On Monday, May 9, the New Educators at Wagner program — NEW, for short — graduated its eighth group of post-graduate students. In an afternoon symposium, the seven NEW graduates presented papers on their classroom research experiences.
For a complete list of the presentations, and a slideshow of the presenters, scroll down.
To learn more, read this 2014 story about the NEW program on the Wagner Education Department website, or visit the NEW website.
Here’s a video of the seven presentations:
Cohort 8 Action Research Presentations:
- Andrew Espinal, “From Teacher to Reaper, Creating a Self-directed Student”
- Alanna Gibbons, “Shaping Motivation in Geometry”
- Amany Kasab, “Building Independence and Positive Community Awareness”
- Kerry McKeown, “Social Intelligence on the Go”
- Margaret Rucci, “Shifting the Consciousness of the Diverse Learner with a Constructivist Approach”
- Sara Signorelli, “Communicating Through Photography in a Non-Verbal World”
- Christine Sloan-Ward, “Constant Comments, Cultivating Community to Promote Intelligent Risk Taking”
Here’s a slideshow of the NEW 2016 presenters. (For instructions on how to download individual high-resolution photos, scroll to the bottom of the page.)
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