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Developmental psychology. Institutions. University of Pittsburgh. Margaret Beall McFarland (July 3, 1905 – September 12, 1988) was an American child psychologist and a consultant to the television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. She was the co-founder and director of the Arsenal Family and Children's Center in Pittsburgh, and much of her ...
Jan 8, 2020 · Margaret Beall McFarland was born on July 3, 1905, in Oakdale, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh, the youngest of three girls of Robert and Gertrude (Messer) McFarland. Her father died when she was...
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Dr. Margaret McFarland was a p rofessor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the Director of the Arsenal Family and Children’s Center in Pittsburgh which she co-founded with Dr. Benjamin Spock and Erik Erikson.
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- Anything human is mentionable, and anything mentionable is manageable. When Fred first began his study of child development at Pitt, McFarland help him get in touch with his own childhood memories and feelings.
- Attitudes aren’t taught — they’re caught. In a 2003 interview with the National Endowment for the Humanities, David McCullough boiled down McFarland’s worldview: “What she taught, in essence, is that attitudes aren’t taught, they’re caught.
- Learning depends on love. McFarland championed a teaching philosophy based on love and compassion. Her friend and colleague Rev. Douglas Nowicki remembers that, “For her, learning could only take place in the context of love.
- Be an observer. Pittsburgh play therapist Carole McNamee, one of McFarland’s students, credits her with being one of the sharpest observers. “She could just spot things.
Nov 19, 2019 · He found something important for them to say, thanks in large part to the person who would become his lifelong collaborator, Margaret McFarland, at the University of Pittsburgh.
It was the voice of Fred Rogers’ chief consultant Dr. Margaret McFarland, a highly regarded child psychologist. They met regularly to discuss child development theory, so that the scripts would authentically reflect the real concerns and feelings of children.
Jan 21, 2020 · The late child psychologist Margaret McFarland, a Teachers College alumna who mentored the legendary Fred Rogers and served as an off-screen advisor to the show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” was recently the focus of a belated obituary in the New York Times’ “Overlooked” series.
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