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Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel or Froebel (German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈʔaʊɡʊst ˈfʁøːbl̩] ⓘ; 21 April 1782 – 21 June 1852) was a German pedagogue, a student of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities.
Dewey outlines Froebel's educational principles, explaining the places where the Laboratory School is in sympathy with Froebel's approach, but also critiquing Froebel's approach where they differ. Drawing of Teacher Leading Children in "Finger Plays", one of the methods of imitation and abstraction preferred by Froebel.
Supplementary classes were offered in history and principles of education, symbolic education, music, voice training, physical training applied to games; also special lectures by educators, observation and practice teaching, and a short course in Montessori methods.
Emilie Louise Michaelis (1834–1904) [1] was a German-born pioneer of the kindergarten system in England, and a translator, editor, and promoter of Froebel's writings. [2] In 1875, she started one of the first English kindergartens in Croydon, London, and later a training college for teachers, which became Froebel College. [3]
Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, Locke believed that "truth and knowledge… arise out of observation and experience rather than manipulation of accepted or given ideas". [ 4 ] : 2 He further discussed the need for children to have concrete experiences in order to learn.
In 1880 Putnam took over a Chicago training class that had been started by Anna J. Ogden, which then became the Chicago Froebel Association, directed by Putnam until 1910. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] Putnam was a member of the International Kindergarten Union from its organization, in 1883, until her death, serving on its most important committees, and twice ...
The Froebel gifts (German: Fröbelgaben) are educational play materials for young children, originally designed by Friedrich Fröbel for the first kindergarten at Bad Blankenburg. Playing with Froebel gifts, singing, dancing, and growing plants were each important aspects of this child-centered approach to education.
[3] [12] She is remembered for her contributions to professionalize teaching, for establishing kindergartens in Transylvania based upon Fröbel's principles, and for her efforts to empower women. [3] In 1929, the KBA-AB was renamed as the "Adele Zay School", [3] but was dissolved by the Romanian government in 1949. [20]