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Influential Educators of the 20 th Century

Influential Educators of the 20 th Century. Jerome Bruner Nel Noddings William J. Bennett. Assignment Due: April 19th. Born Oct. 1 st , 1915 Attended Duke University & Harvard Social Psychologist for U.S. AI during WWII Harvard Professor of psychology in 1947

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Influential Educators of the 20 th Century

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  1. Influential Educators of the 20th Century • Jerome Bruner • NelNoddings • William J. Bennett AssignmentDue: April 19th

  2. Born Oct. 1st, 1915 • Attended Duke University & Harvard • Social Psychologist for U.S. AI during WWII • Harvard Professor of psychology in 1947 • Worked with Leo Postman on influences of perception during the 1940’s • Began focusing on US education in the late 1950’s JEROME BRUNER:Biography

  3. JEROME BRUNER:Contributions to Education • Cognitive Revolution • Cognitive & Educational Psychology • The Process of Education (1960)

  4. JEROME BRUNER:Thoughts & Theory • Two Modes of Thought • Narrative • Paradigmatic • Constructivist Theory • MACOS & 3 Questions

  5. NelNoddings • Born in 1929 • Bachelors: Mathematics, Physical Science from Montclair State College • Masters: Mathematics from Rutgers University • Ph.D.: Education from Stanford University • Has worked in many aspects of education systems

  6. Caring Theory • Caring Theory • Caring is key to moral decision-making • Sympathy • Caring-About vs. Caring-For

  7. Caring and Education • Home • Home should provide adequate materials for learning • School should provide education for home-life • Four Key Components • Modeling • Dialogue • Practice • Confirmation

  8. William J. Bennett Biography • Born July 31st, 1943 • Received degrees from Williams College, UT-Austin, and Harvard Law School • Former Secretary of Education (1985-1988) • First Director of the National Drug Control Policy (Drug Czar) • Currently a political analyst for CNN

  9. Contributions to Education • BL.O.B • Performance-based Pay for Teachers • The Book of Virtues • 9 other books • National testing

  10. Thoughts and Theory • Essentialism • Morals • National grade-wide examinations • Abstinence Education • Zero-Tolerance Drugs

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