John Edward Pflum

Background

John Pflum was born on September 1, 1934, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

John Pflum studied at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1956 and a Master of Education in 1962. He also did further graduate study at the University of Pittsburgh from 1963 to 1965.

Career

John Pflum started his career as an elementary school teacher and principal in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania from 1962 to 1965. In 1965, he took up a post of a professor of education at Millersville University and held this post until 1991. Pflum also worked as a director and teacher at the Jenkins School.

John Pflum wrote his first book Open Education: For Me? in 1974. He also published The New Open Education: A Program for Combining the Basics with Alternative Methods in 1975.

Achievements

• John Pflum is an American educator and writer, famous for his books devoted to the educational system. His most famous book is The New Open Education: A Program for Combining the Basics with Alternative Methods.

Works

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  • New Open Education: A Program for Combining the Basics With Alternative Methods 1975

Membership

John Pflum is a member of the International Reading Association, Association for Childhood Education International and Pennsylvania Association of State College Professors.

Connections

John Pflum married in 1957. The marriage produced three children.