Philip Snow Gang

Philip Snow Gang
EducationForest Hills High School
Occupations
  • Academic
  • educator
  • historian
Known forMontessori education in the United States

Philip Snow Gang is the founder and dean of The Institute for Educational Studies (TIES),[1] a Montessori academic,[2] an historian, and an eco-cosmological educator.[3]

In the mid 1980s, Gang, in collaboration with Ron Miller, helped to popularize the term "holistic education",[4] and he served as a leading advocate for the movement on the international stage. Gang also collaborated with the United Nations' University for Peace who helped plant the seeds to create the Global Alliance for Transforming Education,[5] and was an important figure in popularizing the Montessori schooling methods for use in the United States.[4]

Early life

Philip Snow Gang was the son of George and Fannie Gang. George owned Anoroc Products, manufacturing glass and aluminum for shower and patio doors, which he ran with Philip's brother Daniel.[6] Gang attended Forest Hills High School.[7]

Career

Montessori schooling

In 1967, Gang first came into contact with Montessori at the Ashdun Hall Montessori,[8] one of the first schools opened during the re-emergence of Montessori schools in the 1960s in the United States. In 1973, Gang moved his family to Italy to study the Montessori Elementary Education Method at the Centro Internazionale Di Studi Montessoriani.[9] There, he was trained by the Italians Eleanor Honegger and Camillo Grazzini, who delivered most lectures in a combination of Italian and English.[9]

Academia

In 1984, Gang met Robert Muller, then Assistant Secretary of the United Nations.[10] Muller had previously released the "World Core Curriculum", and Gang noticed many similarities to Maria Montessori's cosmic education.[10] Muller collaborated with Gang to initiate the Global Alliance for Transforming Education, which was released in 1990. This initiative was set into motion with the 1990 publication of "The Chicago Statement on Education".[11]

In the late 1980s Gang took part in the Global Thinking Project. As a citizen diplomat, he traveled to Russia and was in dialogue with teachers, principals and directors of the Soviet Academy. Most significant was the Siberian lecture on ecology where he presented Our Planet Our Home.[12]

In 1990, Gang was appointed as the executive director of the newly formed Global Alliance for Transforming Education (GATE), an initiative co-founded with Ron Miller and Edward Clark,[13] and strongly influenced Miller. GATE also released "Education 2000: A Holistic Perspective"[14] in 1991, which offered ten principles of holistic education.[15] He presented these concepts to audiences throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Oceania.

Published works

  • Gang, P. S. Rethinking Education. ISBN 0-9623783-0-5.[16]
  • Gang, P. S. Conscious Education. ISBN 0-9623783-2-1.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Faculty". TIES. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  2. ^ Chris Boyd; Chris Brewer (June 1993). Freedom to Fly: 101 Activities for Building Self-Worth. Zephyr Press. ISBN 978-0-913705-84-1.
  3. ^ "Philip Snow Gang". About Place Journal. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Chapter 1" (PDF). Scare Crow Press. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "Steps toward a Global Education System See Steps toward Global Mind Control". Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  6. ^ "Alumni Mag". Georgia Tech Alumni Mag. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  7. ^ "Forest Hills High School Class of 1958". Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  8. ^ Martin, Harold H. (March 1, 2011). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1940s-1970s. University of Georgia Press. pp. 438–. ISBN 978-0-8203-3906-1.
  9. ^ a b BETSY, WHITE (November 13, 1986). "Engineer changes gears, becomes educational pioneer". The Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution Page.
  10. ^ a b "Cosmos, Gaia and Spirit Symposium Presenter". Archived from the original on February 26, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  11. ^ Miller, Ron (1992). "Introducing Holistic Education: The Historical and Pedagogical Context of the 1990 Chicago Statement". Teacher Education Quarterly. 19 (1): 5–13. ISSN 0737-5328. JSTOR 23475623.
  12. ^ Hassard, Jack; Weisberg, Julie (1999). Environmental Science on the Net: The Global Thinking Project. Good Year Books. pp. 258–. ISBN 978-0-673-57732-0.
  13. ^ Schiller, Susan A. (February 25, 2014). Sustaining the Writing Spirit: Holistic Tools for School and Home. R&L Education. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-1-61048-958-4.
  14. ^ Miller, Jack. "HOLISTIC EDUCATION: LEARNING FOR AN INTERCONNECTED WORLD" (PDF). Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  15. ^ Rudge, L. (2008). Holistic education: An analysis of its pedagogical application (Ph.D. dissertation). Columbus, OH: Ohio State University. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  16. ^ Gang, Philip. "Rethinking Education" (PDF). Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  17. ^ Gang, Philip S.; And Others. "Conscious Education: The Bridge to Freedom". Retrieved April 6, 2016.
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