Froebel's Pedagogy of Kindergarten and Play - Modifications in Germany and the United States (Hardcover)

This text provides a comprehensive analysis of historical archives, letters, and primary sources to offer unique insight into how Froebel's pedagogy of kindergarten and play has been understood, interpreted, and modified throughout history and in particular, as a consequence of it's adoption in the US. Tracing the development, modification, and global spread of the kindergarten movement, this volume demonstrates the far-reaching impacts of Froebel's work, and asks how far contemporary understandings of the kindergarten pedagogy reflect the educationalist's original intentions. Recognizing that Froebel's pedagogy has at times been simplified or misunderstood, the book tackles issues caused by translation, or transfer to non-German speaking countries such as the US, and so demonstrates how and why contemporary research and Froebelian practice is in the danger of diverging from the original ideas expressed in Froebel's work. By returning to original documents produced by Froebel, Wasmuth traces various interpretations, and explains how and why some of these understandings established themselves in the context of US Early Childhood Education, whilst others did not. This insightful text will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, academics, professionals and policy makers in the fields of early childhood education, history of education, Philosophy of Education and Teacher Education.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Early Childhood Education
Release date:	February 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Helge Wasmuth
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	214
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-18045-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Pre-school & kindergarten
LSN:	0-367-18045-6
Barcode:	9780367180454

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