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Sarah Maxine Greene (née Meyer; December 23, 1917 – May 29, 2014) was an American educational philosopher, author, social activist, and teacher.Described upon her death as "perhaps the most iconic and influential living figure associated with Teachers College, Columbia University", [1] she was a pioneer for women in the field of philosophy of education, often being the sole woman presenter ...
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ ˈ s ɔːr i / MON-tiss-OR-ee, Italian: [maˈriːa montesˈsɔːri]; 31 August 1870 – 6 May 1952) was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education (the Montessori method) and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessori enrolled in classes at ...
Combines approaches from analytic and continental philosophy. Main interests. Philosophy of education, ethics. Nel Noddings (/ ˈnɑːdɪŋz /; January 19, 1929 – August 25, 2022) was an American feminist, educator, and philosopher best known for her work in philosophy of education, educational theory, and ethics of care.
Employer (s) Bishop Otter Teacher Training College, self-employed. Charlotte Maria Shaw Mason (1 January 1842 – 16 January 1923) was a British educator and reformer in England at the turn of the twentieth century. She proposed to base the education of children upon a wide and liberal curriculum. She worked for five years under Fanny Trevor at ...
Black Women and Feminism (1981) Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021), better known by her pen name bell hooks (stylized in lowercase), [1] was an American author, theorist, educator, and social critic who was a Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College. [2] She was best known for her writings on race ...
This list compiles some of the most famous quotes by Aristotle and a few lesser-known ones, but equally as profound. ... “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end ...
t. e. Women have made significant contributions to philosophy throughout the history of the discipline. Ancient examples of female philosophers include Maitreyi (1000 BCE), Gargi Vachaknavi (700 BCE), Hipparchia of Maroneia (active c. 325 BCE) and Arete of Cyrene (active 5th–4th centuries BCE). Some women philosophers were accepted during the ...
Feminist philosophy. Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir[a] (UK: / də ˈboʊvwɑːr /, US: / də boʊˈvwɑːr /; [2][3] French: [simɔn də bovwaʁ] ⓘ; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher ...