Helen Parkhurst

Helen Parkhurst (January 3, 1887 - June 1, 1973) was a American educator, author, lecturer, the originator of the Dalton Plan and the founder of The Dalton School.

Related Topics:
January 3 - 1887 - June 1 - 1973 - American educator - Dalton Plan - The Dalton School

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Born at Durand, Wisconsin, she was graduated from Wisconsin State Teachers College in 1907 and studied at the universities of Rome and Munich and with Maria Montessori.

Related Topics:
Durand, Wisconsin - 1907 - Maria Montessori

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"I am of the opinion that the influence of a teacher's conversation with an individual child on any ordinary academic subject is

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much more potent than what is said in a class lesson. Those of

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us who are older often hear sermons or lectures which inspire us,

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and if we are privileged to talk over points with the preacher or

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lecturer afterwards, the effect is much more emphatic and perma-

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nent. But how many class lessons have children to listen to

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which are boring and useless, and others where they are not

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sufficiently interested to ask a question? If we use class

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teaching and individual work in their proper places the best

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results will follow."

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She died at New Milford, Connecticut

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