We seek to change that.
As an organisation of educators, university-based researchers, and early years providers, the IFS provides an international forum for the development of child-centred and play-based educational theories and practices, especially but not exclusively those associated with the inventor of the Kindergarten, Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852).
Researchers, practitioners and all with an interest in high-quality early childhood education are warmly invited to attend our 2023 conference! Childhood Today - A Froebelian Perspective Confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Mathias Urban, Desmond Ch...
Read MoreThe IFS mourns the loss of Yordanka Valkanova, who passed away on 18 August 2022 in her native Bulgaria. Yordanka - known to many as Danna - was a deeply committed scholar and educator who published numerous works on Froebelian education, the history of child...
Read MoreThis article first appeared in the journal The First Years Ngā Tau Tuatahi 24(1) 2022, where it was published (and is republished here) subject to the copyright provisions of a Creative Commons (Attribution-NonCommercial) License. Cooper-FYJ-Vol24-Iss1-202...
Read MoreThe IFS is pleased to republish here (with copyright holder permission) Working for children and social change: Tracing the endeavours of three Scottish lady teachers who immigrated to New Zealand in the early 20th century (2021), by Kerry Bethell and Helen M...
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