Clara Whitehill Hunt

Clara Whitehill Hunt (25 ga Yuni,1871 - Janairu 10, 1958) malama Ba'amurke ce,ma'aikaciyar ɗakin karatu, marubuci,kuma mai ba da shawara ga ayyukan ɗakin karatu na yara.

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Clara Whitehill Hunt an haife shi a Utica,New York,a cikin shekarar alif dubu daya da dari takwas da saba’in da daya 1871.  An haifi Edwin da Mary M.Brown Hunt,waɗanda suka fito daga Sudbury, Massachusetts, Clara ta girma a gona. Ta halarci makarantar kyauta ta Utica a Utica,New York don karatun digiri,wanda tun daga lokacin aka mayar da shi gidan jinya.An san mahaifinta ya koyar da ilimin dabi'a a makaranta ɗaya a lokacin da take zuwa. Clara ta kammala karatun sakandare a 1889 kuma ta fara aiki a matsayin malami jim kadan bayan haka.

Bayan kammala karatun sakandare a shekarar alif dubu daya da dari tara da tamanin da tara 1889 kuma ta zama malami, Clara ta sami matsayi na shugabar Makarantar Jama'a ta Utica,inda ta fara aikinta.Ziyartar ɗakin karatu sau da yawa a lokacin aikinta na malami,Clara ta sami ɗakin karatu yana taka muhimmiyar rawa a rayuwar yara da malamai.Bayan ganawa da ƙwararren ma'aikacin ɗakin karatu,Miss Louise Cutler,Clara ta ƙudurta ta zama ƙwararren ma'aikacin ɗakin karatu.Clara ta ci gaba da halartar Makarantar Laburare ta Jihar New York a Albany a cikin shekarar ta alif dubu daya da dari tara da tamanin da shidda 1986.Bayan ta shafe shekaru biyu a makarantar laburare,Clara ta sami aiki a Philadelphia kuma ta buɗe sabon ɗakin ɗakin karatu na Old Apprentices Library.Daga nan ne ta zama mataimakiya a sashen bincike a tsarin Laburare na Jama'a na Newark,inda ta saba da ayyukan laburare daban-daban. A lokacin da take aiki a ɗakin karatu,Clara ta yi fice a aikin yin aiki tare da yara,wanda ya zama babban abin da ta fi mayar da hankali a cikin shekaru.A cikin 1901,Clara ta kasance mai kula da ɗakin yara na Newark Public Library,inda aka fara hayar ta a matsayin mataimakiya a cikin sashen tunani.Bayan ƴan shekaru,Clara ta tafi aiki a Laburaren Jama'a na Brooklyn a matsayin mai kula da Ayyuka da Yara.Clara ya shafe shekaru 37 a cikin wannan matsayi,daga shekarar 1903 zuwa 1940.A cikin shekaru da yawa,yayin da ƙarin rassa ke tasowa, Clara ya taimaka wajen tsarawa da kuma samar da ɗakunan yara a cikin sababbin ɗakunan karatu da aka kafa.An san ita ma ta tsara ɗakunan ma'aikata, wanda ta yi alfahari da yin hakan.Ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun ƙirarta, Clara ta ba da hangen nesa a bayan ɗakin yara na Babban Laburare.A cikin tsarin Laburaren Jama'a na Brooklyn,Clara ta taimaka wajen buɗe ɗakin karatu na yara na farko a 1914,wanda yanzu aka sani da Branch Avenue na Stone.Wannan ɗakin karatu na musamman ya ƙunshi ƙananan kayan ɗaki,manyan tagogi,kayan ado,murhu,da ajujuwa.

Tare da sauran ayyukan da aka ambata a sama,Clara ta kuma horar da ma'aikatan ɗakin karatu na yara kuma ta ba su aiki a cikin waɗannan ɗakunan karatu.  Tun daga shekara ta 1914,ba da daɗewa ba waɗannan horon na yau da kullun sun zama kwasa-kwasan horo na ƴan ɗakin karatu na yara,waɗanda aka haɗa su cikin manhajojin makarantu da yawa daga baya.

Baya ga horar da sabbin masu daukar ma'aikata,tsara dakunan yara,da aiki a matsayin mai kula,Clara ta yi lacca ga makarantun laburare daban-daban, ta gyara don mujallu,da kuma rubuta littattafai. Akwai littattafan yara guda biyar waɗanda Clara ta fi shahara da su: