Freidrich Froebel
1782-1852
Froebel's
philosophy of education was based on Idealism. He believed in introducing play
as a means of engaging children in self-activity for the purpose of
externalizing their inner natures and a way of imitating and trying out various
adult roles.. He believed that every human being had a spiritual essence and
that every person had spiritual worth and dignity. ("spiritual mechanism) Like
Idealists, he also believed that every child had within him all he was to be at
birth, and that the proper educational environment was to encourage the child
to grow and develop in an optimal manner. His model rested on four basic ideas:
free self expression, creativity, social participation, and motor expression.
He divided
learning into gifts and occupations. A gift was an object given to a child to
play with--such as a ball--which helped the child to understand the concepts of
shape, dimension, size, and their relationships. The occupations were items
such as paints and clay which the children could use to make what they wished.
Through the occupations, children externalized the concepts existing within
their minds.
I agree to Froebel's philosophy of learning because I believe to his Four basic ideas free self expression, creativity, social participation, and motor expression; for, for me this four basic ideas are the factors which mold an individual to his/her optimal growth and development as human being.
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