The Origins of Nursery Education: Friedrich Froebel and the English System Volume VI

by Kevin J. Brehony

Overview

This book illustrates how texts of German educationist Friedrich Froebel and those of his interpreters were read in England and what consequences these readings had for the education of young children in nursery and infant schools during the nineteenth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040233597
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	428
File size:	22 MB
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Table of Contents

Part I: Exegesis 1. A Practical Guide to the English Kindergarten (London: A.N. Myers, 1884) 2. Explanation of the Kindergarten (London: G. Philip & Son, 1875) 3. “Hints to Froebel Students”, Journal of Education, Vol. 9, May 1887, pp. 229–232 4. “Connectedness and Continuity in Musical Education”, Child Life, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1899, pp. 121–124 5. “Froebel. A Text and Commentary”, Journal of Education, Vol. 18, Sept. 1896, pp. 532–534 6. “Froebel’s Principles of Education”, Journal of Education, Vol. 11, Dec. 1889, pp. 615–616. Part II: Handwork and Slöjd 7. Journal of Education, Vol. 9, Feb. 1887, pp. 71–74 8. “Slöjd at Nääs”, Journal of Education, Vol. 10, Dec.1888, pp. 562–563 9. In the kindergarten 10. “Miss Fanny Franks and the Camden House School”, National Froebel Foundation Bulletin, No. 83, August 1953, pp. 2–4. 11. “Life in the Kindergarten”, Child Life, Vol. 16, No. 89, 1914, pp. 142–147. Part III: Free kindergartens 12. “Sesame Child Garden and House for Home Training”, Child Life, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1899, pp. 32–36 13. “Report of the First Year’s Work at Sesame House”, Child Life, Vol. 2, No. 8, 1900, pp. 252–254 14. “An English Student’s Impressions of American Kindergartens”, Child Life, Vol. 2, No. 6, 1900, pp. 97–102 15. “The Mission Kindergarten in Woolwich”, Child Life, Vol. 2, No. 8, 1900, pp. 247–248 16. Responses to Darwinian criticism 17. “Is Development from Within? Did Froebel’s Conception Differ from Darwin’s?”, Child Life, Vol. 6, No. 24 18. “Some Notes on Current Objections to the Kindergarten”, Child Life, Vol. 5, No. 19, 1903, pp. 121–126 Part IV: Froebel revised 19. “Miss Blow on Froebel’s Philosophy of Education”, Child Life, Vol. 2, No. 5, 1900, pp. 27–32 20. “The Kindergarten Movement in America”, Child Life, Vol. 2, No. 7, 1900, pp. 158–163 21. “Educational Issues in the Kindergarten”, Child Life, Vol. 11, No. 45, 1909, pp. 19–22; No. 46, pp. 54–56 and No. 47, pp. 77–80 22. “Anthropology and the New Education”, in various writers (eds) S