to learning and senses should be educated first?
Maria Montessori
Who believed children learn through interacting with their environment?
Jean Piaget
Who believed that social interaction promotes cognitive, social, and language development in children?
Lev Vygotsky
Who developed the Zone of Proximal Development?
Lev Vygotsky
Who believed that an educator's job is to promote children's interests for discovery and inquiry?
John Dewey
Who was the creator of what is now known as the Waldorf education philosophy and schools?
Rudolf Steiner
Who developed psychosocial stages of development for children where the parent and educator play an important role in supporting children's success in every stage?
Erik Erikson
Who stressed that the ordinance of social-emotional development is a key component of the early childhood curriculum?
Erik Erikson
