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This paper describes the impact on preservice teachers of an education course entitled "Teacher a... more This paper describes the impact on preservice teachers of an education course entitled "Teacher as Change Agent" which was inaugurated in 1991 at Union College (Schenectady, New York). The course represents a concerted effort to help beginning teachers bridge the gap between the real and ideal in public education without lusing their sense of idealism. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with nine interns completing a year-long Master of Arts in Teaching (KAT) program. During the interviewing process, students were asked about their reasons for going into teaching, their ideals at the beginning of the year-long program, changes in ideals as a result of teaching internships and coursework, and the current s:;atus of their ideals. Additional data were collected from weekly journals kept by the 35 student interns, instructors' notes, and weekly reaction papers. Four periods in the interns' retrospective accounts of the program and their teaching were discerned: (1) a naive idealism; (2) confrontation with the realities and complexities of teaching, with focus turning to content and pedagogy; (3) a pessimism and depression that in part reflected the socialization of schools and am inability to bring ideals into the classroom; and (4) the re-emergence of ideals as interns began to see themselves as potential agents of change due to the explicit focus in seminar. The syllabus for the course, "Teacher as Change Agent" is appended. (LL)
Memory work has potential usefulness as a method of helping students explore their relationship t... more Memory work has potential usefulness as a method of helping students explore their relationship to science. Students have multiple early experiences with the natural world, but often these experiences are divorced from their schcol-based learning. It is known, however, that students use their informal experiences of the natural world in their construction of scientific concepts. A potentially significant consequence of the use of memory work as a curriculum strategy for students is their recognitioh that they weave their own understanding into their knowledge construction. This recognition can be empowering for self-directed, motivated scientific exploration and learning. Five women social and life sc;entists came together with the intent of exploring memory work as theory and method. Since January of 1994 they met twice a month and each session was audio-recorded and transcribed. They focused on how they constructed their relationship to math and science beginning with science as a content area. Findings of their memory work are organized by content, process, and potential applications. (MLV)
The interaction of emotion and cognition has received experimental attention, but the results hav... more The interaction of emotion and cognition has received experimental attention, but the results have generally been weak and sometimes contradictory. Why this work on mood and memory has faltered is discussed, and a more holistic approach to the study of emotion and cognition is proposed. It is argued that a constructivist approach to memory may be more appropriate than currently used associational theories for exploring the interaction between cognition and emotion. The experimental approach is critiqued as incompatible for the study of emotion, and a constructive and holistic approach is advocated for research in this area. A conceptual framework based on current findings is used to suggest some potential directions for research. The three consistent themes that have emerged from 'York on mood congruent memory that can provide a starting point for investigation are: (1) the idea that emotion in any form represents a source of information or meaning for the individual; (2) that this meaning may be particularly salient under conditions of uncertainty; and (3) that emotional meaning will also be salient when the self is involved to some degree. (Contains 69 references.) (SLD)
Dissecting the Mundane International Perspectives on Memory Work, 2015
Evaluation Review, 1989
The conflict between the political agenda and practical implementation is not unique to the evalu... more The conflict between the political agenda and practical implementation is not unique to the evaluation of Educational Opportunity Programs at community colleges; it is a problem that plagues the development, initiation, and maintenance of all innovative services and service delivery systems. It is a particular feature of most remedial education programs due to their regulated (legislated and funded) nature. This
Environmental Education Research, 2001
Memory-work is a feminist research methodology that is used by research collectives to study soci... more Memory-work is a feminist research methodology that is used by research collectives to study socialization within the dominant values that make up a particular culture. The power of memory-work lies with its potential to interrupt hegemonic ways of seeing and knowing the world. Consequently, it can open up possibilities for individual and social transformation. Intrigued by memory-work, the authors of this article formed a research collective and studied their socialization in relation to the natural world. We examined our early memories of trees and the natural elements earth, air, ® re, and water. Initial analysis of these memories showed predictable and gendered patterns of socialization re¯ecting dominant values in relation to nature. For example, fathers de® ned many of our experiences in the natural world and taught us that nature was separate from the human realm and subject to control. Additional analysis of the memories moved us below this layer of socialization. We found sensual connection with the elements and discovered the in¯uence of our mothers.
Creativity Research Journal, 2004
ABSTRACT:Thepurposeofthisstudywastoinvestigate the relationship between noninduced mood state and... more ABSTRACT:Thepurposeofthisstudywastoinvestigate the relationship between noninduced mood state and self-perceptions of creativity. Undergraduate teacher educationstudents(N=287)completed2moodstatein - ventories (Teasdale 100-Point Thermometer and Per-ception of Mood States) and a ...
Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 1997
This paper describes the impact on preservice teachers of an education course entitled "Teacher a... more This paper describes the impact on preservice teachers of an education course entitled "Teacher as Change Agent" which was inaugurated in 1991 at Union College (Schenectady, New York). The course represents a concerted effort to help beginning teachers bridge the gap between the real and ideal in public education without lusing their sense of idealism. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with nine interns completing a year-long Master of Arts in Teaching (KAT) program. During the interviewing process, students were asked about their reasons for going into teaching, their ideals at the beginning of the year-long program, changes in ideals as a result of teaching internships and coursework, and the current s:;atus of their ideals. Additional data were collected from weekly journals kept by the 35 student interns, instructors' notes, and weekly reaction papers. Four periods in the interns' retrospective accounts of the program and their teaching were discerned: (1) a naive idealism; (2) confrontation with the realities and complexities of teaching, with focus turning to content and pedagogy; (3) a pessimism and depression that in part reflected the socialization of schools and am inability to bring ideals into the classroom; and (4) the re-emergence of ideals as interns began to see themselves as potential agents of change due to the explicit focus in seminar. The syllabus for the course, "Teacher as Change Agent" is appended. (LL)
Memory work has potential usefulness as a method of helping students explore their relationship t... more Memory work has potential usefulness as a method of helping students explore their relationship to science. Students have multiple early experiences with the natural world, but often these experiences are divorced from their schcol-based learning. It is known, however, that students use their informal experiences of the natural world in their construction of scientific concepts. A potentially significant consequence of the use of memory work as a curriculum strategy for students is their recognitioh that they weave their own understanding into their knowledge construction. This recognition can be empowering for self-directed, motivated scientific exploration and learning. Five women social and life sc;entists came together with the intent of exploring memory work as theory and method. Since January of 1994 they met twice a month and each session was audio-recorded and transcribed. They focused on how they constructed their relationship to math and science beginning with science as a content area. Findings of their memory work are organized by content, process, and potential applications. (MLV)
The interaction of emotion and cognition has received experimental attention, but the results hav... more The interaction of emotion and cognition has received experimental attention, but the results have generally been weak and sometimes contradictory. Why this work on mood and memory has faltered is discussed, and a more holistic approach to the study of emotion and cognition is proposed. It is argued that a constructivist approach to memory may be more appropriate than currently used associational theories for exploring the interaction between cognition and emotion. The experimental approach is critiqued as incompatible for the study of emotion, and a constructive and holistic approach is advocated for research in this area. A conceptual framework based on current findings is used to suggest some potential directions for research. The three consistent themes that have emerged from 'York on mood congruent memory that can provide a starting point for investigation are: (1) the idea that emotion in any form represents a source of information or meaning for the individual; (2) that this meaning may be particularly salient under conditions of uncertainty; and (3) that emotional meaning will also be salient when the self is involved to some degree. (Contains 69 references.) (SLD)
Dissecting the Mundane International Perspectives on Memory Work, 2015
Evaluation Review, 1989
The conflict between the political agenda and practical implementation is not unique to the evalu... more The conflict between the political agenda and practical implementation is not unique to the evaluation of Educational Opportunity Programs at community colleges; it is a problem that plagues the development, initiation, and maintenance of all innovative services and service delivery systems. It is a particular feature of most remedial education programs due to their regulated (legislated and funded) nature. This
Environmental Education Research, 2001
Memory-work is a feminist research methodology that is used by research collectives to study soci... more Memory-work is a feminist research methodology that is used by research collectives to study socialization within the dominant values that make up a particular culture. The power of memory-work lies with its potential to interrupt hegemonic ways of seeing and knowing the world. Consequently, it can open up possibilities for individual and social transformation. Intrigued by memory-work, the authors of this article formed a research collective and studied their socialization in relation to the natural world. We examined our early memories of trees and the natural elements earth, air, ® re, and water. Initial analysis of these memories showed predictable and gendered patterns of socialization re¯ecting dominant values in relation to nature. For example, fathers de® ned many of our experiences in the natural world and taught us that nature was separate from the human realm and subject to control. Additional analysis of the memories moved us below this layer of socialization. We found sensual connection with the elements and discovered the in¯uence of our mothers.
Creativity Research Journal, 2004
ABSTRACT:Thepurposeofthisstudywastoinvestigate the relationship between noninduced mood state and... more ABSTRACT:Thepurposeofthisstudywastoinvestigate the relationship between noninduced mood state and self-perceptions of creativity. Undergraduate teacher educationstudents(N=287)completed2moodstatein - ventories (Teasdale 100-Point Thermometer and Per-ception of Mood States) and a ...
Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 1997