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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. Top of page

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. (2006). "The turning of one's soul:" Lessons in race and social justice: the Putney Graduate School of Teacher Education (1950-1964). Teachers College Record, 108(7), pp. 1266-1295.

Rodgers, C. (2006). Attending to student voice: The impact of descriptive feedback on learning and teaching. Curriculum Inquiry, Vol. 36(2), pp. 209-27.

Rodgers, C. & Raider-Roth, M. (2006). Presence in teaching. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 12(3), pp. 265-287.

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.

Book Chapters

Rodgers, C. R. (forthcoming). The Role of Descriptive Inquiry in Building Presence and Civic Capacity, in Lyons, N. The Handbook of Reflective Inquiry, New York: Springer Publishers.

Rodgers, C. R. (2008). "A transformação da alma:" Aprendendo a ensinar para a justiça social: Desafio para a formação de professores. Autêntica: Belo Horizonte, pp. 35-73. ISBN: 978-85-7526-320-4.

Rodgers, C. and K. Scott (2008). Development of the personal self and professional identity in learning to teach. In Cochran-Smith, Marilyn and Sharon Feiman-Nemser, (Eds.) Handbook of Research in Teacher Education, Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum. (I)

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Fall 2009:

ETAP 621, Class #21880 - Understanding Learning nad Teaching (3 Credits)
(Fully online through BLS)
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 770, Class #32066 - Frameworks for Teacher Professional Development (3 Credits)
Examines different models of and theoretical frameworks for teacher professional development. Models include various forms of teacher research, mentoring, teacher leadership programs, reflective teaching groups, teacher study groups, and book groups. Frameworks for understanding these models will include concepts of teacher learning, learning organizations, and policy.


 
 




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