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The student is infinitely more important than the subject matter.

Nel Noddings

I do not need to establish a deep, lasting, time-consuming personal relationship with every student. What I must do is to be totally and nonselectively present to the student-to each student-as he addresses me. The time interval may be brief but the encounter is total.

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What sort of god would deliberately create a world in which his creatures must eat one another to live?

Nel Noddings

Nel Noddings

Nel Noddings

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Born: January 19, 1929

Died: August 25, 2022 (aged 93)

Bio: Nel Noddings was an American feminist, educationalist, and philosopher best known for her work in philosophy of education, educational theory, and ethics of care.

Known for:

Caring (1984)
Happiness and Education (2003)
The challenge to care in schools (1992)
Educating Moral People (2002)
Women and Evil (1989)

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