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ERIC Number: EJ1305334
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
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Friedrich Froebel: Interpolation, Extrapolation
Watts, Mike
Early Child Development and Care, v191 n7-8 p1186-1195 2021
Fredrich Froebel was a scientist, both in instinct and in training, and his life coincided with an important and dynamic period of scientific growth. I take this opportunity to delve both into some history and futurology to examine the heritage and legacy of his work. The usual of interpolation is of reading into data: where there exist some consistent trends within a broad set of data then the reader can reasonably infer the value of intervening points, to 'read between the dots.' Here, I explore known features of Froebel's scientific life and then read--interpret--between the lines. Extrapolations, in turn, are inferences made beyond the data, surmises drawn from datum points already established. This is 'informed speculation'. In the latter part of the paper, I run with some of Froebel's seminal ideas into the near future, peering forward for issues in science education that might plausibly have Froebelian antecedents.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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