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  For the Public Good: Quality Preparation for Every Teacher

  Karen DeMoss

  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.

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  Leading the Future of Museum Education [Denver Convening Report]

  Brian Hogarth

  In late-May, 2015, over one hundred museum education directors and program managers, along with several higher education faculty and consultants, met at the History Colorado Center in Denver to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the profession. This report provides the highlights from the talks and discussions that took place, some of the principle findings from written activities and evaluations, as well as insights from follow-up meetings that took place in December 2015 in New York and Denver and in May 2016 at the American Alliance of Museums Conference in Washington DC. Also included is a list of resources related to some of the ideas discussed.

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  Using ERP Reflective Language and Relationship Based Practice Principles to Address Post-Election Anxiety in Young Children

  Lesley Koplow

  Helps teachers think about how they can ease anxiety in young children worried about what they have seen and heard during and after the presidential election.

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  Learning to Teach: Observing and Reflecting. Part 1: Routines and Transitions

  Nancy Nager

  In this video series you will get a hands-on look at how beginning teachers learn to closely observe children and engage in reflective conversations about children, materials, the classroom environment and themselves. The video has three parts: Classroom routines and transitions, dramatic play, and early childhood materials.

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  Learning to Teach: Observing and Reflecting. Part 2: Dramatic Play

  Nancy Nager

  In this video series you will get a hands-on look at how beginning teachers learn to closely observe children and engage in reflective conversations about children, materials, the classroom environment and themselves. The video has three parts: Classroom routines and transitions, dramatic play, and early childhood materials.

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  Learning to Teach: Observing and Reflecting. Part 3: Early Childhood Materials

  Nancy Nager

  In this video series you will get a hands-on look at how beginning teachers learn to closely observe children and engage in reflective conversations about children, materials, the classroom environment and themselves. The video has three parts: Classroom routines and transitions, dramatic play, and early childhood materials.

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  12 Museum Theorists at Play

  Marian Howard, Lauren Appel, Nicole Ferrin, David Vining, Katherine Hillman, Marissa Corwin, Berry Stein, Nicole Keller, William Elliston, David Bowles, Tiffany Reedy, Kathryn Eliza Harris, and Liat Olenick

  
  Introduction by Lauren Appel
  1. Learning by Do-weyan, by Marian Howard, with Nicole Ferrin
  2: Dewey Defines Himself and Education, by David Vining
  3. Benjamin Ives Gilman: Arts in People’s Lives, by Katherine Hillman
  4. John Cotton Dana: The Social Construction of Museums, by Marissa Corwin
  5. Piaget in the Art Museum: Constructing Knowledge Through Active Engagement, by Berry Stein
  6. Lev Vygotsky: The Social Aspects of Learning, by Nicole Keller
  7. Paulo Freire: Literacy, Democracy, and Context, by Nicole Keller
  8. Maxine Greene: Aesthetic Education, by Lauren Appel
  9. Howard Gardner and Multiple Intelligence Theory: A Practical Application of Entry Points in Museum Programming, by Bill Elliston
  10. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Finding the Flow, by David Bowles
  11. George Hein: Metaconstructivist, by Lauren Appel
  12. David Carr: A Poetics of Questions, by Tiffany Reedy
  13. David Sobel: Please in My Backyard, by Kathryn Eliza Harris
  14. Connecting the Dots, by Liat Olenick

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  Using Toys to Support Infant-Toddler Learning and Development

  Gabriel Guyton

  Being mindful of the basic principles of child development and the role of play, teachers can intentionally select toys to meet young children's unique needs and interests, supporting learning.

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  Challenging the Norms: Democracy, Empowering Education, and Negotiating the Curriculum

  Joshua Sean Thomases

  Discusses the principles of a democratic classroom, and how implementing these principles can create a powerful environment where extensive and in-depth learning truly happens.