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Elizabeth Pilant
Elizabeth Hope Carter Pilant (June 26, 1905 – April 27, 1987) was an American educational psychologist and folklorist, a professor of English on the faculty at Ball State University from 1947 to 1971. Early life and education Carter was born on her family's ranch in Yellowstone County, Montana, one of the six daughters of Elmer Bela Carter and Laura May Edwards Carter. Her father died in 1915; her mother was a school teacher. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1928, and earned a master's degree from the University of Hawai'i in 1931. Her master's thesis was titled " O. Henry: The Sultan of the Short Story". She completed an Ed.D. in educational psychology at the University of California in 1939, with a dissertation titled "The interest of adolescents in physical, mechanical-scientific, and intellectual-cultural pursuits: A cumulative and comparative study". She pursued further studies at the University of Colorado and American University. Career Carter taught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ball State University
Ball State University (Ball State or BSU) is a public research university in Muncie, Indiana, United States. The university has three off-campus centers in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and Fishers, Indiana. The university is composed of seven academic colleges. As of 2023, the university enrolled about 20,400 students with 14,900 undergraduates and 5,500 graduate and doctoral students. The university offers about 120 undergraduate majors and 130 minor areas of study and more than 100 masters, doctoral, certificate, and specialist degrees. In 1917, the Ball brothers, industrialists and founders of the Ball Corporation, acquired the foreclosed Indiana Normal Institute and gave the school and surrounding land to the State of Indiana. The Indiana General Assembly accepted the donation in the spring of 1918, with an initial 235 students enrolling at the Indiana State Normal School – Eastern Division on June 17, 1918. Ball State is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pi Lambda Theta
Pi Lambda Theta (ΠΛΘ) is one of three main education honor societies and professional associations for educators in the United States. Basic information Pi Lambda Theta is both an honor society and professional association for education, educators. As an honor society, its purpose is to recognize persons of superior scholastic achievement and high potential for professional leadership. As a professional association, its purpose is to stimulate independent-thinking educators who can ask critical questions to improve educational policies and practices. Pi Lambda Theta's mission is to honor outstanding educators and inspire their leadership on critical education issues. PLT extends membership to students majoring in education who demonstrate academic excellence, as well as to professional educators who have earned a PLT-recognized award such as certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in the United States. Pi Lambda Theta is a wholly-owned subsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
