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Reassessing The Criteria Of Competence In Schools (1973), Edna Shapiro
Reassessing The Criteria Of Competence In Schools (1973), Edna Shapiro
Bank Street Thinkers
Shapiro defines competence in the various contexts in which it is used. She relates the findings of two studies carried out at Bank Street involving young children which illustrate how more sophisticated research strategies are necessary for evaluating competence in school.
How Do We Know A Good Teacher (1948), Barbara Biber, Agnes Snyder
How Do We Know A Good Teacher (1948), Barbara Biber, Agnes Snyder
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In engagingly simple language, the authors illustrate the many facets of personality and knowledge that make up good teachers and good teaching. They also detail the many reasons why evaluating good teaching is so difficult.
The Bank Street Thinkers: Foundational Knowledge To Support Our Roots And Wings, Bank Street College Of Education
The Bank Street Thinkers: Foundational Knowledge To Support Our Roots And Wings, Bank Street College Of Education
Bank Street Thinkers
A series of papers and lectures that explore Bank Street history, the concepts of teaching and teacher preparation, our long history of social studies teaching and curriculum development, the role of language and play in young children's growth, and a look at the meaning of competence in schools.
Supervising The Beginning Teacher (1959), Claudia Lewis, Charlotte B. Winsor
Supervising The Beginning Teacher (1959), Claudia Lewis, Charlotte B. Winsor
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Presents an experimental training program initiated at Bank Street in 1955. Although Bank Street had been preparing college graduates for teaching in an intensive one-year program, faculty questioned whether they could put more teachers into elementary classrooms sooner, for they felt the societal pressures of a growing teacher shortage and questioning of the need for teacher education at all. What follows is a description of the experimental training program in which novice students without teaching experience enter Bank Street in the fall semester, and emerge in the spring carrying full teaching responsibility. The key component? Advisement.