A Vision of the School of Education
as the Community's Center
also found as http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/articles/brooklyn.html
on the WWW
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as one of the foci of the liberal arts college
- John Dewey (1916) Democracy
and Education - concept of the school as the center of the community
- just as the university may be the center of the community, teacher education
as a central element of a liberal arts education;
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as a guide for appropriate learning strategies
for teaching - insights from Early Childhood
Education, Elementary
Education, Middle Level
and Secondary Education;
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as a model for integrated
curriculum leading to greater conversation in a liberal arts college;
secondary education model of knowledge and educational practice
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as a pathway across the segments of lifelong learning
- professional development schools,
articulation with secondary schools and community colleges; The
Freshman Year College; postgraduate studies, elderhostels; Center
for Educational Change
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as a bridge across communities - multicultural
education, bilingual
education, service
learning, New
York Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation
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as a laboratory for educational innovation - Faculty
Training and Development Lab; Center
for Teaching; and
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as a sacred space where the college touches the
future through the development and nurturing of learners/teachers - teachers
as lifelong researchers - in the evolution of education as a profession
and for the ongoingimprovement of society.