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This session of this free course was written by Joanne Josephidou.

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Timeline of key thinkers

Jean- Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Jean-Jacques_Rousseau#/ media/ File:Jean-Jacques_Rousseau_(painted_portrait).jpg

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi 1746-1827: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Johann_Heinrich_Pestalozzi#/ media/ File:Johann_Heinrich_Pestalozzi_(Real_Academia_de_Bellas_Artes_de_San_Fernando,_Madrid).jpg

Friedrich Froebel 1782-1852: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Friedrich_Fr%C3%B6bel#/ media/ File:Frederick-Froebel-Bardeen.jpeg

Charlotte Mason 1842-1923: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:Charlotte_Mason.jpg

Margaret and Rachel McMillan 1860-1931: https://blogs.gre.ac.uk/ universityarchive/ tag/ mcmillan-sisters/

Susan Isaacs 1885-1948: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Susan_Sutherland_Isaacs#/ media/ File:SusanIsaacs.jpg

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