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Mildred Moody Eakin
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Pedagogy

Mildred Moody Eakin’s experience with the Drew Studies found its voice in her textbooks for children and guidance manuals for teachers, parents, and other adults. Almost all of her books and articles after 1935 dealt with two questions: “Who is my neighbor?” and “How can I be a neighbor?”

Eakin preferred the “project method” as a means of educating children. The method involved guiding learners into a problem or a question, and then facilitating them as they conducted and claimed their research (through creative arts, worship, and other activities). Within the project method, Eakin encouraged teachers to push the children to learn about their communities, as well as people from other places. Eakin believed that if children got to know – or at the very least develop an appreciation for -- people of differing races, ethnicities, and religions, then they would grow in love and compassion for all people. In short, they would develop a Christ-like spirit.

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Courses Taught at Drew, 1931-1954

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Teaching Schedule

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Notes from Frank R. Ostertag, former student, 1949

Courtesy of the Frank R. Ostertag Papers, Drew University Archives

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