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Prínos myšlienok Friedricha Wilhelma Augusta Fröbela pre predškolskú pedagogiku
The contribution of Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel´s thoughts to preschool education

Author(s): Ivana Prachárová
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, History of ideas, Preschool education, 18th Century
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Froebel; Education of Man; play; Froebel´s gifts; Kindergartens
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the delimitation and access to the historical bases of pre-school education, whose author is the momentous German pedagogue F. W. A. Froebel and points to the importance of his pedagogical work for contemporary pedagogy. Article presents eminent thoughts influencing the establishment of kindergartens, which have become the principal fundamentals of institutional education of preschool children around the world. In the paper are 1. delineated documents that deal with the topic and present the state of the issue in Slovakia as well as abroad; 2. formulated bases of projected research in the area in question from the acquired knowledge.