Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of David P. Weikart : oral history, 1998.
Creator: | Weikart, David P. | Project: | Carnegie Corporation project. Pt. 2. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | transcript 107 leaves sound recording 2 audiocassettes (100 min.) : digital videorecording 2 videocassettes (90 min.) : digital betacam | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NotePsychologist.
Scope and ContentsChildhood: born Youngstown, Ohio, son of social workers; Oberlin College: B.A., psychology, 1949-1953; service in United States Marine Corps, 1953-1955; University of Michigan: Ph.D., education and psychology, 1956-1958; psychologist, chief diagnostician, MIchigan public school system; interest in early childhood education; formation of High/Scope Perry Study: research on education of economically disadvantaged preschool children, funding from Carnegie Corporation; experiments in infant education; changes in grantmaking philosophy; reminiscences of colleagues.
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