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1 online resource (220 pages) |
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Early Years Pioneers in Context; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors and Contributor; Foreword by Jonathan Doherty; 1. An Introduction to Early Years Pioneers in Context; Introduction; Historical Notes; Theorists who Informed the Policies And Practice Of the Pioneers; Contemporary Early Years Education And Care in the Us and Uk; Introducing the "Pioneers"; Glossary of Terms; References; 2. Early Years Pioneers: In the Beginning; Childhoods in the Distant Past; The Beginnings of Mass Formal Education; Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi; Robert Owen; Conclusion |
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Student Integration TasksReferences; 3. Frederick Froebel (1782-1852): The "Garden of Children"; Introduction: Life, Work, and the Times; Ancient Forebears and the Romantic Age of Kindergarten Education; Froebel's Philosophy: Idealism Defines the Goodness Within Children and his Theory of Education; Froebel's Kindergarten: A Garden of Children at Play; Critical Perspectives: Father of the Kindergarten Movement; Theoretical and Critical Perspectives; Relevance to Contemporary Practices: Froebel's Legacy; Student Integration Tasks; References |
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4. Elizabeth Peabody (1804-94): Implementing Froebel's Play-Based LearningA Historical, Philosophical, Cultural, and Socio-Political Context: Nineteenth-Century America and the Framework of Elizabeth Peabody's World; Life and Work: The Kindergarten Movement; Critical Perspectives; Theoretical and Practice Legacy; Relevance to Contemporary Practice; Student Integration Tasks; References; 5. Susan Blow (1843-1916): Funding Kindergartens and Training Professionals for American Kindergartens in Public Education |
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A Historical, Philosophical, Cultural, and Socio-Political Context: Susan Blow's World Bridges the Nineteenth and Twentieth CenturiesLife and Work: The Kindergarten Movement; Critical Perspectives: Physical Factors, Religious Assumptions, and Philosophical Discourse; Theoretical and Practice Legacy; Relevance to Contemporary Practice; Student Integration Tasks; References; 6. Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925): The Anthroposophical Approach; Introduction; Rudolf Steiner: Life and Work; Theoretical and Practical Legacy: Anthroposophical Education -- A Credible Contemporary Alternative? |
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Teaching and CurriculumRelevance to Contemporary Practice in the Twenty-First Century; Student Integration Tasks; References; 7. Margaret McMillan (1860-1931): The Original 'Liberatory Pedagogue'; Introduction; The Genesis of Educare and the Case For Outdoor Play: Mcmillan's Life and Work; Theoretical and Practice Legacy: The Concept of Liberatory Pedagogy and its Relevance to Mcmillan's Work; The Impact of Mcmillan's Work and its Relevance to Contemporary Practice; Student Integration Tasks; Notes; References; 8. Maria Montessori (1870-1952): Scientific Pedagogy; Introduction |
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Early Life and Education: The Young Feminist |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Early childhood educators -- Biography
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Early childhood education -- History -- 19th century
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Early childhood education -- History -- 20th century
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Early childhood education
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Early childhood educators
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Swiniarski, Louise
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Holland, Wendy
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| ISBN |
9781317600084 |
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1317600088 |
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