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Newbury Kindergarten 059
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Newbury Kindergarten 059. Union Presbyterian Seminary.. 1957. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, http://cdm17236.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17236coll2/id/39.APA citation style
(1957). Newbury Kindergarten 059. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, http://cdm17236.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17236coll2/id/39.Chicago citation style
Newbury Kindergarten 059. 1957. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, http://cdm17236.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17236coll2/id/39.Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
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- Josephine Newbury was teaching in the Atlanta public school system when she was recruited to join the faculty of the Presbyterian School of Christian Education as Associate Professor in 1952. A new purpose-built facility was created to become a model preschool for the training of teachers and the design of innovative curriculum. Before the Newbury Center opened in 1957, there was no education available in a school setting in Richmond or the surrounding counties for children younger than five. Preschool itself was an innovative concept then. The Newbury Center was fully accredited by the Virginia State Department of Education as a kindergarten and as a training venue for teacher certification. Summer training workshops were attended by students from 13 Virginia universities. Education majors from VCU and VUU could do their student teaching there. Nurses in training in pediatrics at Richmond Memorial, MCV and Johnston-Willis hospitals came to fulfill their requirements in education and socialization of the young child. The building included a mirrored glass panel running the full length of one wall in the main classroom, behind which up to 20 visitors could observe the children and their teachers. The observation room was soundproofed and air-conditioned. A microphone and speaker system made it possible to listen to the activities in the classroom. This facility was considered very advanced for its time; it was modeled after the teacher training lab at the University of Maryland. The professional images in this collection are the work of the Dementi Studios, one of Richmond's foremost portrait and documentary photographers. The series was made shortly after the Demonstration Kindergarten opened in 1957. They present an idealized image of childhood experience, social expectations, and gender roles, as well as the educational philosophy and methods of the time. Prof. Newbury published three books detailing her curricular approach : The Church Kindergarten Resource Book (1970), More Kindergarten Resources (1974), and Nursery-Kindergarten Weekday Education in the Church (1960).
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