The influence of Friedrich Froebel is strong today in quiet and influential ways. Froebel represents a thinking tradition, through which practitioners continue to develop their understanding and effectiveness.
In line with this, the Froebel certificate courses run at Roehampton University in south-west London encourage the development of a reflective practice, that is both practical and effective. Each course emphasises the importance of practitioners being able to describe their quality of practice.
If many of his ideas, like the significance and necessity of play, do not seem exceptional today, this is because they have entered the common sense of early years practice.
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