American feminist, educator, and philosopher Nel Noddings, Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Emerita, at Stanford University, will speak at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts on Thursday, July 5, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., on the upper deck of the Amsler Campus Center, as part of Leadership Academy, a program of MCLA’s Graduate Studies in Education.
The event is free and open to the public. Noddings, who is known for her work in philosophy of education, educational theory, and ethics of care, will return to MCLA to speak on Tuesday, July 17, during the second session of Leadership Academy.
Participants in this summer’s Leadership Academy at MCLA will read Nodding’s latest book, “Critical Lessons: What Our Schools Should Teach,†which focuses upon the critical thinking skills that high school teachers should encourage in students.
The author of 14 books, Noddings received a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physical science from Montclair State College in New Jersey, a Master’s degree in mathematics from Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. in education from Stanford University.
She spent 23 years as an elementary and high school mathematics teacher and school administrator before earning her doctorate and beginning work as an academic. In 1977, she because a member of the Stanford faculty. While at Stanford, she received awards for teaching excellence in 1981, 1982 and 1997, and was the associate dean or acting dean of the School of Education for four years. After leaving Stanford University, Noddings held positions at Columbia University and Colgate University, and in 2002-2003 she held the John W. Porter Chair in Urban Education at Eastern Michigan University.
In addition to her books, Noddings is the author of some 200 articles and chapters on a variety of topics, ranging from the ethics of care to mathematical problem solving. Her latest books are “Starting at Home: Caring and Social Policy,†“Educating Moral People: A Caring Alternative to to Character Education†and “Happiness and Education.â€
The Noddings lectures will be presented in part through the generosity of the Mervin Wineberg Memorial Endowment. For more information, contact the Office of Lifelong Learning, (413) 662-5543, or go to www.mcla.edu .
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Letter: Save Notch Forest
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: I'm writing in regards to the Save Notch Forest signs that I have seen.
As a proud Masshole native from North Adams, that has transplanted to Southwest Vermont, I was curious as to what the signs were about.
I am grateful that I checked out the site on the sign to learn of the extensive and heinous logging plans of the Mass Audubon society near the North Adams reservoir.
As someone who travels back down to Mass sometimes daily and ventures to the reservoir 95 percent of that time for just the peace and beauty of being able to just sit there in awe.
Each time I go, I am guaranteed to see the bald eagle that perches on the pine or birch on the eastern end of the reservoir. I've had quite a few joyfully, awesome experiences with watching it. Be when it was just chilling peacefully or swooping at the geese getting them all flustered but I loved hearing it's call after the beautiful Loons floating in the reservoir.
There was this time I could hear it calling and crying, but unable to see it. I then look up to see a hawk gliding back and forth along the reservoir, doing it's best to taunt and harass the Eagle. From the direction of the cries, I figured the bald eagle's nest must be somewhere behind that tree it usually sits on on the water's edge.
I just do not understand how Mass Audubon Society can intentionally destroy the bald eagle's habitat ... let alone the loons ... let alone all of the other heinous logging aspects that come with its proposal near the North Adams water supply. Way up mountainous terrain on already strained roads that are slowly sliding off the mountainside and near public habitation.
There are a million other places on Greylock, North Adams or Massachusetts in general, what about the other side in South Williamstown/New Ashford? More space, more direct, less people, no water supply or endangered species habitat to destroy for the fun of it.
Why does it have to be Greylock and North Adams you experiment with? Why experiment at all?
I'm grateful I stumbled upon the mighty little forest army fighting for what's good and right, let alone common sense. I am also eternally grateful for the abundant awe inspiring magic of Greylock and all she bestows.
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