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The Advisement Process In School Reform, Esther Rosenfeld Feb 2016

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.


Spreading Out Its Roots: Bank Street Advisement And The Education Of A Teacher, William Ayers Feb 2016

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 Feb 2016

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.


Front Matter And Forward, Frank Pignatelli, Susanna W. Flaum Feb 2016

Front Matter And Forward, Frank Pignatelli, Susanna W. Flaum

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

Explains the issue's focus on the advisory program at the Bank Street College Graduate School of Education.


Social Change And Social Reality: Some Implications For Social Studies, Patricia Minuchin Jan 2016

Social Change And Social Reality: Some Implications For Social Studies, Patricia Minuchin

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

Discusses social change and current realities, focusing on the immediate social environment, the modern family, the children themselves, and some implications for the social studies curriculum.


Front Matter, Bank Street College Of Education Jan 2016

Front Matter, Bank Street College Of Education

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

No abstract provided.


Becoming A Teacher: The Development Of Thinking About Knowledge, Learning, And The Self, Nancy Nager Jan 2016

Becoming A Teacher: The Development Of Thinking About Knowledge, Learning, And The Self, Nancy Nager

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

Explores the epistemological assumptions that underlie different models of teaching and will discuss the ways in which the advisement process at Bank Street College aspires to prepare teachers to facilitate rather than get in the way of education.


"I Want To Know Why" Or Tolerance For Ambiguity In Education, Leah Levinger Jan 2016

"I Want To Know Why" Or Tolerance For Ambiguity In Education, Leah Levinger

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

Looks at graduate teacher education within the lens of theories of psychology, such as Piaget and Freud.


Must Schools Hinder Education?, Lorraine Monroe Jan 2016

Must Schools Hinder Education?, Lorraine Monroe

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

A brief essay which explores the differences between schooling and education.


Choosing Priorities For Young Children, Nancy Balaban Jan 2016

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.


Front Matter Jan 2016

Front Matter

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

No abstract provided.


How To Con Your Teacher, Bernice M. Wilson Jan 2016

How To Con Your Teacher, Bernice M. Wilson

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

Describes how specific and detailed instruction in social awareness is as important to teaching the child with learning problems as the teaching of reading.


The "Concept Teaching" Game: A Rationale, Hal Melnick Jan 2016

The "Concept Teaching" Game: A Rationale, Hal Melnick

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

Teachers recognize the importance of motivation in successful children's learning and are looking for approaches to mathematics teaching that promote strong, positive feelings toward the subject. Thus, learning games have once again become part of the instructional repertoire.


The Value Of Re-Reading...Again And Again, Bernice M. Wilson Jan 2016

The Value Of Re-Reading...Again And Again, Bernice M. Wilson

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

Describes the importance of allowing children to re-read their favorite books.


The Fisher-Landau/Dalton Program: A Pilot Study Of Teachers' Perceptions Of Learning Disabilities, Herbert Zimiles, Sylvia Ross Jan 2016

The Fisher-Landau/Dalton Program: A Pilot Study Of Teachers' Perceptions Of Learning Disabilities, Herbert Zimiles, Sylvia Ross

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

Describes the two major objectives of the Fisher-Landau program at Dalton: 1. To achieve early identification of specific learning abilities in otherwise intellectually gifted children in order to help them compensate for and thereby forestall some of their difficulties and academic defeats earlier in their school careers, and 2. to improve the effectiveness with which schools are able to meet the educational and developmental needs of learning-disabled children.


The Master Teacher: A Personal Reflection, Carol Hillman Jan 2016

The Master Teacher: A Personal Reflection, Carol Hillman

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

Describes that working with young children requires an attitude based on willingness to grow, one that puts the teacher as well as the children in the role of the learner.


The Role Of The Teacher In The Interdisciplinary Team, Sue S. Suratt Jan 2016

The Role Of The Teacher In The Interdisciplinary Team, Sue S. Suratt

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

Describes the author's impression that teachers are inadequately prepared to assume leadership roles in clinical settings, especially as members of interdisciplinary teams.


Front Matter Jan 2016

Front Matter

Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education

No abstract provided.