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A Program For Seven Year-Olds At The City And Country School, Ruth Cushner
A Program For Seven Year-Olds At The City And Country School, Ruth Cushner
Graduate Student Independent Studies
The City and Country School, one of the oldest progressive schools in the country, was founded over forty years ago by Miss Caroline Pratt. It was conceived as a place to find more effective ways of helping children learn and grow.
The Bank Street Threes And Their World, Lois Owen
The Bank Street Threes And Their World, Lois Owen
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This is a study of a group of seventeen three year olds at the Bank Street School for Children, 69 Bank Street, New York City in which I was a student teacher for five months. My purpose is to, first, state some philosophical positions of my own concerning preschoolers and preschool education. On these bases I proceed to an investigation of the school as an institution, a discussion of the parents, the children, and the curriculum for the group. I attempt to analyze the suitability of the curriculum to the needs of the children, and to evaluate the expectations of …