 LOIS MASON (d. 2007) graduated from the State University of New York at New Paltz with a B.A. in Political Science in 1969 and received a Masters in Special Education Learning Disabilities from Hunter College in 1983.
A public school teacher since 1971, she taught US history at New Utrecht HS in Brooklyn. She wrote articles and spoke at professional conferences on the efficacy of the Aesthetic Realism Method in the teaching of social studies.
She was an instructor of the workshop for educators "The Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel As Teaching Method," and with her colleagues she presented public seminars at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation on such topics as:
 The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method: The Solution to Our National Emergency in Education
Through the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method Students Want to Be Fair to Knowledge and People
The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method Brings Out Every Child's True Intelligence—& Education Succeeds!
Ms. Mason began studying to teach Aesthetic Realism in classes taught by Eli Siegel in 1976. After 1978 she continued this study in classes taught by the Class Chairman Ellen Reiss. She was a consultant on the faculty since 1986, and, concurrently continued her study of Latin American Politics, African American History, and Spanish at Fordham University. |
