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Awards; 2014-11-14; Altes Prize; Program, Catherine Collins

Honors and Awards

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Awards; 2014-11-14; Altes Prize; Speech, Catherine Collins

Honors and Awards

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Voyager En France, Valerie J. Spaeth

French Model Lesson Plans

In this lesson, students view a video that describes the most often used modes of transportation in France. Students then discuss the similarities and differences between travel in the US and travel in France.

Motivation And Retention Of Instrumental Music Students In A Suburban School District, Megan M. Dray

Multidisciplinary Studies Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the motivation of students to join and remain in instrumental music in suburban school districts through the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. The goal was to seek which area of motivation in each grade level and school building had the highest impact on student involvement and retention. Areas of motivation studied include teacher/student relationships, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, approach success/avoid failure, competition/ego, peer involvement, parental support, and financial issues. The sample included 205 students from a suburban school district in New York. Students were broken into groups based on school buildings …

Artist Practice In The Elementary Classroom: Redefining Art Teaching Through Artist-Teacher Philosophy, Ashley Smith

Art Education Theses

Presently, there is confusion about the definition, role, and pedagogy of artist-teachers and how their practice influences the way art is taught in a K-8 public school setting. In this paper, I present my motivations for pursuing this topic of research, provide a brief history of Western conceptions of artist-teacher, and describe pedagogical characteristics of artist-teachers along with an examination of the teaching environments they create.

I used Arts-based research to conduct a multi-site case study in which I first investigated my artist practice and then studied how I translated what I learned into the elementary art classroom. I completed …

Foreign Students In France, Valerie J. Spaeth

French Model Lesson Plans

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Events & Outreach; 2014-03-23; Woman's Day Worship Service, Catherine Collins

Events and Outreach

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Understanding Leadership: An Experimental-Experiential Model, George T. Hole Ph.D

Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education

Books about leadership are dangerous to readers who fantasize about being leaders or apply leadership ideas as if they were proven formulas. As an antidote, I offer an experimental framework in which any leadership-management model can be tested to gain experiential understanding of the model. As a result one can gain reality-based insights about leadership and oneself. The experiment is described; resistances to engaging it are considered; and examples from a leadership group implementing Covey’s “Seven Principles are summarized. In the course of discussing individual’s experiments objections were voiced against this Socratic approach to understanding leadership. Finally, I sketch a …

Events & Outreach; 2014-02-01; Women's Health Radio Program, Catherine Collins

Events and Outreach

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Events & Outreach; 2014-04; 1400am; Women's Health Radio (2), Catherine Collins

Events and Outreach

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Events & Outreach; 2014-04; 1400am; Women's Health Radio, Catherine Collins

Events and Outreach

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Events & Outreach; 2014-11-14; Altes Prize, Catherine Collins

Events and Outreach

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Correspondence; 2014-03-02; Lutheran Church Of Our Savior, Catherine Collins

Correspondence

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Correspondence; 2014-05-02; Order Eastern Star, Catherine Collins

Correspondence

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The Campus School At Suny Buffalo State, 1871-1991, Richard J. Lee

A Selection of Works on the History of Buffalo State

I. Introduction
II. Normal School Development in New York State
III. Development of Schools of Practice
IV. History of the Campus School at Buffalo State College
V. Postscript
VI. Campus School Notes
VII. Frequently Asked Questions
VIII. Campus School Seal
IX. References
X. Appendix (*Appendices and additional material are available at the SUNY Buffalo State College Archives, by appointment)

Un Viaje A España, Rebecca G. Galanti

Spanish Model Lesson Plans

Students will watch a video about famous/historical sites in Madrid. They will pick a partner and split up the sites from the video. Afterwards, they will compare the sites in Madrid to different sites in America.