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Academics vs. Play: The False Dilemma That Some Principals Face (NAEYC blog)
Researchers Shayna Cook and Abbie Lieberman report on the results of their investigations into whether and how US elementary school principals (primary school head teachers) understand play as learning. The news is not good! As Cook and Lieberman report, "the majority of principals felt pressured to limit play time in pre-K, kindergarten, and the early grades to focus on acade...
New Book: ‘The Translatlantic Kindergarten’ by Ann Taylor Allen
Oxford University Press has published a new book by renowned historian (and IFS plenary speaker) Professor Emerita Ann Taylor Allen entitled The Transatlantic Kindergarten: Education and Women's Movements in Germany and the United States (2017)
As the Press's website explains, "In this elegant book, Ann Taylor Allen presents the first transnational history of the kindergarte...
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The Trust is a charitable body which promotes the advancement and understanding of Froebelian principles of education in learning within the UK and internationally, especially in the interest of children under age 8, their families and educators in the early years and primary sectors. To find out more about the Trust and its work, visit www.froebel.org.uk. The Froebel Trus...
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The IFS is an international forum for the development of play-based and child-centred educational theory and practice, in particular that associated with Kindergarten founder Friedrich Froebel. We serve as a major international clearinghouse for expertise and information on the subject of play-based and child-centred early education.
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