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Name

Robert Mitchell

My interests are...

Childhood education and development. The first phase of the individuation process. Jungian and Freudian theories on child development. Neumann on child development and recapitulation theory. Jean Gebser on child development and recapitulation theory.

What are your most influential books...

Erich Neumann, The Child: Structure and Dynamics of the Nascent Personality / The Origin and History of Consciousness.
Jean Gebser, The Ever-Present Origin
Jean Liedloff, The Continuum Concept

Education

BSc Mathematics, Troy State University, Troy Alabama 1970
Post-graduate Teacher Certification Program, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL. 1983-84
Doctoral Program, The History of Consciousness, UC Santa Cruz, CA 1991-92

Professional degrees & affiliations.

BSc Mathematics / Non-affiliated independent scholar with background in educational history and philosophy and developmental psychology.