Leland Jacobs
American teacher
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- Bachelors English University of California, Berkeley
- Masters History Stanford University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Leland Blair Jacobs was an American professor emeritus of education who was known particularly for his work in the teaching of literature. Biography Jacobs was born in Tawas City, Michigan. He took his bachelor's degree from Michigan State Normal College ; his master's degree from the University of Michigan; and his PhD from the Ohio State University . He taught elementary, junior high and high school in rural Michigan, and was an elementary school principal. He also taught at OSU in Columbus, Ohio and trained numerous future teachers of literature in Leonia, New Jersey before he was hired by Teachers College, Columbia University in 1952, from which he retired with the rank of professor emeritus.During 22 years on the faculty, Dr. Jacobs developed literature as a major part of early education. He encouraged pupils to read literature for their own development. He wrote and edited many books and articles on language arts, reading and teaching pupils.
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