Friedrich Wilhelm August Fr?bel (German: Friedrich William Augustus Te Vrede? Bel,1782 April 21-1852 June 2), a German educator, is recognized as one of the most important educators in Europe in the19th century and the originator of modern preschool education.
He not only founded the first preschool education institution named "Kindergarten", but his educational thought still dominates the basic direction of preschool education theory. At that time, the only people who could let their children attend their education courses were rich and powerful parents.
Froebel believes that the game is the spontaneous expression of children's inner instinct, especially the activity instinct [4], and it is also the purest and most sacred activity in childhood. Activity instinct will gradually develop into creation instinct in the future.
Therefore, the education of children should not be bound, suppressed or encouraged, but should conform to children's nature and meet their instinctive needs, just as gardeners conform to the nature of plants, fertilize plants and match them with appropriate sunshine and temperature. In this way, the divinity contained in people will be gradually awakened and reflected in human nature.
According to the above point of view, Froebel thinks that games and crafts should be the most important activities in early childhood, and the imparting of knowledge is only an additional part, interspersed among them. Kindergarten classes only need spoken English, not words. The most important responsibility of teachers is to correctly guide and design all kinds of game activities.
Froebel attaches great importance to the preparation of handmade materials and teaching AIDS, including famous gifts. He also attached importance to the setting of the environment and advocated that kindergartens must set up flower beds, vegetable gardens and orchards.
Froebel's educational thought and practice have had a far-reaching impact on the development of preschool education in all countries of the world. /kloc-at the end of 0/9, Flauberism was formed in the United States and its influence spread all over the world. Froebel's advocacy and attention to early childhood education has been accepted by most people in the world today. His educational thoughts such as attaching importance to games and children's independent activities, manual labor and gardening still dominate the preschool education theory. His series of toys are still popular in Korea, Japan and other countries.