Chris Mercogliano Explained

Chris Mercogliano is an American author and speaker who writes about progressive compassionate pedagogy aka alternative education. Mercogliano’s philosophy of teaching is centred on a child-centred and holistic facilitatory co-curatorial approach that begins with meeting a child where they are. Between 1973 to 2007, Mercogliano was a teacher with the Albany Free School, eventually becoming its director.^[1] He is the father of Lily Mercogliano-Easton, the director of Camp Wawa Segowea. He is also a member of the Alternative Education Resource Organization and an online educator mentoring people interested in opening their own alternative schools.

Bibliography

• Mercogliano, Chris (1998). Making It Up As We Go Along: The Story of the Albany Free School. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Mercogliano, Chris (2003). Teaching the Restless: One School's Remarkable No-Ritalin Approach to Helping Children Learn and Succeed. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
• Mercogliano, Chris (2006). How to Grow a School: Starting and Sustaining Schools That Work. New York, NY: Oxford Village Press.
• Mercogliano, Chris (2007). In Defense of Childhood: Protecting Kids' Inner Wildness. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.

External links

• Personal website
• Alternative Education Resource Organization

• Self-Organizing Child: Chris Mercogliano at TEDxYouth@BFS

Notes and References

1. Web site: In Defense of Childhood: Protecting Kids' Inner Wildness . Alexandra N. . Helper . 1 February 2008 . Psychiatric Times . 14 November 2013.