Laurence J. Peter
Laurence Johnston Peter (born September 16, 1919 in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , † January 12, 1990 in Palos Verdes , California , USA ) was a Canadian-American teacher , educational and social advisor, school psychologist , author and professor .
He became known for the Peter Principle named after him .
biography
Peter was born in Vancouver and worked as a teacher from 1941. He earned a PhD from Washington State University in 1963 .
In 1964 Peter moved to California , where he became director of the Evelyn Peace Center for Prescriptive Teaching and coordinator of programs for Emotionally Disturbed Children at the University of Southern California . In 1966 he became an Associate Professor of Education.
Publications
- The Peter Pyramid (1986)
- Why things go wrong
- Peter's Almanac
- Peter's People
- Peter's Quotations
- The Peter Plan
- Individual instruction
- Classroom Instruction
- Therapeutic Instruction
- Teacher Education
- The Peter Prescription
- The Peter Principle (together with Raymond Hull ) ( No. 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list from June 22 to July 5, 1970 )
- Prescriptive teaching
- The Peter Principle. Or the hierarchy of the incompetent . ISBN 978-3499613517
- The Peter pyramid . ISBN 3499187159
Web links
- Literature by and about Laurence J. Peter in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peter, Laurence J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peter, Laurence Johnston (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian-American educator and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1990 |
| Place of death | Palos Verdes , California , USA |