Fröbel’s Pedagogy of Kindergarten and Play

<p>This text provides a comprehensive analysis of historical archives letters and primary sources to offer unique insight into how Fröbel’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.</p><p>Tracing the development modification and global spread of the kindergarten movement this volume demonstrates the far-reaching impacts of Fröbel’s work and asks how far contemporary understandings of the kindergarten pedagogy reflect the educationalist’s original intentions. Recognizing that Fröbel’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 Fröbel’s work. By returning to original documents produced by Fröbel 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.</p><p>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.</p>