Center for Creative Teaching
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Great teachers are great students: they love working with words and numbers, microscopes and paintbrushes. For them, teaching is the attempt to inspire the same kind of curiosity, to help their students discover the power to pursue a passion of their own. The education of great teachers cannot be dry or boring; it must be every bit as challenging and exciting as an historian's or a mathematician's or a novelist's. These are the principles that inform Bennington's Center for Creative Teaching (CCT), which offers both a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program and accelerated BA/MAT program.
Upcoming Events:
- A Conversation on the Presidential Campaign and Education Policy
Tuesday, October 28, 2008; 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Upstairs Cafe
Come hear about an issue that wasn’t debated … education.
Are you curious about how Senators Barack Obama and John McCain would change education policy? Come listen to a talk about their educational philosophies and proposals, followed by a brief debate and questions sponsored by the CCT.
Caitlin Hussey will represent the views of McCain and Chris Broadfoot will represent those of Obama. Carol Meyer will serve as moderator.
Recent Events:
- Wednesday,September 24, 2008 Improving the Odds by Building Language & Literacy for Preschoolers. Based in Port Washington, NY, the Parent-Child Home Program is an international nonprofit that works with community agencies to help low-income and English-learning parents build language and literacy skills in their preschool children. Executive Director Sarah Walzer will describe the philosophy, practice, and efficacy of the program.
- Monday May 5, 2007 No Excuses. Hard Work. Long Hours. A National Model for Success in Underserved K-12 Schools. A talk by Dan Ceaser presented by the Center for Creative Teaching. Dan Ceaser is the Founder and School Director of KIPP TECH VALLEY Charter School, the highest-performing public middle school in Albany, NY.
- Monday March 31, 2007 Fireside Chat with MAT Graduate Laura (Woodward) Weiss, BA '06, MAT '07. Laura and Carol Meyer will discuss the BA/MAT program and answer your questions.
Related Pages:
Courses offered in fall 2008
- Teaching and Learning
- Literacy, Learning, Teaching in the Younger Years
- Teaching Young Children
- What Can Be Learned From European Education Policy
Courses offered in spring 2008
- Adolescents and Their Literacies
- Classroom Teaching: Theory into Practice
- Conceptions and Misconceptions
Only offered to students in their student teaching year
For more information Contact Nancy Pearlman: npearl@bennington.edu, 802-440-4710.
