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- 1. FROEBEL – Lifeand Educational contributions VIDYAGHOSH A Natural science
- 2. FROEBEL • Friedrich WilhelmAugust Froebel was a German pedagogue. • He created the concept of 'Kindergarden’. • He also developed the educational toys known as Froebel gifts. • He advocated play way method, songs and occupations for the learning in pre-school education. • He advocated “ learning by doing”.
- 3. Froebel’s idealistic philosophy •According to idealism, ideas are eternal ; all forms of matter is perishable. • According to him, life is the union of the spiritual with material. Without mind or spirit or matter is lifeless. • He said that human personality development is possible only by integrating the physical and spiritual development.
- 4. Froebel's Educational Principles 1.Unitywith God The aim of education is not to make the mind of the child a jumble of words. 2. Education through play Play is an essential factor on the growth of the child. The free and unfattered natural development of the child takes place through play. 3.Education should be according to the nature of the child 4.Education through freedom
- 5. 5. Education throughassistance The teacher is like a Gardner who carefully nurses and protect the children in order to secure their full and free development along most desirable lines. 6. Education through group life Old social institutions like home, school ,Church and the state etc., are the agencies of development of the individual. 7. Education through gifts He devised songs, guestures and constructions as the chief means of stimulating the imagination of the child
- 6. KINDERGARDEN •He started kindergartenin 1837 for the children in age group 4 to 6 years old •Froebel conceived the school as garden, the teachers as the gardner and students as tender plants.
- 7. Objectives of kindergarden • To give the children enjoyment in agreement with the nature • To strengthen the bodies of children • To exercise their senses • To awaken their minds • To acquaint them with nature and their fellows • To lead them to unit
- 8. Main features ofkinder garden • Self activity • Play • Songs, gestures and construction • Gift and occupation • The place of teacher • Discipline • Curriculum
- 9. Merits of kindergarden • Stressed the importance of play • Considered school as a miniature society, where children get training in important things of life • Stressed the necessity of study of children’s nature, his instincts and impulses • Gift and occupations give a newar approach to the method of teaching • Sufficient scope for activity in a kindergarden
- 10. •Various gifts providessensory training •Inclusion of nature study in the curriculum helps to develop love for the nature and world in the mind of the students
- 11. Limitations of kindergarden •Expects too much from the child • Too much is stress has been laid on the development from within. The importance of the environment has not been fully recognised. • Songs given by him or out of date • The store provide for the study of individual child • Play will distract from serious learning
- 12. Influence on ModernEducation • Emphasis on pre primary education • New conception of school • Respect for children’s individualty • Stress on the study of the nature of the child • Education through play • Sense training • Activity in education • Women teachers at the nursery stage
- 13. Conclusion Frederick Froebel isa famous German pedagogue who proposed the idea kindergarden. He also developed the educational toys known as Froebel gifts. He advocated “learning by doing". He started his kinder garden in 1837 at his native place. The main features of kindergarden includes self activity, play, songs , guestures and construction, gift ,curriculum ,discipline occupation etc.
- 14. Reference • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich • Kindergartens:A History (1886)". Social Welfare History Project. 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2022-07-26.