Rediscovering froebel: A call to re-examine his life & gifts

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 371-376

  Manning, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood education history; Friedrich (1782 1852); Froebel; Froebel's gifts; Kindergarten history; Kindergarten methods and materials; Preschool history

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644516970     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-005-0004-8     Document Type: Article

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