Beatrice Ensor
Beatrice Ensor (born Beatrice Nina Frederica de Normann; born August 11, 1885 in Marseille , † 1974 in London ) was a British reform pedagogue and theosophist .
Life
Her father was a ship merchant in France and Italy. In her youth she read a theosophical book and joined the Theosophical Society in 1908 . In England she learned the teaching profession and took over a school inspection of girls' schools in Glamorgan County Council. When she attended a Montessori school in Cheltenham , her enthusiasm for this form was aroused. In 1914 she founded the first group of reform pedagogues. During the First World War she worked for the British Civil Service as a school inspector, at the end of which she worked for the pedagogical department in the Theosophical Society. In 1916 she married the Canadian soldier Robert Ensor, who was also a theosophist. From 1919 to 1925 she headed a theosophical school in the garden city of Letchworth Garden City .
With Maria Montessori and Adolphe Ferrière , she founded the international educational reform organization New Education Fellowship in Calais in 1921 , for which she and AS Neill edited the English edition of the magazine New Era (in Home and School) . At the following congresses, which brought together the leading reform pedagogues every two years, she was on the board with Elisabeth Rotten and Adolphe Ferrière and earned a worldwide reputation in education. The NEF later renamed itself World Education Fellowship , which in turn had a strong influence on the founding of UNESCO .
In 1925 she founded a new Montessori school in Frensham Heights ( Farnham (Surrey) ). After a financial crisis, she traveled to the USA in 1926 and 1928. She eventually moved to South Africa with her husband to take over a farm. After his death in 1934, she concentrated on that alone. She spent the end of her life in England close to her family. She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Western Australia .
literature
- Steffi Koslowski: The New Era of the New Education Fellowship: Your Contribution to the Internationality of Reform Education in the 20th Century . Julius Klinkhardt, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7815-1899-5 ( google.de [accessed June 22, 2020]).
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| SURNAME | Ensor, Beatrice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Normann, Beatrice Nina Frederica de (full name at birth) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British reform pedagogue and theosophist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1974 |
| Place of death | London |