ABSTRACT
In 1885 the first Danish seminarium—the Froebel Semi-narium—for the training of day-care workers opened its doors. Training occurs in three types of seminariums, creche, kindergarten, and free-time, all of which offer a three-year course combining theory taught at the seminarium with practice at selected training institutions. Denmark has demonstrated over and over again the value of an empirical evolution of a training program for child-care workers. An important aspect of the Danish experience is the recognition of the value of training people for different levels of work with children. This point is beautifully illustrated by the different educational and training backgrounds of the youth-club workers in Denmark. Through this system, no one who has something to offer children need be excluded. In spite of the rapid expansion of training programs in Denmark, there are always many more qualified applicants than places for them in the training school.
