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Daniel J. Walsh Chung, Shunah 2015-09-25T19:56:47Z 2015-09-25T19:56:47Z 10000-01-01 2000 2000 This study examines the historical development of the term child-centered in the discourse of early schooling in America. My discussion begins with the founder of the kindergarten, Friedrich Froebel, and traces the development of the kindergarten in the America until the 1930s. I explore how underlying meanings of the term child-centeredness have changed---which were lost and which survived---by tracing the educational and philosophical currents of each historical context. The term balances on many layers of complex and sometimes contradictory meanings that have been forged over the years by competing interest groups, each appropriating the term and, adding to and taking away from the existing meaning, molding it to their own purposes. In the process, some underlying meanings were lost, others were added. Meanings were changed and then shared within and sometimes across groups. The term has masked complex and contradictory underlying assumptions about children and their learning and development that should be addressed. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T19:56:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 9955600.pdf: 17131664 bytes, checksum: be30fba0f4ea8243cef77a2ace35feb2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2000 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 81653 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 314 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/80371 (MiAaPQ)AAI9955600 eng Education, History of Unpacking Child -Centeredness: A History of Meanings text Education Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.