Angelo Patri
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Angelo Patri was an Italian
-American
author and educator.
His real surname was Petraglia, and he was born in Piaggine (Salerno province). Patri came to the United States when he was five. He gained a B.A. at the College of the City of New York
in 1897, and an M.A. at Columbia University
in 1904. A schoolteacher in New York from 1898 to 1908, he may have been the first Italian-born American to become a school principal in the United States. In attempting to engage the student with tasks that went beyond book learning, he was influenced by the writings of John Dewey
. From 1908 to 1913 he was principal of Public School No. 4, and in 1913 he became principal of Public School 45, Bronx, New York. He wrote a syndicated column, "Our Children," on child psychology for newspapers and magazines.
Books for children:
Italy
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-American
United States
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author and educator.
His real surname was Petraglia, and he was born in Piaggine (Salerno province). Patri came to the United States when he was five. He gained a B.A. at the College of the City of New York
College of the City of New York
The College of the City of New York is the former name of New York University's undergraduate college when the university was named "University of the City of New York"....
in 1897, and an M.A. at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 1904. A schoolteacher in New York from 1898 to 1908, he may have been the first Italian-born American to become a school principal in the United States. In attempting to engage the student with tasks that went beyond book learning, he was influenced by the writings of John Dewey
John Dewey
John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey was an important early developer of the philosophy of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology...
. From 1908 to 1913 he was principal of Public School No. 4, and in 1913 he became principal of Public School 45, Bronx, New York. He wrote a syndicated column, "Our Children," on child psychology for newspapers and magazines.
Works
Books for parents and teachers:- A School Master of the Great City, 1917
- The School That Everybody Wants, 1922
- Child Training, 1922
- "Talks to Mothers", 1923 (Presented with the compliments of 'The Thomas Dalby Company' Watertown. Mass.)
- School and Home, 1925
- Problem of Childhood, 1926
- What Have You Got to Give?, 1926
- The Questioning Child, 1928
Books for children:
- White Patch, 1911
- Pinocchio in Africa, 1911 (tr.)
- Spirit of America, 1924
- Pinocchio in America, 1928 (tr.)
- The Adventures of Pinocchio, 1937 (tr.)