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Peer reviewedWoodard, Carol – Elementary School Journal, 1979
Describes the contributions of Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) to early childhood education. Froebel's design of three types of materials and activities--gifts, occupations, and "mother plays"--are discussed in detail. (CM)
Descriptors: Biographies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories
Download full textOffice of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
Every four years the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations requests a report from each Member State telling how the United Nations and its work are being made known to the citizenry. This bulletin constitutes the report of the United States substantially as it was submitted at the close of 1959. Because the Secretary General had…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Peace, International Cooperation, Textbooks
PDF pending restorationBathurst, Effie G.; Blackwood, Paul E.; Mackintosh, Helen K.; Schneider, Elsa – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1949
This bulletin is for those who sincerely want to understand the nature of a modern elementary school program. It presents a point of view, offers many illustrations of what happens in a classroom in the course of a school day, and interprets what children do, say, and learn as they work together with their teacher. Education should consist of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Curriculum, Educational Principles, Class Activities
