Bank Street College of Education graduate student independent studies.
Independent Studies from 2008
Searching for Meaning: A Personal and Historical Exploration of Progressive Education, Molly M. Lippman
The Laboratory on 53rd Street : Victor D' Amico and the Museum of Modern Art 1937-1969, Briley Rasmussen
Building Literacy Through Literature, Elvina Tong
Traversing the Spectrum : Supporting Children with Gender Variance, Mona Weiner
Play in Public Schools, Casey Yanella
Independent Studies from 2007
A Reflective Look at the Writing Process for Both Children and Adults: A Memoir Study, Jessica Block
A School-Wide Project : Community, Experience and Values, Ilene Harris
A retelling of an ancient Indian epic: The Ramayana, Supriya Himatsingka
My Whiteness: A teacher's efforts to explore the roots of her own racial identity, Abigail Johnson
Finding Our Way Back Home: Reintroducing Mythology into the Lives of Children, Faith Klavan
"That's Your Mother?!" : The Power of Experience : Reflections and Lessons in Identity, Adrienne Lee
When Mom or Dad Has a Mental Illness: General Information and Memories of a Girl Whose Father Has Bi-polar Disorder, Lisa Renée Levesque
A Museum-Based Curriculum for Middle School Students in New York City, Nayantara Mhatre
Making Sense: Reflections on Developing a Social Studies Curriculum for Five- and Six-year-olds, Anne Tobias
Recycle Please: Teach Your School to Recycle, to Care, and to Help Solve the Climate Crisis, Ted Wells
Independent Studies from 2006
A Social Studies Curriculum for Three and Four Year Olds : A Family Study That Bridges the Gap Between School and Home, Judith M. Gentry
A Choice-Based Art Curriculum for Eighth Graders at a Public Charter School, Elisa Hirvonen
A Curriculum Unit for 8th Grade Students of Spanish: ¿Cómo eras tú de niño? (What Were You Like As a Child?), Cheyenne A. Jones
Domestic Life in Dutch New Amsterdam A Social Studies Curriculum for Third and Fourth Grade Children, Michael W. Parrish
Shoe Stores in the Community: A First Grade Curriculum, Renee Petillo
Squeezing in Constructivist Mathematics: A Second Grade Curriculum, Deborah Potvin
Reframing Artopia, One Girls Journey Through the Ins and Outs of a Large Art Organization, Megan Rains
Studying the Subway: An Interdisciplinary Study of the New York City Subway for the First Grade, Eve Robinson
A Family-School Literacy Program for Kindergarten Through Second Grade, Kathleen Wright
Independent Studies from 2005
¿Cómo se dice en español? : Language, Self-Expression, and Development of a Young Bilingual Child, Margaret Blachly
No more A-/a/-apple: An Examination of Kindergarten and First Grade Phonics within a Progressive Framework, Arielle R. Derby
Bridges to Change: From the Classroom Community to Weeksville An Integrated and Thematic Curriculum, Pamela Jones
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents : A Fifth Grade Curriculum Unit, Jeffrey Li
Collaborating With Colleagues To Improve Student Learning Using The Connected Mathematics Project, Margaret D. Seifer
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Childcare for Young Children and Families; A Book of Photographs and Simple Text, Pamela Wheeler-Civita
Independent Studies from 2003
The Classroom and Beyond: The Teacher's Role in Collaboration for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Sarah Altman
A Tree Study Curriculum for Second Grade, Deborah Blankman
Sensory Integration Dysfunction in Urban Head Start Populations: Why Children Have This Disorder and What Teachers Can Do About It, Helen Frazier
A First Grade Social Studies Curriculum: Bread, Dafni Manalis
Please Pass the Crackers: Classroom Rules in the Early Childhood Environment and Their Impact on Moral Development, Odette C. Muskin
Independent Studies from 2002
"We're Studying You": Dilemmas in, and Approaches to Social Studies Curriculum About "Other" Cultures, Joseph Bacal
Learning Through Meaningful Work: The Post Office Job at City & Country School, Scott Moran
A Neighborhood Curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grades, Kathy L. Rubin
The History of Quiltmaking as a Storytelling Tool and its Application in the Elementary Classroom, Leona Shapiro
Independent Studies from 2001
How Many Blocks to the Empire State Building? : An Original Story, Enakshi Bose
Multilevel Text Sets in a Middle School Classroom, Merryl Gladstone
Independent Studies from 2000
Water In Our Neighborhood A Study of the Neighborhood with a Focus on Water An Integrated Curriculum for Six and Seven Year Old Children, Simone Graniela
Querida Prima, Dear Prima : A Story for Children Seven to Ten Years Old, Stephanie Hermann
Independent Studies from 1999
Sibling Rivalry, Elana Peninah Pamm
Independent Studies from 1998
Improving Teacher Preparation: Addressing the Needs of New Teachers in Small, Progressive, Public Schools, Christina J. Dixon
A Tale of Two Brothers : A Retelling of a Jewish Folktale For Young Children, Meredith A. Glass
Mirror of Memory: A Novel About the Great Depression: Original Work and Curriculum Guide for Early Adolescents, Marina Moskey
A Progressive Philippine School for Children: Proposal and Presentation for Prospective Parents, Severina M. Santos
Independent Studies from 1997
Reflections on a Third Grade Social Studies Curriculum, Laura E. Gerrity
Basic Needs: A First Grade Curriculum Study, John Heffernan
The Experiencing of Democracy and Progressive Education: A Constructivist Approach to Mathematics, A Workshop for Teachers, Preminda Langer
museum. edu : A Guide for Developers of Museum Web Sites That Strive to Educate, Michael J. Mathews
Independent Studies from 1996
The Hudson River Museum and The Foxfire School : A Museum/School Collaboration, Leslie K. Butler
A Call to Movement: Reflections of an Activist as Educator, Frances Lucerna
A Case Study of a Child Who is Speech Impaired, Dia Peralto-Ortiz
Going home: the relevance of Philippine folktale to early childhood education, Eleanor A. Rivera
From Bulbs to Flowers, Elizabeth Vazquez
Active Learning on the Internet : Flexible Development Framework for Museum Web Site Activities, H. Courtney White
Independent Studies from 1995
The National Mall: Becoming correspondents, Chronologers, Autobiographers, and Biographers, Marion McCorkle Bradford
Emma Rose : An Original Short Story For Early Adolescent Children, Mary Carol Johnson
Christmas in the Philippines, Lourdes Catherine S. Miras
Independent Studies from 1994
The Founding of a School: An Oral History of the Abraham Joshua Heschel School, Joan Yotive Berland
The Language/Literacy Connection: Aiding the Dysnomic Reader, Danette Lipten
Independent Studies from 1993
Implementing an Oral History Unit with 9/10s: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Lisa F. Best
Educational Programs for School Groups Visiting the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York City, Nancy S. Kovaleff
Independent Studies from 1992
The Museum Paradox : The Co-existence of Narrative Structure and Audience Advocacy, Barbara Cohen-Stratyner
W.E.B. DuBois: On the Importance of Education, Valerie R. Distant
The Post Office : A Social Studies Curriculum for Seven and Eight Year Olds, Carol Ribner
Ichthyosis: A Teacher's Manual, Deborah Brewster Vilas
Independent Studies from 1991
Teaching Third Grade Math : A Learning Experience, Emily Terte
Independent Studies from 1990
Literacy and Illiteracy: The Apartheid of American Education, Marielena Kamienski
Independent Studies from 1989
A Staff Development Program for Paraprofessionals, Marjorie Brickley
Independent Studies from 1988
The Use of Corrective Emotional Experience in Therapeutic Intervention with an Elective Mute Child, Marilyn N. Bisberg
Independent Studies from 1986
A Study of One Group's Experience of the Advisement Process at Bank Street College, Marianne Montero
Independent Studies from 1985
School Leadership and Change: Bank Street Graduates and Their Approaches to Change Within Public, Independent, and Alternative School Settings, Susan Vaughan McClintic
A Study of Gordon Klopf: Bank Street Distinguished Specialist in Leadership Development, Fredda Pravitz
Independent Studies from 1984
A Study of Olga Smyth, Director, High Valley School: 1934 Graduate of Bank Street, Deborah Stone
Independent Studies from 1982
An Advisement Group Model: A Student's Reflective Analysis, Deborah Sweet Burns
Independent Studies from 1981
The Teacher's Role in the Separation-Individuation Process: An Examination of this Role During Separation in Nursery School, Roberta Altman
"The Family" as a Core Curriculum For a Nursery-Kindergarten Class, Marcy Zweig
Independent Studies from 1980
A Surprisingly Special Summer : A story for eight-to ten-year-old children, Connie Biewald
Independent Studies from 1979
A Math Program for the Third Grade, Dolores Gitlin
Independent Studies from 1978
A Description and Analysis of an Integrated Science-Social Studies Curriculum for a Class of Emotionally Disturbed Children, Margaret McNamara
Independent Studies from 1977
British Education: Infant and Junior Levels, Ann Bucken
Once a Teacher: Biography of Mildred L. Johnson Edwards, Black Educator, Juanita Isabel Coleman
This is the Mother, This is the Father, This is the Child., Cheryl Hawkins Johnson
Educational Change in a School Mandated "OPEN": as seen through the eyes of an advisor, Helaine R. Meisler
A Descriptive Analysis of a College Day Care Center, Rena N. Rice
Independent Studies from 1976
A Study of the River : Social Studies as the Core of the Curriculum For Five and Six Year Olds, Carol Yahr Tucker
Independent Studies from 1975
The Integration of Affective and Cognitive Concerns in Educational Programs, Elaine Avidon
Learning Through Expressive and Representational Experiences in Social Studies : Eight-and-Nine-Year-Olds Study the Netsilik Eskimos, Joan Cenedella
Independent Studies from 1974
Beginning an Open Classroom in a Public School: A Personal Experience, Donna C. DeGaetani
Humanizing Learning Through Open Classroom Procedures And Self Discovery Methods (A Personal View), Mamie Gumbs
Independent Studies from 1973
A Descriptive Study of an Approach to Teaching Reading in an Open Classroom, Helen Haratonik