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Educational Theory and Practice Department


ETAP Faculty



Carol Rodgers

Associate Professor

OFFICE : ED 108
PHONE : (518) 442-5003
FAX: (518) 442-5008
EMAIL: rodgerca@sover.net
 

Dr. Carol Rodgers

Carol Rodgers is associate professor of education in the department of Educational Theory and Practice. Before coming to SUNY Albany in 2000, she taught for 20 years in the Masters of Arts in Teaching Program at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. Her teaching and research interests include reflective practice, the historical roots of reflection in the work of John Dewey and early progressive teacher education efforts, reflective teacher education and professional development. She is currently interested in understanding how teachers learn to shift their attention from themselves and their teaching to their students and their learning.

 

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Education

  • B.A. Bates College 1976
  • M.Ed. University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1984
  • Ed.D. Harvard Graduate School of Education 1998
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Last Affiliation

  • School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT

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Field of Specialization

  • Education and the Development of the Practice of Reflection
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Selected Publications

Rodgers, C. (2002) Defining reflection: Another look at John Dewey and reflective thinking, Teachers College Record. Vol. 4, Number 4, pp. 842-866.

Rodgers, C. (2002) Seeing student learning: Teacher change and the role of reflection, Harvard Educational Review. Vol. 72, Number 2, pp. 230-253.

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Fall 2008:

ETAP 621, Class #3818 - Understanding Learning nad Teaching (3 Credits)
This course is an introduction to what it means to observe, see and make sense out of learning in educational environments. It asks participants to analyze what happens in these environments (learning and teaching, student interactions, teacher-student relationships, etc.) and take concrete action based on that analysis.

ETAP 811, Class #8739 - John Dewey and the Roots of Progressive Education (3 Credits)
Introduction to Dewey, and his relevance to contemporary and teacher education. A la Dewey, experience is woven into theory and theory into experience. Themes include: experience, reflection, community, continuity and interaction, democracy, and Dewey's definition of education. Group and individual projects. Readings: Selected works by Dewey and some secondary sources.


 
 




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