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Download full textEdiger, Marlow – 1992
Friedrich Froebel, an early advocate of the use of play in kindergarten teaching, argued that the ultimate goal of education was developing the creative person. According to Froebel, teachers could promote creativity through play by using gifts, occupations, and mother play songs. By contrast, Johann Herbart called for a subject centered…
Descriptors: Creativity, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Early Childhood Education
