Pratt, Caroline, 1867-1954

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Name (Latin)
Pratt, Caroline, 1867-1954
Other forms of name
nnea Pratt, Caroline, b. 1867
Pratt, Caroline, 1867-
Pratt, Caroline, b. 1867 nna
Date of birth
1867-05-13
Date of death
1954-06-06
Field of activity
Blocks (Toys)
Progressive education
Occupation
Authors
Educators
Teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 79559765
Wikidata: Q5045200
Library of congress: n 89659397
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, July 17, 2015(Caroline Pratt; born May 13, 1867, Fayetteville, New York; died June 6, 1954, New York, New York; American social thinker and progressive educational reformer whose ideas were influential in educational reform, policy, and practice; known as the founder (1914) of City and Country School in the Greenwich Village section of the borough of Manhattan in New York City; the inventor of unit blocks; and as the author of I learn from children (1948))
  • Her I learn from children, 1990, c1948:CIP t.p. (Caroline Pratt) data sheet (founded the City and Country School in Greenwich Village in 1914)
  • LC man. auth. cd., 10-23-89(hdg.: Pratt, Caroline, 1867-)

Wikipedia description:

Caroline Pratt (May 13, 1867 – June 6, 1954 ) was an American social thinker and progressive educational reformer whose ideas were influential in educational reform, policy, and practice. Pratt is known as the founder of City and Country School in the Greenwich Village section of the borough of Manhattan in New York City; the inventor of unit blocks; and as the author of I Learn from Children (HarperCollins, 1948; rereleased in 1990; republished by Grove Atlantic in May 2014; released as a free audiobook in 2018 through Audible), an autobiographical account of her life and educational experiments, philosophies and practices. Pratt's specific style of progressive education, focused on first-hand experiences, open-ended materials, and social studies, has been cited and described by figures as noted as John Dewey and the architect and playground designer David Rockwell. Her original vision endures at City and Country School, which she founded in 1914 in the Greenwich Village section of New York City.

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