Annemarie Roeper
Annemarie Roeper (August 27, 1918 – May 11, 2012) was one of the founders of the Roeper School.
Life
She was born on August 27, 1918 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary and spent her final years in California. Being Jewish she fled Germany in the Nazi period. She married George and had three children: Tom, Peter and Karen.
Dr. Annemarie Roeper developed the Qualitative Assessment. She uses this method of assessment, independent of IQ tests, to describe giftedness and increase understanding of the emotional nature of the gifted child.
Death
Annemarie Roeper died from pneumonia and other health problems on May 11, 2012 in Oakland, California. She was 93 years old.
Annemarie is survived by her brother, Heinz Bondy and his wife, Carolyn, of Germantown, Md.; by three children: Tom Roeper and his wife Laura Holland, of Amherst, Mass., Peter Roeper and his wife Martha Harnly, of Oakland, Calif., and Karen Roeper and her husband Peter Rosselli, of Muir Beach, Calif.; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Books
She wrote at least three books:
- Educating Children for Life: The Modern Learning Community (1990)
- Annemarie Roeper." Selected Writings and Speeches (1995)-
- The "I" of the Beholder: A Guided Journey to the Essence of a Child (2007)
References
- Kane, Michele. "An Evolving Field: A Conversation with Annemarie Roeper: A View from the Self." Roeper Review 26:1 (2003), 5-11.
- Roeper, Annemarie. Selected Writings and Speeches. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing, 1995.
- A conversation with Annemarie Roeper.
- A YouTube interview.
- Obituary on Roeper School website.