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Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner MBE (17 December 1908 – 28 April 1984) was a New Zealand novelist, non-fiction writer, poet, pianist and world figure in the teaching of children.
Sylvia Ashton-Warner was a New Zealand educator and writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. In the field of education, she became known for her innovative work in adapting traditional British teaching methods to the special needs of Maori children. Her aim was peace and communication between two.
Sylvia Ashton Warren was a New Zealand writer, poet, and educator. Focusing specifically on her significant contribution to the educational system and her pedagogy approach that helped...
Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984) was among the educators who advocated for children, especially those marginalized socially and culturally, to learn to read in meaningful, responsive ways. She wrote and taught about connecting children’s voices to their literacy learning.
Sylvia Ashton-Warner was a novelist, autobiographer and educational pioneer who broke new ground in New Zealand literature, opening up the worlds of imagination and emotion as legitimate subjects.
New Zealand writer and teacher who achieved international fame as an innovator of child-based educational methods, vivifying her experiences teaching Maori children, and promulgating an educational scheme based on "organic" integration of the inner and outer self. Name variations: Sylvia Henderson, Sylvia.
Ashton-Warner, Sylvia Constance. 1908–1984. Educationalist, teacher, writer. This biography, written by Sue Middleton, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 2010.
