Books & Reading, Educational Philosophy
At School with Charlotte: Examining Underlying Assumptions (Part 3)
Previously, we used Charlotte (and my pal Comenius) to assess the educational views of John Locke and James Sully. Today, we’re going to check out Pestalozzi and Froebel, as well as Herbartian psychology. So let’s get to it. Pestalozzi and Froebel — The Theory of Kindergarten Charlotte, if you recall, discussed kindergarten thoroughly in Volume 1. She calls this “looking a gift horse in the mouth” because she considers that we are very much in debt to the invention of Kindergarten. Continue Reading…
August 6, 2010