Date of Award

6-1937

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Education

First Advisor

George E. Vander Beke

Second Advisor

William J. Grace

Abstract

Provision for children four and five years of age is coming to be recognized as an essential part of our scheme of education. Scientific investigation has shown that many of the undesirable traits in adult life are due to the lack of early training in childhood. The first year of the child's school life is a very important one. It is at this time that boys and girls leave the limited environment of their home for the first time. During their stay in kindergarten they must learn to adapt themselves to a larger group, to be guided by the teacher and acquire skills and habits which will help them to live more desirable lives. The training of the kindergarten is superior to the training of the home. The training in kindergarten is more systematic and progressive. Except in the case of a few specially trained mothers, the child's pre-school education is a matter of whim and convenience. Moreover the kindergarten training takes place in a more suitable environment. The child is stimulated and held in check by children of his own age.

The teachers who work with the group have the problem of helping the children to become socially, emotionally, and intellectually adjusted. Special training for the teacher is required if she is to meet her responsibility. The purpose of this thesis is to show the importance of the modern kindergarten in the education of the five year old child.

Comments

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts of Marquette University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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