Background
Pauline (Pat) Sears earned her a.b. in psychology at Stanford in 1930, her M.A. in child guidance at Teachers College, Columbia
University in 1931, and her Ph.D. in psychology at Yale University. Before joining the Stanford faculty in the School of Education
in 1953, she taught at Yale and Harvard and was a research associate at the Child Welfare Research Station at the State University
of Iowa. At Stanford she was promoted to assistant professor in 1955, associate professor in 1958, and full professor in 1966;
she retired in 1973 with the rank of Emeritus Professor. While at Stanford, Prof. Sears was a research associate with the
Stanford Center in Research and Development in Teaching. Her research subjects included the classroom effects of computer
assisted instruction, development of creativity, and teaching strategies for effective reinforcement of culturally different
children. In addition, she was administrator of the Elementary Teaching Training Program and organized the program in child
development in the School of Education. Prof. Sears was the co-author of two books: In Pursuit of Self-Esteem and Intellectual
Development.
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