This is the first published biography of Caroline Pratt, an innovative progressive educator who founded the City and Country School in Greenwich Village, New York, in 1914. It provides a feminist analysis of Pratt's life and work that adds a new dimension to our appreciation of her contributions to progressive education. Learning from Children also shows how an analysis of Pratt's work can inform our understanding of current critical issues in educational policy and practice. Caroline Pratt's story will enliven courses on history of education, foundations of early childhood education, and women's history topics.…mehr
This is the first published biography of Caroline Pratt, an innovative progressive educator who founded the City and Country School in Greenwich Village, New York, in 1914. It provides a feminist analysis of Pratt's life and work that adds a new dimension to our appreciation of her contributions to progressive education. Learning from Children also shows how an analysis of Pratt's work can inform our understanding of current critical issues in educational policy and practice. Caroline Pratt's story will enliven courses on history of education, foundations of early childhood education, and women's history topics.
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Autorenporträt
Mary E. Hauser is Professor of Education in the Interdisciplinary Studies in Curriculum and Instruction Department at National-Louis University. She received her Ph.D. in educational psychology/early childhood from the University of California-Santa Barbara. Her research interests concentrate on the sociocultural context of education. The co-editor of Intersections: Feminisms/Early Childhoods (Peter Lang, 1998) and co-author of Personalizing Culture through Anthropological Perspectives (1999), Hauser is also the author of various book chapters and journal articles.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations - Acknowledgments - List of Abbreviations - Prologue - Introduction - Growing up in Fayetteville - Teachers College, New York: Formal Education Training - Living and Learning in Philadelphia - Greenwich Village: A New Philosophical Home - Defining and Enacting a Radical Educational Philosophy - Education Practices at the City and Country School - Caroline Pratt's Influence in the Progressive - The Private Caroline Pratt - The Legacy of Caroline Pratt and the City and Country School - Appendix A: Methodology Notes - Appendix B: Publications of Caroline Pratt - Appendix C: Unit Blocks - Bibliography - Index.
List of Illustrations - Acknowledgments - List of Abbreviations - Prologue - Introduction - Growing up in Fayetteville - Teachers College, New York: Formal Education Training - Living and Learning in Philadelphia - Greenwich Village: A New Philosophical Home - Defining and Enacting a Radical Educational Philosophy - Education Practices at the City and Country School - Caroline Pratt's Influence in the Progressive - The Private Caroline Pratt - The Legacy of Caroline Pratt and the City and Country School - Appendix A: Methodology Notes - Appendix B: Publications of Caroline Pratt - Appendix C: Unit Blocks - Bibliography - Index.
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