GSEAP Newsletter - Fairfield University

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Reflections
Recent Faculty Publications
Bilias-Lolis, E., Chafouleas, S.M., Bray, M.A., & Kehle,
T.J., Exploring the utility of self-modeling in reducing disruptive
classroom behavior in students with intellectual disability,
Psychology in the Schools, January 2012.
Bogel, G., Cura Personalis: The School Library through
an Ignatian Lens, Journal of the American Association of School
Librarians: Knowledge Quest, June 2012.
Burrell, S., Building community at a Jesuit University
through diversity learning circles. In S. Thompson, Views from
the frontline: Voices of conscience on college campuses, Common
Ground Publishing, 2012.
Goldstein, D. & Alibrandi, M., Integration of Geospatial
Technologies into K-12 Curriculum, Journal of Geography, in
press.
Harkness, S, Zyliczo, Super C, Welles-Nystrom
B, Burmudez, MR, Bonichini, S, Moscardino, Ul
Mavridis, CJ, Children’s Activities and Their Meanings for
Parents: A Mixed-Methods Study in Six Western Cultures,
Journal of Family Psychology, December 2011.
Kelly, V. A., Assessing individual student progress: Meeting
multiple accreditation standards and professional gatekeeping
responsibilities, The Journal of Counselor Preparation and
Supervision, October 2011.
Kim, H. U., Autism across cultures: Rethinking autism,
Disability & Society, March 2012.
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Kohli, W. with N. Burbules, Feminisms and Educational
Research, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2012.
McDermott, P.J. & Hulse, D., Interpersonal skills training
in police academy curriculum, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin,
February 2012.
O’Brien, N., Edwards, L.L, and Preli, R., Creating
an Inclusive and Thriving Profession: Why the American
Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
Needs to Advocate for Same-Sex Marriage, Journal of Feminist
Family Therapy, 2012
O’Shea, E.O., Shea, J., Robert, T., & Cavanaugh, C.,
The needs of siblings of children with cancer: A nursing perspective,
Journal of Pediatric Oncology, 2012.
Siegel, C. & Min, K., Integration of SMART board technology
and effective teaching, Journal on School Educational
Technology, September 2011.
Singh, A., Merchant, N., Skudrzyk, B., Multicultural
and Social Justice Competence Principles for Group Workers,
Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2012.
Smith, E., Faculty Mentors in Teacher Induction:
Developing a Cross-Institutional Identity, Journal of Educational
Research, Fall 2011.
Torres Bernal, A. & Zera, D., Increasing Accessibility in
Couple and Family Therapy Training: Incorporating Universal
Design for Instruction, Contemporary Family Therapy, March
2012.
It is with sadness that we learned in July of the death of Dr. Robert Pitt, Sr., the first Dean
of the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions at Fairfield University. Prior to his
appointment as Dean, Dr. Pitt taught statistics, and was an assistant dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences. Dr. Pitt retired in 1987 and died peacefully near his home in New Hampshire.
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News Briefs
Partnering Locally
“Reading is good,” says Priscila, a first grade student
in Bridgeport’s Cesar A. Batalla school. “I can learn more.
Writing lets me think.”
Her classmate, Christian, agrees, adding, “I can learn to
read about airplanes and dirt bikes. Airplanes and dirt bikes
are so cool.”
a service learning class at Cesar
batalla school in bridgeport, Conn.
Once a week during
their semesterlong
course, the students
in Dr. Patricia
Calderwood’s
Explorations in
Education class drove a
few miles and a world
away to Bridgeport’s
Cesar Batalla elementary
school. “We worked with
four students, in groups
of two at a time, to develop their literacy knowledge and to
help raise their DRA [Developmental Reading Assessment]
levels,” said Jessica Giordano’12. Giordano is enrolled in
the five-year integrated B.A./M.A. Teacher’s Certification
program.
The relationship between Fairfield’s Graduate School of
Education and Allied Professions and the Cesar Batalla school
was organic, “a true combination of needs and resources,”
said Melissa Quan, director of service learning. “The principal
at Cesar Batalla contacted Bridgeport’s School Volunteer
Association for help in meeting their literacy goals about the
same time I contacted them looking for a partner willing to
accommodate a large number of our students.”
Cesar Batalla employs just one literacy coach for the
1200 students in the K-8 school, “so the time and attention
our students were able to give was very helpful,” noted Dr.
Calderwood.
Fairfield students are required to post to a discussion
board regularly and collaborate on the educational context of
their experiences. A reflection paper at the end of the semester
encourages them to explore how their ideas about school
and education have changed. In their assessment this semester,
“our students actually asked to add a lab component next
time, so they would have more time to spend in the classroom,”
said Dr. Calderwood.
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Partnering Globally
Autumn 2012
Dr. Jennifer
Goldberg is no stranger
to the city of León,
Nicaragua. She’s been
there four times for her
work with the New
Haven/León Sister City
Project; she now chairs
the group’s Advisory
Council on Education
an eager student in nicaragua
and spearheads the collaborative
work of Fairfield’s Graduate School of Education
and Allied Professions (GSEAP) in Nicaragua.
“The New Haven/León Sister City Project (NHLSCP)
is a progressive, bi-national, grassroots organization that fosters
partnerships between Greater New Haven and León,
Nicaragua,” she explains. “Our mission is to promote social
justice in a region where barely half of all children make it to
the sixth grade.”
Dr. Goldberg, GSEAP’s director of childhood education,
returned from León in February and gave an overview of the
educational landscape there to GSEAP Board members gathered
for their regular meeting.
“The aim of the exchange is to support schools in a rural
area near León, where teachers are very young, have limited
training, and receive a salary of just $50 a month. What we
take away is an ability to think outside the box. Going to
Nicaragua helps us move away from our assumptions of how
school should be,” says Dr. Goldberg, who works mainly with
the community’s K-2 and after-school programs.
over 80 people
attended
the March
Community
Conversations
event with
speaker Marc
Potenza, M.D.,
Ph.D, a Yale psychiatristspecializing
in addictive
behavior. His talk,
“Texting & Tweeting 24/7?” had broad appeal within the community.
Here, Dr. Potenza (center) speaks with GseaP board members
Dana Cavallo (left) and Denise lewis, Chair of GseaP lectures and
events Committee.
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