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Amos Bronson Alcott (/ ˈ ɔː l k ə t /; November 29, 1799 – March 4, 1888) was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and avoided traditional punishment.
Bronson Alcott was an American philosopher, teacher, reformer, and member of the New England Transcendentalist group. The self-educated son of a poor farmer, Alcott traveled in the South as a peddler before establishing a series of schools for children. His educational theories owed something to.
Amos Bronson Alcott was born on November 29, 1799, in Wolcott, Connecticut, and died on March 4, 1888. He was an author, teacher, conversationalist, philosopher, and outspoken advocate of educational and social reform.
Amos Bronson Alcott: The Life of an Educator. A. Bronson Alcott. Courtesy of the Concord Free Public Library. A brilliant and progressive but misunderstood educator whose Temple School in Boston was among the most innovative education institutions of its times, Alcott was born in poverty near Wolcott, Connecticut, and had little formal schooling.
Amos Bronson Alcott was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style and avoiding traditional punishment.
While being praised as one of the major influences in Transcendentalism, Alcott is also known for his unconventional teaching fundamentals, his experimental utopia Fruitlands, and founding the successful Concord School of Philosophy.
Ever and always a teacher, Amos Bronson Alcott began his literary career by publishing articles and books describing his teaching methods and pedagogical philosophy. He published articles in both the American Journal of Education and its successor, the American Annals of Education and Instruction . His first standalone work was a 27-page ...
Amos Bronson Alcott dedicated his life to various intellectual and social movements, including Transcendentalism, abolitionism, and education reform.
Amos Bronson Alcott ( / ˈɔːlkət /; November 29, 1799 – March 4, 1888) was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and avoided traditional punishment.
Amos Bronson Alcott. Reformer, philosopher, writer, visionary, teacher. From the 1840s to the 1880s, in Concord, Massachusetts, there lived an extraordinary man.
