The diversity of children’s backgrounds in early years settings, the importance of equality of education opportunity, challenging stereotypical views and the inclusive setting.
Over the last 300 years the education system has changed a great deal, but we still look back at the theories and theorists and early pioneers from that time today. With the introduction of statutory schooling for children from the age of five years in England from 1872, Classrooms were arranged in rows of children who could be taught by rote, sitting still in large groups, the aim of this style of teaching was to produce children competent enough to learn to read and write and to have basic numeracy skills.
More privileged children were taught