Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Kevin J. Brehony 1948-2013 Rosemary Deem
Preface, Helen May and Kristen Nawrotzki
1. Tracking Kindergarten as a Travelling Idea, Larry Prochner
2. Working at Play or Playing at Work? A Froebelian Paradox Re-examined, Kevin J. Brehony
Part I: International Movement of Ideas: Froebelian Education in Time and Place
3. Happiness, Play, and Bourgeois Morality: The Early Years of Froebel Schooling in the Netherlands, 1858-1904, Nelleke Bakker
4. Froebelian Teachers Abroad: Implementing a Modern Infant Education System in Colonial Wellington, New Zealand, 1906–1925, Kerry Bethell
5. In the Name of Froebel: Fundraising for Kindergartens in Sweden, 1890-1945, Johannes Westberg
6. 'Such Marvelous Training': Grand Rapids, Michigan as a Kindergartening Centre, 1870-1905, Kristen D. Nawrotzki
Part II: Curricular and Pedagogical Change: Froebelians Beyond the Kindergarten
7. Kindergarten at the Dewey School, University of Chicago, 1898–1903, Larry Prochner and Anna Kirova
8. Guiding Creativity: English Froebelian Educators and Plays for Children, 1892-1939, Amy Palmer
9. Freeing the Child: Froebelians and the Transformation of Learning Through Play, Self-Activity and Project Work in English Junior School Classrooms, 1920-1952, Jane Read
Part III:Radical by Tradition: Long-Term Perspectives on Kindergarten Education
10. 'Come, Let Us Live With Our Children': Undokai, The Children's Play Festival at a Froebelian Kindergarten in Japan, 1889-2015, Yukiyo Nashida and Fusa Abe
11. Relocation, Continuity and Change: Dunedin Kindergartens, New Zealand, 1890s-2010s, Helen May
Selected References
Index