Background
Abbott, James Willie was born on December 29, 1933 in Bloodland, Missouri, United States. Son of Mons E. and Stella (Anderson) Abbott.
Abbott, James Willie was born on December 29, 1933 in Bloodland, Missouri, United States. Son of Mons E. and Stella (Anderson) Abbott.
AB, Drury College, Springfield, Missouri, 1956. Master of Arts, University Missouri, 1959. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebraska, 1980.
Secondary school teacher, Lebanon, Missouri, 1956—1959. Assistant director laboratory schools to instructors education University Missouri, Columbia, 1959—1966. Director Kansas Cooperative Urban Teacher Education Program, from 1968, Kansas Urban Education Center, Kansas City, Kansas Youth Trust.
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Member of American Society Curriculum Development, American Association Teacher Educators, Phi Delta Kappa.