Publications: TC Today
The Alumni Magazine of Teachers College, Columbia University
Volume 26, No. 1 ♦ 6/2001
Ignacy Goldberg, Internationally Known Expert on Disabilities, Dies at 85
Ignacy Goldberg, Professor Emeritus of Education, one of the foremost educators in the United States and across the world in the field of special education, died June 2, 2001, in Hollywood, Florida. He was 85 years old.
Published: 9/1/2001A Man for All Seasons: Dr. John W. Taylor
Though frail now, the life of 95 year-old John Wilkinson Taylor is filled with accomplishments in education, diplomacy, civil-rights, and communications, which shaped the face of this nation and world.
Published: 6/1/2001Colonel Myers: The Art of Giving
Colonel Eugene E. Myers, who passed away recently and is sorely missed by the Art and Art Education Program and the Milbank Memorial Library, once said, "I have always been steeped in military science, in history and music, art, aesthetics and I have done my Ôdarndest' to stay current." That he did. Myers co-authored or contributed to three books and published more than 80 articles on art, education and world travels. He served his country and lived his passion for art, learning, and teaching while establishing funding to foster programs and understanding of art in higher education.
Published: 6/1/2001Dave Brubeck: Teacher
Dave Brubeck held a master class and concert at TC with two of his sons, Danny on trombone and bass and Chris on drums. Also performing with the trio were St. Joseph's Choir from Babylon, the Senior Gospel Chorus from Eleanor Roosevelt Intermediate School 143M in Washington Heights, and instrumentalists and chamber singers from Syosset High School. At the performance, Brubeck was awarded the TC Medal for Distinguished Service.
Published: 6/1/2001Expanding the Role of Reading in Math Class
Does reading count in mathematics? Yes, it does, said TC Associate Professor of Education Marjorie Siegel. Reading isn't only for word problems. Math, like other subjects, has history and new areas yet to be discovered. Through reading, students learn the history of how certain formulas came to be and alternate forms of math. One class learned taxi geometry that takes into account the grid street system of New York City, she said. In other forms of geometry, mathematical constraints can make a sphere look like a square. In Reading Counts (TC Press), Siegel and Raffaella Borasi, Professor of Education at University of Rochester, presented the key findings of the Reading to Learn Mathematics for Critical Thinking (RLM) project and two other follow-up studies to show that reading does count in mathematics.
Published: 6/1/2001Gifford Delivers Inaugural Sussman Lecture
Dr. Bernard R. Gifford, the first Sussman Visiting Professor of Education at TC, delivered the inaugural lecture at Milbank Chapel on, "Closing the Chasm Between Promise and Reality: Location-Independent Learning and Teaching."
Published: 6/1/2001Hechinger Institute Examines Leadership and School Improvement
In the days after Mardi Gras, TC's Hechinger Institute settled into a quiet and serene New Orleans to present the opening of its yearly series of seminars. The Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media is named for Fred M. Hechinger, an education editor at The New York Times and a TC trustee. The Institute exists to enhance communication and understanding between journalists and educators.
Published: 6/1/2001Introducing TC Muses
While it doesn't include Sharon Stone ("The Muse") as part of the program, TC Muses, an experiential learning program begun recently by The Center for Educational Outreach & Innovation (CEO&I), does offer an exciting opportunity for lifelong learning.
Published: 6/1/2001Janna Spark: Adversity and Gratitude
Janna Spark studied interdisciplinary psychology courses in the Special Education doctoral program during the early 1970s, when she was offered a scholarship to work with Professor I. Ignacy Goldberg.
Published: 6/1/2001Levin on Cost-Effective Analysis in Education
The educational sector of the U.S. is second in size only to the health care sector in terms of its use of national resources, said Henry M. Levin, William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education and Director of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education (NCSPE)
Published: 6/1/2001Maeroff Speaks About The Learning Connection
"For me, The Learning Connection is revisiting the topic of collaborative projects between schools and colleges in a book I wrote called, School in College, published in 1982," said Gene I. Maeroff, Director of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Teachers College.
Published: 6/1/2001Magsaysay Memorial
A memorial service was held at TC in January after the untimely death of alumna Teresita "Tess" Magsaysay.
Published: 6/1/2001Mary Alice White, Leading Psychologist in Computers and Learning, Dies at 80
Mary Alice White, who was Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Education, Director of the Laboratory for the Psychological Study of Telecommunication, and one of the nation's leading psychologists to investigate the ways in which technology-including computers and television-change the way children learn, died in December 2000.
Published: 6/1/2001Maxine Greene: Exclusions and Awakenings
When Maxine Greene walks into the room, people get excited. The premiere of the film, "Exclusions and Awakenings: The Life of Maxine Greene," directed by Markie Hancock and produced by Kathryn Gregorio, was no exception.
Published: 6/1/2001New College: Addressing the Persistent Problems of Living
In 1932, in the midst of the most profound economic depression this country ever faced, Teachers College introduced the New College, an experimental college for teachers.
Published: 6/1/2001New Report from the IEE Shows School-to-Work Initiatives Impact Student Performance
There is a new consensus of research that indicates School-to-Work (STW) activities, such as job shadowing, which involve business/education partnerships, do make a difference for students-this according to a report just published by the Institute on Education and the Economy (IEE) at TC.
Published: 6/1/2001Professor Emeritus Willard J. Jacobson, Science Educator, Dies at 78
Willard James Jacobson, Professor Emeritus of Natural Science at Teachers College, who directed public attention to the national problem of "a sadly deficient" science education in the 1950s, died on Friday, December 29, 2000, at his home in Duxbury, Massachusetts. He was 78.
Published: 6/1/2001Ralph R. Fields, Professor Emeritus of Higher Education, Dies at 93
Ralph R. Fields, one of the early pioneers in the community college movement and the head of the Teachers for East Africa Program (TEA), died on November 15, 2000, at his home in Sun City Center, Florida.
Published: 6/1/2001Successes and Failures of Information Technology Use in Higher Education
Professor Lisa Ann Petrides' new book, Case Studies on Information Technology in Higher Education: Implications for Policy and Practice, focuses on both the successes and failures associated with integrating information technology in colleges and universities.
Published: 6/1/2001TC Graduates Celebrate at Master's and Doctoral Convocation Ceremonies
People craned their necks and clutched cameras when the "Prelude and Fugue in C Major" began on the great organ of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. They were waiting to see the smiling face of a friend or family member beneath one of the 1,500 blue-gray mortarboard hats as the TC master's degree candidates marched into the Cathedral.
Published: 6/1/2001The Sachs Lectures Feature Amy Stuart Wells
Amy Stuart Wells spoke to a packed audience in all three of her lectures as the Julius and Rosa Sachs Lecturer and Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology and Education.
Published: 6/1/2001Winning the Social War Through Education
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant to support the groundbreaking research of Professors Cally Waite and Margaret Crocco, who will be studying "The Education of Southern African Americans in Northern Research Institutions from Plessy to Brown (1896-1954)."
Published: 1/1/2001
