428 Pages
by
Routledge
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.
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) School and Life (London: Geo. Philip, 1914, pp. 31–49) 23. “Froebel, Stanley Hall and Henriette Schrader”, Journal of Education, Vol. 23, Aug. 1901, pp. 501–503 24. “That Symmetrical Paper Folding and Symmetrical Work with the Gifts are a Waste of Time for both Students and Children”, Child Life, Vol. 5, No. 17, 1903,pp. 14–18 25. “Kindergarten Games”, Child Life, Vol. 11, No. 46, 1909, pp. 43–46 26. “True and False Applications of Froebel’s Principles to the Teaching of Children over Seven”, Child Life, Vol.7, No. 27, 1905, pp.142– 146 27. “Froebel Yesterday and Tomorrow”, Child Life, Vol. 11, No. 48, 1909, pp. 117–118 28. “Friedrich Froebel”, Child Life, Vol. 28, No. 138, 1926, pp. 74–75. 29. “A Synthesis of Herbart and Froebel”, Journal of Education, Vol. 22, March 1900, pp. 203–206 Part V: The Froebelian critique of infants schools 30. “Infant Schools and the Kindergarten”, Journal of Education, Vol. 9, April 1887, pp. 187–188 31. “‘Babies’ in Infants’ Schools”, Child Life, Vol. 7, No. 28, 1905, pp. 193–195 32. “Miss Bathurst v. the Board of Education”, Journal of Education, Vol. 28, Jan. 1906, pp. 24–26 33. “Reports on Children under Five Years of Age”, Child Life, Vol. 8, No. 29, 1906, pp. 27–29 34. “The School Attendance of Children under Five”, Journal of Education, Vol. 30, Dec. 1908, pp. 804–805 Part VI: Revisionist Froebelianism and Montessori 35. “Educational Pamphlets. No. 24”, Child Life, Vol. 15, No. 77, 1913, pp. 10–15
