ENDNOTES
1. Dr. Jordan’s writings and personal library are housed in the 'Daniel C. Jordan Memorial Library" at the Louhelen School, 3208 S. State Road, Davison, Michigan, 48423, tel. 313/653-5033. A partial bibliography of his and other ANISA works can be obtained by writing to the author at Calle 66 #50-97, Barranquilla, Colombia.
2. Address: Calls 66 #50-97, Barranquilla, Colombia
3. "The San Diego Union," from an article by Jim Okerblom, Section B-2, Column 1, circa October 24, 1982.
4. Much of this biographical information was taken from a video recording made some time during 1982 at National University in which Dr. Gerry Ball introduces Dr. Jordan who speaks about the evolution of the universe and life systems during this cosmic epoch and their relation to the processes of differentiation and integration.
5. I do not know from what date the collaboration between Donald T. Streets and Daniel C. Jordan began. I suspect it started during the years when Dr. Jordan worked at Indiana State University. I do know that Dr. Streets made significant contributions to the research-base and conceptualization of the ANISA Model and to the administration of the ANISA Project on the East and West Coasts. His students (the author included) often paid tribute to his kind encouragement, unwavering support, and sagacious guidance. His book Administering Day Care and Preschool Programs published by Allyn and Bacon, Inc. in 1982 is a major contribution to the development of the ANISA Model and to the field of early childhood education in general. Both in Massachusetts and California, students affectionately termed the ANISA program "The Dan and Don Show."
6. The term "ANISA" has two meanings. It is an ancient word meaning "the tree of life" and "symbolically represents never-ending growth and fruition in the context of protection and shelter, and signifies the blending of the useable and fruitful past with a new sense of future ["The Anisa Model: A New Basis for Educational Planning," D.C. Jordan and D.T. Streets, Young Children, 1973, June, p.290]. It is also an acronym that stands for American National Institutes for Social Advancement, a non-profit organization the aim of which was to promote the ANISA Model of Education.
7. This fielding process was culminated by the official validation of the Anisa program in Suffield, Connecticut on October 16, 1976 by the U.S. Office of Education. (Source: letter dated February 1, 1977 to Dr. Daniel Jordan from Roger
E. Richards, Dissemination Coordinator, State of Connecticut, State Department of Education.
8. Most of the above biographical information was taken from Dr. Jordan’s "Curriculum Vitae", September 1979.
9. Dr. Streets related to the author the story of how the Anisa Model movedfrom the East Coast to the West Coast. Briefly, needing to strike out on their own, Streets and Jordan presented the ANISA Model to several prestigious universities around the country with the hope of implementing an Anisa-based school of education. The universities of renown turned a “deaf ear” to the proposal. The fledgling California American University was chosen but proved to be too small for the resources required. National University; newly founded, fastest-growing, and one of the most innovative universities in California at the time; was contacted. Interest was expressed but hesitation followed. Dr. Streets intervened, reminded them that Jordan was a Rhodes Scholar and an upcoming figure in the field of education. The proposal was accepted and the Anisa--based School of Education was eventually founded.
10. “National University MU Weekly" bulletin, December 3, 1979.
11. During a visit at the author’s home in Honduras in 1979 Dr. Jordan showed us the physical plant designs of the International Center for Human Development. One of its purposes was to serve as an international "think tank" for generating solutions to stubborn, national and world problems. The project proposal had received a favorable response from the then Vice President of the United States, Walter Mondale (letter on file) who passed the project on to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for its consideration. Unfortunately, due to Jordan’s untimely death, the dream which was perhaps closest to his heart was never realized.
12. National University Bulletin, Vol. 12, Mo. 3, Summer, 1982, pp.177-205.
13. Proposal for Graduate Degree Programs, prepared by the Center for the Study of Human Potential for Pepperdine University, January 1976, Appendix III, p.1, "Faculty and Staff Vitae.
14. The San Diego Union newspaper, article by Jim Okerblom, section B-1,circa October 24, 1982.
15. Gordon and Irene Hartley are international ANISA consultants who are dedicating their retirement years to promoting the Model thr6ughout the world. They have implemented components of the Model in Connecticut, California, Canada, West Germany, India and Colombia, and they have been recently invited to Brazil and Bolivia. Gordon Hartley has expertise in the design and arrangement of classroom furniture and didactic materials in accordance with the specifications of the Anisa Model. Irene Hartley is an Anisa master teacher, curriculum specialist, and staff developer. Dr. Jordan referred to her as his "model practitioner." She was the first teacher to offer to implement his theories in her kindergarten classroom in Suffield, Connecticut in 1973.
16. Based on interview notes of the author.
17. The Learning competence Paradigm of the Anisa Model and the Preparation of Teachers, Margaret Magdalene Carney, University of Massachusetts, 1977.
18. Biological Dimensions of the Value Theory of the Anisa Educational Model, S. Pattabi Raman, University of Massachusetts, 1974.
19. An Organic Approach to Educational Proaram Development: Model. Method. and Framework, Lawrence N. McCullough, University of Massachusetts, 1978.
20. Creativity and Education: Some Theories and Procedures to Enhance the Development of Creativity Within A Classroom Setting, Walter Daniel Leopold, University of Massachusetts, 1972.
21. The Anisa Model: A Scientific Paradiam for Education and Its Implications for a Theory of Evaluation, George Bondra, University of Massachusetts, 1980.
22. Based on a diagram written by Jordan for Hartley outlining the major theorists and philosophers drawn upon for the Anisa Model.
23. Based on personal notes taken during lectures during the summers of 1981 and 1982.
24. The only similar type of integrative generalist which I can compare him to is Buckminster Fuller in the applied, physical sciences. As a note of interest, in a letter to the author, Dr. Jordan refers to an hour-long interview with Buckminster Fuller whom he deeply admired. He states that the recording of the interview should be at the University of Massachusetts and that he has a letter from Mr. Fuller in which he offers to serve as a consultant for the development of the ANISA science curriculum.
25. During a personal conversation with the author Dr. Jordan related that in 1976 the Teacher Training University of Teheran, Iran asked the U.S. Department of State to send them an expert in cognitive psychology. The American Specialist Program, Bureau of Cultural and Educational Affairs first chose Jerome Bruner, but he had just returned from a consulting assignment. Their second choice was Dr. Jordan who accepted and carried out the request.
26. Intuitive and Intentional Change Agentry, Nancy McCormick Rambusch, University of Massachusetts, 1977.
27. Dr. Rambusch also referred to the impact of ANISA on the “social ecology" of a school:
Complex innovations [in reference to the ANISA Model] which involve not only discrete administrative and pedagogical strategies but an alteration in the social ecology of the school must be 'lived" to become clear. In a Research, Development, and Diffusion model of change, such as the ANISA model, not until the model was in the field was it possible to speak of clients having more than a theoretical understanding of it. (p.185)
28. “Numinous” means “… characteristic of… the divine force or potency ascribed to objects or beings regarded with awe.” (Webster’s New International Dictionary)