Froebel College
History
The college was founded as a women's teacher training college in 1892 by followers of Friedrich Fröbel. The Froebel Society had been formed in 1874 and in 1892 Julia Salis Schwabe led an initiative to found a college for training teachers. It was imperative that the trainee teachers should be allowed to practice whilst they were learning so a school/nursery was established in parallel. The college became co-educational in 1965.
Emilie Michaelis (1834–1904) was the First Principal of Froebel College serving from 1892 until 1901. She was succeeded by Esther Lawrence (1862–1944) who led for over 30 years finishing in 1932. The third Principal was Eglantyne Mary Jebb MA (1889–1978) who led until 1955 when she was replaced by her friend Molly Brearley.
Brearley created courses where teachers could gain diplomas and the college became involved in cross-curricular Bachelor of Education courses. In their first year, students would learn about child development, while simultaneously learning about subjects like maths and science. The college's ideas were contained in, Fundamentals in the First School, which was a book that Brearley and Raymond Bott edited and published in 1969. Brearley retired in 1970.
In 1975, the college became part of the Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, which became Roehampton University in 2004.
People associated with the college
Notable alumna
- Christie Ade Ajayi (born 1930), Nigerian specialist in early childhood education
Notable alumnae of the kindergarten
- Helena Rosa Wright (1887–1982) was a doctor and a pioneer in birth control
- Margaret Lowenfeld (1890–1973) was a pioneer in child psychology and psychotherapy
References
- ^ Froebel College, Aim25.ac.uk, Retrieved 5 September 2015
- ^ Weston, Peter (2002). The Froebel Educational Institute: The Origins and History of the College. London: Roehampton University. p. 91. ISBN 1902743458.
- ^ "Emilie Michaelis (1834–1904), the First Principal of Froebel College (1892–1901) | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ "Esther Ella Lawrence (1862–1944), the Second Principal of Froebel College (1901–1932) | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ "Eglantyne Mary Jebb (1889–1978), MA, the Third Principal of Froebel College (1932–1955) | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/54766. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54766. Retrieved 27 January 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Brearley, Molly; Bott, Raymond (1969). Fundamentals in the First School. Basil Blackwell.
- ^ Philomena Osazee Esigbemi Fayose, Nigerian Children's Literature in English, AENL Educational Publishers, p70
- ^ Cathy Urwin, ‘Lowenfeld, Margaret Frances Jane (1890–1973)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 4 Sept 2015
External links
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