[Oe List ...] IE -- philosophy vs curriculum

Thu Aug 1 13:53:46 PDT 2013

I think so, Randy.  Or some might call it our conceptual framework?

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Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Ruth Carter -- Iron Woman

Would it be fair to say that IE is not itself curriculum but is rather the educational philosophy grounded in a practical methodology or process with which all the curricula we had, 5th City, Training Inc., RS-1, etc. was delivered?

Randy

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On Jul 31, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Paula Philbrook <paula.philbrook at gmail.com> wrote:

I would say that the Imaginal Education was developed about the same historical time as the Fifth City Preschool curriculum. The intention of the curriculum was to be a grounding example of imaginal education.

So the 4 parts of the preschool curriculum were 

Basic

Relational 

Psychological ? 

Imaginal

Lela, Sarah, Kaze, . . .   and all the others:  

maybe I do not have level 2 and 3 correct?

Paula

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:43 AM, the telfords <thetelfords at gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Colleagues
Although I never actually met Ruth, her name and her contribution to our common mission is lodged in my memory.

Now, a question - was the curriculum which was developed in 5th City the foundation for what later became known as Imaginal Education?

This coming weekend the Blue Mountains East Timor Friendship Committee, which Elaine & I are members of, are hosting a visit by Dulce Soares, the East Timor government's Vice-Minister for Pre-School and Basic (primary) Education - the ET Government has recently launched a new Pre-School initiative to establish pre-schools widely across the nation and I understand they are at the stage of putting together a curriculum.

I was meeting with a couple of members of our organising team this morning and we were discussing what would be an appropriate gift to give to the Vice-Minister, and having just read about Ruth and the 5th City curriculum before I went to the meeting, I said I could possibly come up with a gift related to that.

Is there something I could download which at least would give her an introduction to our approach to early learning/development?

Any suggestions you can make in the next 24 hours will be most welcome.

Grace & Peace
John

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Isobel A Bishop <isobeljimbish at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

Dear Lela,
Thank you for this tribute to Ruth.
I remember her very well at S '68, when a bunch of Aussie children came over.
I did not know here well either, and yet was very impressed with her style of ease and  competence.

We appreciate what you all  have written..
In peace,
Isobel Bishop

On 31/07/2013, at 11:48 AM, Ken Fisher <hkf232 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Likewise, Ken
>
>
> On 2013-07-30, at 4:19 PM, Charles Hahn wrote:
>
> Hi Lela!  What a tribute!!!  I knew Ruth, but not that well.  Your
> comments really hold her up for the world to see.  Thanks,
> Charles
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Lela Jahn <lelajahn at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Ruth and I were tied at the hip for the 3 years in the late 60's when I was
>> the director of the 5th City Preschool and she was my right and left hand.
>> She and I climbed many mountains together -- attending a national preschool
>> workshop because the curriculum received a National 1st place award from the
>> Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), receiving teaching machines from IBM
>> for the 4 year olds which got our picture in the newspaper because of the
>> audacity of believing machines could teach, making really cool uniforms for
>> all the teachers, designing the new preschool building on 5th Avenue with
>> Sheldon Hill ---  the list goes on and on. Yet there were also many valleys
>> where Ruth never flinched, never complained. She stood firm in her belief
>> that the 5th City Preschool was a demonstration to the world of the
>> importance of  providing all children from 4 months on up with a positive
>> self-image.
>>
>>
>>
>> In turn, Ruth Carter, became my mentor, my symbol,  of the Iron Woman
>> standing in the desert with arms out stretched knowing that the desert could
>> become the promised land. And it did because she lived --- and still does in
>> the lives of all she touched.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lela Jahn
>>
>>
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