Grant, Pamela M., 1942-

Wright, Christina

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2005-05-31

1 audio file (2:19:38) : digital, MP3

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Pamela M. Grant was a 63-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in her home in Davidson, North Carolina. She was born in New York, New York in 1942. She was educated at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Winthrop College, and University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and was employed as a teacher.

Pamela M. Grant recounts her twenty-six year teaching career at Piedmont Open Middle School. Mrs. Grant became involved with the open learning movement in education during the late 1960s, and gave up a career in academia in order to teach at Piedmont Open. She explains the theoretical and philosophical foundation of open education as a teaching method, and describes the evolution of Piedmont' approach to open education. Mrs. Grant recounts how faculty experimented with everything from the structure of the school day to the physical building itself in order to find the best outcome for the students. Mrs. Grant then discusses her many teaching strategies within this atmosphere, as well as giving testament to how her teaching methods have impacted her past students.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV optimized production master file. Interview originally recorded on two minidiscs and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Teachers
College teachers

Grant, Pamela M., 1942-

Piedmont Open Middle School (Charlotte, N.C.)
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Open plan schools
Open learning
Social sciences--Study and teaching (Secondary)

North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1960-2010

Open schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg

Living Charlotte: the Postwar Development of a New South City

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Irwin Avenue Open School records, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/287)

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