Word: fernald
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Connaught "O'Connell, Phoebe Crampton, Janet Fernald, Carl Friedman, Faith Gowen, Ann Hunt, Jane Johnson, Janet Nelson, Felicia Reed, Betty Scott, and Ellen Simmons comprise the casts of the plays...
...Grace Fernald's clinic school at U.C.L.A. [TIME, July 12] unwittingly puts a finger on the fundamental fault of present-day grade school education. Why was a boy who was unable to read or write promoted year after year until he reached the fifth grade ? And how much further would he have been promoted if he hadn't gone to the clinic school...
Some rival practitioners in remedial reading believe that Dr. Fernald puts too much emphasis on the sense of touch, though admitting that her method has its advantages for many children. Her rivals are inclined to attribute her successes not so much to her method as to her gifts as a teacher...
Healing Touch. Dr. Fernald uses every standard psychological trick in the book to gain the confidence of her "patients." But more important, she really likes children. Young students, warped by years of being called "dumb," are greeted by a warm and sympathetic smile, a gentle, unhurried approach and the flattery of being talked to as equals. She has the same easy way with animals. There is always at least one dog and one cat in her Beverly Hills home, and she frequently tries to persuade students in her undergraduate psychology classes to find homes for the strays she picks...
Last week Grace Fernald donned her bulky hearing aid, adjusted her glasses and began her last summer of teaching at U.C.L.A. Now 69, she has retired as professor of psychology but will stay on at the clinic school, using her new leisure to gather up the research strewn about her office, and to expound her theories of education. She believes, among other things, that "there are too many women teachers. They are ruining our educational system...