Episode 13: Nel Noddings

Meetings With Remarkable Educators

Nel Noddings worked in many areas of the education system. She spent seventeen years as an elementary and high school mathematics teacher and school administrator, before earning her PhD and beginning work as an academic in the fields of philosophy of education, theory of education and ethics, specifically moral education and ethics of care. She was the Jacks Professor of Child Education at Stanford University from 1992 until 1998., and was the associate dean or acting dean of the School of Education for four years. After leaving Stanford University, she held positions at Columbia University and Colgate University. She is past president of the Philosophy of Education Society and the John Dewey Society. In 2002-2003 she held the John W. Porter Chair in Urban Education at Eastern Michigan University. She has been Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Emerita, at Stanford University since she retired in 1998.

She’s written way too much to chronicle in these show notes. Here are some links to get started on the brilliant educational philosophy of Nel Noddings.

Links:

• https://www.biblio.com/nel-noddings/author/7587
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rVDDot3W7k
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns-XreddOis

In this podcast:

• Holistic ways to teach math
• Ethics of Care in Education
• Ending polarization through Education

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