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词条 Walden School (New York City)
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  1. Notable faculty

  2. Notable alumni

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2014}}Walden School was a private day school in Manhattan, New York City, that operated from 1914 until 1988, when it merged with the New Lincoln School; the merged school closed in 1991. Walden was known as an innovator in progressive education. Faculty were addressed by first names and students were given great leeway in determining their course of study. Located on Central Park West at 88th Street, the school was very popular with intellectual families from New York's Upper West Side and with families based in Greenwich Village.[1][2] The Walden School was founded in 1914 by Margaret Naumburg, an educator who later became an art therapist.[1][3] Claire Raphael Reis, a musician, was also involved.[4]

Naumburg, who had been exposed to the theories of John Dewey at Columbia University, embraced "individual transformation" as an education principle, encouraging creative expression and self-motivated learning.[5][6] Throughout its history, the Walden School emphasized the visual and performing arts. Competition between students was minimized. No exams were required for admission.[1]

Walden's original building at Central Park West at 88th Street has been demolished. However, Walden's adjacent building at 1 West 88th, now known as the Goodman Building after Walden alumnus and civil rights martyr Andrew Goodman, is now occupied by the Trevor Day School.

Notable faculty

  • Hans Maeder taught at Walden School and served as its interim head in the 1940s before leaving to start Stockbridge School in Massachusetts.
  • Florence Cane taught art, sister of Margaret Naumburg
  • Stanley Bosworth taught French, before going on to lead Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn

Notable alumni

  • Kenneth Lonergan, playwright, film director
  • Matthew Broderick, actor[1]
  • Jane Dudley, modern dancer[7]
  • Carol Gilligan, educational psychologist[1]
  • Jared Seide, Executive Director of a non-profit
  • Andrew Goodman, civil rights activist[8]
  • Mike Nichols, film and theatre director, producer, actor and comedian
  • Barbara Tuchman, historian[1]
  • Saul Landau, documentary filmmaker, author, biographer of Fidel Castro[9]
  • Michael Diamond, member of the Beastie Boys
  • Elmer Bernstein, jazz and film composer
  • Peter Kivy, professor of musicology and philosophy at Rutgers University
  • Peter Elias, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT
  • Tony Saletan, American folksinger and musician
  • Glenn Ligon, conceptual artist
  • Alex Guarnaschelli, celebrity chef and television personality
  • David Zwirner, contemporary art dealer

References

Notes
1. ^Douglas Martin, [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/23/nyregion/walden-school-at-73-files-for-bankruptcy.html Walden School, At 73, Files for Bankruptcy], The New York Times, June 23, 1987
2. ^Wolfgang Saxon, [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/10/nyregion/planned-merger-to-cut-costs-for-two-private-day-schools.html Planned Merger to Cut Costs For Two Private Day Schools], The New York Times, May 10, 1988
3. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/06/obituaries/margaret-naumburg-walden-school-founder-dies.html Margaret Naumburg, Walden School Founder, Dies], The New York Times, March 6, 1983
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fre51 |title=REIS, CLAIRE RAPHAEL | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) |publisher=Tshaonline.org |date= |accessdate=2012-12-02}}
5. ^Daniel Schugurensky (2002), History of Education: Selected Moments of the 20th Century: 1914 – Margaret Naumburg promotes art therapy at Walden School, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Accessed September 24, 2010.
6. ^Susan F. Semel and Alan R. Sadovnik, The Contemporary Small-School Movement: Lessons from the History of Progressive Education, Teachers College Record
7. ^Anna Kisselgoff, [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/22/arts/jane-dudley-modern-dancer-and-teacher-is-dead-at-89.html Jane Dudley, Modern Dancer And Teacher, Is Dead at 89], The New York Times. September 22, 2001
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.core-online.org/History/goodman.htm |title=Chaney, Goodman & Schwerner |publisher=Core-online.org |date= |accessdate=2012-12-02}}
9. ^https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/arts/saul-landau-maker-of-films-with-leftist-edge-dies-at-77.html?pagewanted=all
10. ^{{cite book|last1=Hinitz|first1=B. F.|editor1-last=Hinitz|editor1-first=B. F.|title=The Hidden History of Early Childhood Education|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|location=New York & London|pages=181 - 212|chapter=The Impact of Margaret Naumburg and Walden School on Early Childhood Education in the United States}}
Further reading
  • Margaret Naumburg (1928), The Child and the World: Dialogues in Modern Education. New York: Harcourt Brace.
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External links

  • Margaret Naumburg and Florence Cane, student paper in Women's Intellectual Contributions to the Study of Mind and Society, Webster University

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