University of Erfurt, Thuringia/GermanyTitle: Froebelian Pasts, Present & FuturesDate: July 31, 2025, to August 2, 2025Due date for contributions & abstracts: December 9, 2024Due date for papers to be included in the conference proceedings volume: September 12, 2025 Find more details here
Join the conversation for an online webinar in which invited participants will share their (preliminary)thoughts on “Froebel and Democracy” through an informal 15-minute presentation, followed by a Q&A.Froebel and DemocracyToday, democracy is in crisis. The long-held assumption that liberalization and democratization will never be reversed and that these achievements can only become more consolidated and…
“Those of us who have met Robert Nauer and spent some time with him are, of course, feeling very sad. He was a true Frobelian, and unfailingly generous in welcoming visitors to Keilhau and engaging with us so that we came away having learnt so much more about being an becoming a Froebelian than we…
Experts agree that high-quality early childhood education promotes the healthy cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of young children. Decades’ worth of evidence shows that the highest quality early education is child-centred and play-based. And yet, in many places, early childhood education today is dominated by skills-based, academically-oriented, test-focused teaching.We seek to change that.As an…
In the context of the joint application for the kindergarten idea from the Fröbel district in Bad Blankenburg, Thuringia, the International Froebel Society Germany and the Pestalozzi-Fröbel Association, an image film on the topic produced by the german Pestalozzi-Fröbel-Verband (pfv) was created and attached to the application.
We are pleased to announce that registration for the Fröbel Conference in Erfurt is now open. Please follow the instructions on the conference website. Direct link to registration
We are delighted to announce that the University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, in New Zealand, has been selected as the host institution for our forthcoming conference. The 12th Froebel Biennial Conference is scheduled to take place from 25 to 27 November 2027. This will be the first time the conference has been held in…
The Executive Committee of the International Froebel Society hereby announces the appointment of Prof. Dr. Andrea C. Schmid as the Society’s new president. The new chair is Grace Choi, who is supported by Dr Nikolas A. Rathert, who has assumed the position of vice chair. Dr Laoise Ní Cléirigh is the Secretary of the Leadership…
Maria Cooper: “Why does Froebel matter in the 21st century?” This article first appeared in the journal The First Years Ngā Tau Tuatahi 24 (1) 2022, where it was published (and is republished here) subject to the copyright provisions of a Creative Commons (Attribution-NonCommercial) License.
On 10th November 2023, the Fröbel Research Centre Professorship Schmid at the University of Erfurt received the materials from Dr Erika Knechtel’s collection. This unique collection of material on Friedrich Froebel is the culmination of the life’s work of Dr Erika Knechtel, a renowned Froebel researcher in the former German Democratic Republic. At the age…
