Elsie Ripley Clapp (1879-1965): Her Life and the Community School

by Sam F. Stack Jr.

This biography chronicles the life and teaching practices of Elsie Ripley Clapp, one of the most significant female leaders in progressive education. Clapp's greatest contribution to American education is the community school, a place for self-realization, caring, cooperation, and cultural enrichment as well as the cornerstone of democratic society. Challenging the practices of contemporary education in her era, she envisioned pedagogy as the integration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820468428
• ISBN13: 9780820468426
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.