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Say That The River Turns: Social Justice Intentions In Progressive Public School Classrooms, Beatrice Fennimore
Say That The River Turns: Social Justice Intentions In Progressive Public School Classrooms, Beatrice Fennimore
Occasional Paper Series
Fennimore confronts the deficit-based talk prevalent in many schools serving marginalized students in “Say that the River Turns.” She argues that teaching for social justice begins by replacing deficit-based talk with clearly articulated intentions that subsequently transform into actions.
No Shortcuts On The Journey To Learning For Students Or Teachers, Alison Coviello, Susan Stires
No Shortcuts On The Journey To Learning For Students Or Teachers, Alison Coviello, Susan Stires
Occasional Paper Series
Despite the generally held view that children in low-performing, under-served schools have "deficits" teachers in such schools often have very different experiences. Students can succeed in all areas of schooling and beyond. But for this to happen, teacher education institutions need to provide teacher candidates with background information and knowledge about instruction, so they can see and support the strengths of students in high-needs schools.
Preparing Teachers For High-Need Schools: A Focus On Thoughtfully Adaptive Teaching, Arlene Mascarenhas, Seth Parsons, Sarah Cohen Burrowbridge
Preparing Teachers For High-Need Schools: A Focus On Thoughtfully Adaptive Teaching, Arlene Mascarenhas, Seth Parsons, Sarah Cohen Burrowbridge
Occasional Paper Series
Differentiated instruction, or thoughtfully adaptive teaching, helps teachers successfully meet the needs of students in under-served schools. Teacher education institutions can do their part by forming partnerships with high-needs schools so teacher candidates can gain experience in a supportive environment. Along with providing a solid grounding in pedagogy, teacher education programs need to help candidates develop their own vision of teaching. Vision is seen as a way for teachers to remain true to their core values, and as a way to stay focused on how to do the best for all of their students.
Educational Revolution, Peter Taubman
Educational Revolution, Peter Taubman
Occasional Paper Series
Invites the reader to reclaim the conversation and turn back the on-going privatization and corporatization of public schools.
Preface: Challenging The Politics Of The Teacher Accountability Movement, Gail M. Boldt
Preface: Challenging The Politics Of The Teacher Accountability Movement, Gail M. Boldt
Occasional Paper Series
Explains that this issue is intended as a resource for anyone concerned with re-framing and taking back the educational conversation, moving toward meaningful school reform that is based in a commitment to creating conditions under which teachers can develop the kinds of complex and sophisticated professional knowledges and practices that support authentic student learning.
Constructing Online Communities Of Practice, Marvin Cohen, Babette Moeller, Michelle Cerrone
Constructing Online Communities Of Practice, Marvin Cohen, Babette Moeller, Michelle Cerrone
Occasional Paper Series
The authors document the ways in which online communities of practice enable teachers to have meaningful conversations sharing practices and discussing the nuances of teaching math.
Teaching Science Teachers In An Online Context With A Constructivist Approach, Frederick W. Freking, Jenny D. Ingber
Teaching Science Teachers In An Online Context With A Constructivist Approach, Frederick W. Freking, Jenny D. Ingber
Occasional Paper Series
The authors discuss the development of an online STEM-based teacher education program, providing a template for the inclusion of constructivist practices, such as course activities and student teaching.
For The Public Good: Quality Preparation For Every Teacher, Karen Demoss
For The Public Good: Quality Preparation For Every Teacher, Karen Demoss
All Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations
The Sustainable Funding Project at Bank Street College of Education was established to address a significant problem in public education: how to ensure that all aspiring teaches are prepared through affordable, high-quality programs so that every teacher enters the profession ready for the demands of 21st century classrooms. This report tackles quality sustained clinical practice as one part of the affordability question.
The Social Construction Of Teachers' Practical Knowledge In The Advisement Conference Group: Report Of A Case Study, Gail Hirsch
The Social Construction Of Teachers' Practical Knowledge In The Advisement Conference Group: Report Of A Case Study, Gail Hirsch
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
The work described here concerns the phenomenon of teachers' practical knowledge and the dynamic processes involved in its articulation and development within the local context of the teacher education experience as these were examined in a longitudinal case study, Telling Tales Out of School (Hirsch, 1987).
A Theoretical Framework For Advisement, Dorothy Bloomfield
A Theoretical Framework For Advisement, Dorothy Bloomfield
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
Describes the theory and practice of advisement, offering a glimpse of the developmental facet of advisement and the relationship involved between advisor and advisee.
Advisement: From Bank Street To Binghamton, Margaret Yonemura
Advisement: From Bank Street To Binghamton, Margaret Yonemura
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
The author describes her experience of adapting the Bank Street advisement model to a new master's program in early childhood/elementary education at the State University of New York at Binghamton.
The Advisement Process In School Reform, Esther Rosenfeld
The Advisement Process In School Reform, Esther Rosenfeld
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
As the new Teacher Director at Central Park East II elementary school, the author chose to adapt Bank Street's advisement model to the staff development work at her school. She suggests that the process may be appropriately applied more broadly in efforts at school reform.
Developing Collaborative Leaders: Reflections On Leadership Advisement At Bank Street College, Lonnetta Gaines
Developing Collaborative Leaders: Reflections On Leadership Advisement At Bank Street College, Lonnetta Gaines
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
Describes the educational leadership advisement process in its role in preparing collaborative leaders.
Storytelling In Advisement, Nina Jaffe
Storytelling In Advisement, Nina Jaffe
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
As a folklore educator and storyteller, the author considers the role of storytelling as it occurs in advisement, not as performance art but as the primary role of communication in group meetings and individual conferences.
Advisement And Collaboration, Maureen A. Hornung, Ariel Katz, Claire Wurtzel
Advisement And Collaboration, Maureen A. Hornung, Ariel Katz, Claire Wurtzel
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
Describes a collaboration between two Bank Street College advisees who had different strengths and levels of experience within the classroom.
Advisement: The Journey For Preservice Students, Maritza B. Macdonald
Advisement: The Journey For Preservice Students, Maritza B. Macdonald
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
Describes the characteristics of advisement in the Preservice Program at Bank Street College of Education within the context of nine field-related issues, which seem to be predominant in the professional development of preservice students.
Spreading Out Its Roots: Bank Street Advisement And The Education Of A Teacher, William Ayers
Spreading Out Its Roots: Bank Street Advisement And The Education Of A Teacher, William Ayers
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
Describes the intricate and life shaping lessons learned by the author during his tenure as a graduate student at Bank Street College.
Teacher: Being And Becoming, Edna K. Shapiro
Teacher: Being And Becoming, Edna K. Shapiro
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
Describes an approach to teacher education that highlights aspects that have been treated as peripheral in most discussions of the education of teachers. Developed in the Graduate School of Education Bank Street College, this program, known as advisement, has retained its basic structure for more than four decades, although its rationale and practice have evolved and changed.