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Richard Thomas Alexander (1887-1971) was an American educator and influential education theorist. An early proponent of the progressive education movement of John Dewey Alexander was the driving force behind the creation of the New College Teachers College Columbia University New York. He was its chairman from 1932-1938. Alexander was described by his contemporaries as a hard-working pragmatic man and a common sense academic with a genius for organization and a love of education.

birth date
1887-07-03
birth place
Smicksburg Pennsylvania
death date
1971-10-16
death place
Waynesville North Carolina
era
20th-century philosophy
influenced
Agnes_Snyder, Peter_Sammartino
influenced by
John Dewey, George Counts
main interest
Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy of education, Critical pedagogy, Comparative education, German_progressivism, Social_reconstruction
notableIdea
Progressive education, Concept_of_community
philosophicalSchool
Pragmatism

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