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Birth
Oberweissbach, Germany the youngest of five sons of Johann Jacob Froebel
mother died when he was nine months old -
Family life
Mother died
whcih he was then neglected by his father due to his father working a lot. -
Family life
Father remarried
still being neglected by his father, also started to be neglected by his step-mother -
Schooling
starting in 1790 he attended a girls primary school -
Schooling
moved to Stadtilm to live with his uncle
there he attended the local town school until 1796
ended education with his confirmation -
apprenticeship
at age of 15 after his confirmation, Froebel acquired an apprenticeship thorough knowledge of plants and natural phenomena while at the same time beginning the study of mathematics and languages. -
University
Froebel decided to leave his apprenticeship and study mathematics and botany at Jena University. -
Teaching
In 1805, Fröbel moved to Frankfurt-am-Maine and started to work in a local school that was run on Pestalozzi’s principles of education. There, Fröbel decided that he wanted to dedicate his life to work as an educator. He traveled to Yverdon, Switzerland to further familiarize himself with Pestalozzi’s method, staying in Switzerland from 1808 until 1810. -
taining
While he was receiving the training, he tried to implement Pestalozzi’s concepts of elementary school education in his home district. However the plans did not work well and the attempt failed. In addition, Fröbel became entangled in a conflict between Pestalozzi and his colleagues, Therefore, Fröbel returned to Germany in 1811, to resume his studies i -
Gaining more knowledge
His experience in Switzerland made Fröbel question Pestalozzi’s theory. He recognized his need for better knowledge on the subject of education, and so he decided to broaden his own education in language studies, chemistry, mineralogy, physics, and geography in Göttingen and Berlin. -
War
When war broke out against Napoleon, Fröbel joined the army. During the war he met two theology students, who later became his close colleagues: After more than a year spent in the army, Fröbel resigned and took an assistantship position at the Mineralogical Institute of Berlin University -
brothers death
his brother Christoph died of cholera in 1813, leaving three children behind. Fröbel decided to leave his university position and take over the education of his three nephews. He moved to Keilhan and opened a private school there, naming it General German Educational Establishment. -
Marriage
Fröbel married Henriette Wilhelmine Hoffmeister in 1818, and his school started to flourish. His life finally seemed to be on track.during the next 10 years, Frebel pubished many major works. -
Switzerland
In 1831, Fröbel decided to move to Switzerland. In Switzerland, Fröbel worked as an educator and a teacher’s trainer in the early 1830s, and as director of the Burgdorf orphanage and elementary school in the mid-1830s. However, he had to change his plans again and return to Germany due to his wife's ill health. -
last stage of carreer
In this last part of his career Fröbel started to develop his ideas about a kindergarten and constructed educational tools -
Death
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