Title & Author:

[Toys that teach lecture].

Publication:

[1992]

Description:

1 audio disc (approximately 55 min.) ; 12 cm consultation copy

Notes:
Content of original DAT cassette reformatted onto 1 compact disc in 2011.
Supplied title.
Only consultation copy screened.
Recorded and produced by the Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Speakers: Janos Baracs, Michael Lewis.
Lecture by Janos Baracs in French; lecture by Michael Lewis in English; introductory remarks in both French and English.

Summary:

Sound recording of the lectures given by Janos Baracs and curator Michael Lewis at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Dec. 15, 1992, in the context of the exhibition "Apprendre de toutes pièces = Toys that teach", Dec. 16, 1992-Apr. 25, 1993. The lectures discuss the work of German educator Friedrich Fröbel, the creator of the kindergarten, the relationship of geometric toys to architecture and how the toys of the German kindergarten movement were adapted to North American conditions. Includes introductory remarks by an unidentified speaker

Subject:

Fröbel, Friedrich, 1782-1852.
Educational toys United States.
Educational toys Germany.
Kindergarten.
Geometry in architecture.
Full-day kindergarten.
Jouets éducatifs États-Unis.
Jouets éducatifs Allemagne.
Jardins d'enfants.
Géométrie en architecture.
kindergartens (institutions)
Educational toys
Germany
United States
Geometrical Blocks (toys) Germany 1820-1900.
Geometrical Blocks (toys) United States 1870-1990.
Influence.

Form/genre:

Reformatted audiovisual materials.
Sound recordings.
Audiocassettes.
Lectures.
Digital audio tapes.
Compact discs.
Optical disks.

Added entries:

Baracs, Janos.
Lewis, Michael J., 1957-
Centre canadien d'architecture.
Centre canadien d'architecture. Enregistrements des événements.

Holdings:

Location: Library main av cca productions 275792
Call No.: Box 2 (BIB 201824)
Notes: audio cassette master
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 269548
Call No.: Box 2 (BIB 201824)
Notes: DAT master
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 272029
Call No.: Box 2 (BIB 201824)
Notes: CD consultation copy
Status: Available