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Influential Individuals in Education:. Nel Noddings, Jerome Bruner, and William Bennett By. Linda Strasser Beckie Costanzo Lyndsie Moss. Bonnie Hansel Joel Justice Tambra Ragan. "The student is infinitely more important than the subject matter." -Nel Noddings. Born in 1929
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Influential Individuals in Education: • Nel Noddings, Jerome Bruner, • and William Bennett • By Linda Strasser Beckie Costanzo Lyndsie Moss Bonnie Hansel Joel Justice Tambra Ragan
"The student is infinitely more important than the subject matter." -Nel Noddings
Born in 1929 Bachelor's degree in Math Masters degree in Math PhD in Educational Philosophy Worked in New Jersey Public Schools Taught at a number of Universities Received multiple awards Ethics of Care Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education Nel Noddings
"We teach a subject not to produce little living libraries on that subject, but rather to get a student to think mathematically for himself, to consider matters as an historian does, to take part in the process of knowledge-getting. Knowing is a process not a product." • -Jerome Bruner
Jerome Bruner • Born October 1, 1915 • Went to college at Duke and Harvard • Worked for the United States Military as a social psychologist • Professor of Psychology at Harvard (1952-1972) • Professor at Oxford (1972-1979) • Became a faculty memeber of the School for Social Research in New York City in 1981. • Developed a theory of cognitive growth in children • Theory of Education • The Process of Education (1960)
“Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.” -William Bennett
William Bennett • Born July 31, 1943 • PhD in Political Philosophy • United States Secretary of Education 1985-1988 • Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 1988 • Author, Speaker, Radio Host 2004 • The Book of Virtues
References • Bruner, Jerome. The Process of Education. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1960. • Smith, M. K. (2004) Nel Noddings, the ethics of care and education', the encyclopedia of informal education, www.infed.org/thinkers/noddings.htm. • Smith, M.K. (2002) 'Jerome S. Bruner and the process of education', the encyclopedia of informal education http://www.infed.org/thinkers/bruner.htm. • http://www.motivationalquotes.com/pages/education-quotes.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18WNMCDlGBs&feature=related • http://www.k12.com/ • http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ba-Be/Bennett-William.html