Hope Jensen Leichter
Hope Jensen Leichter is an American educationalist. She serves as the Elbenwood Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
She earned a bachelor's of arts degree from Oberlin College and completed her doctorate at Harvard University. Leichter has been a member of the National Academy of Education since 1979, and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1981. She began her career working with the Russell Sage Foundation.
Episodes
When Ruth Westheimer got accepted at Teachers College, Columbia University, she told Hope Leichter, her academic advisor, in the hallway of the college, "I do have to tell you something that you have to know. I just flunked an exam at the New School". And Hope Leichter famously said "So what?" Westheimer later got a doctorate degree under Hope Leichter and became Dr. Ruth.Notable Students
Related People
- Margaret Mead, research partner
- Jerome Bruner
- Lawrence Arthur Cremin
Selected publications
- "Stories are Learning". Kinship and Casework: Family Networks and Social Intervention.Families and Communities as Educators''.
- "The school and parents".
- "The concept of educative style".
- "Family contexts of television".
- "Families and museum".