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The Developmental-Interaction Approach To Education: Retrospect And Prospect, Nancy Nager, Edna K. Shapiro
The Developmental-Interaction Approach To Education: Retrospect And Prospect, Nancy Nager, Edna K. Shapiro
Occasional Paper Series
This paper analyzes the past, present, and future of the developmental-interaction approach to education: human development and the interaction between thought and emotion as well as the interaction between learners and their environment. Shapiro and Nager review the history of the developmental-interaction approach, outlining its essential features and tracing Bank Street College's distinctive role in its evolution. They then reassess key assumptions, address criticisms of developmental theory and its place in education, and suggest possible new directions.
A Circle With Edges: How Story Time Privileges The Abled Learner, Melissa Tsuei
A Circle With Edges: How Story Time Privileges The Abled Learner, Melissa Tsuei
Occasional Paper Series
Takes a critical look at one of the commonplace features of early childhood classrooms—story time. In her essay, Melissa considers the ways in which story time reinforces unequal power dynamics for diverse learners by privileging the able-bodied learner. In response, Melissa creates and presents the SPHERE model, which promotes active engagement and shared dialogue through collaborative storytelling and nurtures an inclusive literacy-learning environment.
Choosing Priorities For Young Children, Nancy Balaban
Choosing Priorities For Young Children, Nancy Balaban
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
Discusses the way childhood has changed and the way adults, including teachers, are reacting.