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This reference book provides biographies and annotated bibliographies of more than 30 pioneers in early childhood education from Johann Amos Comenius ().
Leland B. Jacobs, a professor of education emeritus at Teachers College, Columbia University, who was known nationally for his concepts of teaching literature to the very young, died Saturday in Englewood Hospital. He was 85.
In his 22 years on the faculty, Mr. Jacobs encouraged the development of literature as a major part of early education. He taught thousands of future teachers how to fashion literature-prose and poetry-into something that would lead children to enjoy the printed word, in and out of the classroom.
To help children develop a desire ”to lose themselves in literature,”
he said in 1984, ”read to them.”
His purpose was to get pupils to read literature for its own sake rather than have teachers use it as a helpful contrivance in reading class.
For many years after retiring from Columbia in 1972, Mr.
Jacobs remained a sought-after guest teacher at schools in New Jersey and around the country. Preaching his gospel, he continued to work as a c
