Miriam Raider-Roth Assistant Professor OFFICE : ED 115A PHONE : (518) 442-5961 FAX: (518) 442-5008 EMAIL: mroth@uamail.albany.edu

Miriam B. Raider-Roth (Ed.D., Harvard University Graduate School of Education) is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice. Dr. Raider-Roth's area of expertise focuses on the relational context of teaching and learning, children's and teachers' conceptions of their relationships in school, authentic assessment, use of Descriptive Process in teacher professional development and feminist qualitative research methods. Her current research focuses on teachers' understandings of their relationships with boys in school and how these connections shape the learning process.

Dr. Raider-Roth is author of Trusting What You Know: The High Stakes of Classroom Relationships (Jossey-Bass Publishers) and co-editor of The Plough Woman: Records of the Pioneer Women of Palestine, A Critical Edition. Her work has been supported and recognized by awards from the AAUW (American Association of University Women), Phi Delta Kappa, Harvard University, the University at Albany, SUNY, and the New England Educational Research Organization.

• Papers
• Spring 2006 Courses

Papers

Taking the Time to Think: A Portrait of Reflection. (click here for pdf version)

Spring 2006 Courses

ETAP 621 – Understanding Learning and Teaching
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.