In 1816 Robert Owen (pictured above) started a school for infants
in Scotland. Owen believed that a controlled environment, a
Utopian environment, helped to make a well-behaved and educated
child. This may have impacted early childhood education today by
having rules in the classroom for the children and the adults.
in Scotland. Owen believed that a controlled environment, a
Utopian environment, helped to make a well-behaved and educated
child. This may have impacted early childhood education today by
having rules in the classroom for the children and the adults.