Helen Parkhurst

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This article is about the educator. For the philosopher, see Helen Huss Parkhurst.
Helen Parkhurst
the Dalton School

Helen Parkhurst (March 8, 1886

ABC Television Network.[2] Parkhurst took her cues from developmental psychologist Jean Piaget and education reformers such as John Dewey and Horace Mann
, producing a progressive education philosophy emphasizing the development of the "whole child".

Early life and education

Born in

Montessori schools in the United States.[6]

Career

In 1920 she gained a disciple when college founder Belle Rennie visited from the UK. Rennie became a evangelist for the approach and she created the Dalton Association in Britain.[7]

After further work with Montessori in Rome, Parkhurst wrote several books like Education on the Dalton Plan (1922), Work Rhythms in Education (1935), Exploring the Child's World (1951), Growing Pains (1962) and Undertow (1963) and had her own national radio and television programs.[8] Parkhurst hosted a children's educational program on ABC Radio Network in New York City.[9] In 1932 Belle Rennie published The Triumph of the Dalton Plan with the British educational psychologist Charles William Kimmins.[10]

Parkhurst was a 1948 recipient of a Radio - Television Critics Award and a 1949 recipient of the 13th American Exhibition of Educational Radio Programs Award.

Parkhurst was the author of Education on the Dalton Plan, which was published in 58 languages; Exploring the Child's World, with an introduction by

Queen of the Netherlands. Maria Montessori best summarized Parkhurst's career by stating, "Her intelligent activity is truly rare and precious." Eleanor Roosevelt greatly admired Parkhurst's work and played a significant role in expanding the population and resources of her school.[11]

Legacy

Parkhurst's influence has spread across the globe, with schools in the

UW-Stevens Point
.

References

  1. ^ Mesch, Terry; Berends (2013). "Helen Parkhurst, remembered today in her hometown" (PDF) (in Dutch and English). Nederlandse Dalton Vereniging. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Parkhurst, Helen (1922). Education On The Dalton Plan. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company. pp. 15–16. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
  3. ^ "Distinguished Alumni: Helen Parkhurst". University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  4. ISBN 9783030548346
  5. ^ Helen Parkhurst Papers, 1914-1983 and undated. Collection 5. Nelis R. Kampenga University Archives. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
  6. ^ Encyclopedia of Women's History in America, pg. 199
  7. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48580. Retrieved February 28, 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  8. ^ "Child's World: New program airs juvenile ideas on God, Jealousy, Death". Life. August 2, 1948. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  9. ^ "Radio: How It Feels". Time. April 12, 1948.
  10. ^ Kimmins, Charles William; Rennie, Belle (1932). The Triumph of the Dalton Plan. I. Nicholson & Watson.
  11. ^ "Error" (PDF). A Notable Woman – Helen Parkhurst. Retrieved February 18, 2018.

External links

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