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ger-583	Howe, Sally 	(Re)connecting pedagogies: Examining the links between Froebelian and Common Worlds approaches to environmental learning	2022	13	.pdf	application/pdf	6975	338	53	Through a discussion of the common philosophical underpinnings, views of children’s agency and relationship with the natural world, I will argue that the Common Worlds’ critique of pedagogy based on Froebel’s thinking and call for a new pedagogy for young children is based on an incomplete reading of Froebel’s nature pedagogy, and does not pay sufficient attention to the common grounds on which these pedagogical approaches are based- namely a view of the world as being infinitely connected and the role of education as a means of supporting children to understand their connections with the world as it is, and how they can engage with it ethically. In attempting to redefine the parameters of environmental education in the early years, Affrica Taylor, a leading academic in the Common Worlds Research Collective (CWRC), explicitly critiques Froebel’s views of nature and nature education (Taylor, 2013).	cache/ger-583.pdf	txt/ger-583.txt