Froebel's Theory of Play and its Relevance for the Teaching of Children of Younger School Age Cover Image

Fröbelova teória hry a jej relevancia pre súčasné vzdelávanie detí mladšieho školského veku
Froebel's Theory of Play and its Relevance for the Teaching of Children of Younger School Age

Author(s): Miroslav Gejdoš, Ivana Prachárová
Subject(s): Education, School education, Sociology of Education
Published by: VERBUM - vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku
Keywords: Primary Education; Friedrich Froebel; Theory of the play; Play as a method;

Summary/Abstract: The study presents an analysis of the theory of play promoted by famous German classical teacher Friedrich Froebel and documents its contribution to contemporary primary education. It deals with the description of the quintessence of Froebel's theory of education of children of younger school age and interprets current, inspirational ideas, their impulsiveness and relevance for the development of cognition of children. It points to an analogy between the pedagogical writings Education of Man, representing the methodology of education of children and constructivist theory of learning and education, opposing transmissive, mechanical, memory learning. It provides primary education teachers with a perspective on how to plan a learning process to meet the needs of each child by using a game of stimulating self-expression and subsequent learning, empowering the world and finding a place in it.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 73-82
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Slovak