Anna C. (Anna Callender) Brackett

Anna C. (Anna Callender) Brackett
Anna Callender Brackett (1836–1911) was an American educator, writer, and translator who played a significant role in advancing women's education. She is best known for her work "The Education of American Girls" (1874), which argued for equal educational opportunities for women. Brackett translated works by German philosopher Johann Friedrich Herbart, introducing his educational ideas to an English-speaking audience. As a principal of the St. Louis Normal School, she championed the professionalization of teaching and the importance of a solid moral and intellectual foundation for educators.

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PREFACE. The Table of Contents sufficiently indicates the purpose and aim of this book. The essays are the thoughts of American women, of wide and varied experience, both professional and otherwise; no one writer being responsible for the work of another. The connecting link is the common interest. Some of the names need no introduction. The author of Essay IV. has had an unusually long and varied... more...

INTRODUCTION. § 1. The science of Pedagogics cannot be derived from a simple principle with such exactness as Logic and Ethics. It is rather a mixed science which has its presuppositions in many others. In this respect it resembles Medicine, with which it has this also in common, that it must make a distinction between a sound and an unhealthy system of education, and must devise means to prevent or... more...