Teachers College, Columbia University is an institution with a rich and distinguished record in the field of education. Decade after decade, since its founding in 1887, the College has anticipated concerns and acted with initiatives to advance educational reforms and issues. With its tradition of innovation and insights, the College is one of the leading schools of education in the country, if not the world, embracing three fields: education, psychology and health.
Teachers College Career Services: Instructional Technology & Media Panel
Alternatives To Teaching
Teachers College: Pioneering Education, Celebrating 125 Years of Innovation in Learning recaps the College's humble beginnings as Grace Dodge's Kitchen Garden Association, through which "lady volunteer" instructors taught cooking, sewing, and other fundamental domestic skills to immigrant women and their children. It traces the Association's change in focus to educating teachers as the world faced new challenges, and looks at some of the innovations and luminaries that have come from both facu...
Lauching the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University and the Laurie M. Tisch Illumincation Fund's Healthy Food & Community Challenge Initative
From its earliest days, Teachers College has drawn on cognitive research to create new ways to help children learn. With MathemAntics, his unique, interactive software program, Professor Ginsburg is discovering and unleashing the analytical skills and math abilities of young children. How will MathemAntics change the future of math curriculum development and teaching? These questions and more will be explored in this informative and engaging presentation.
Dr. Evelin Lindner, award-winning author and Founding President of World Dignity University presents her latest book, A Dignity Economy: Creating an Economy that Serves Human Dignity and Preserves Our Planet (Dignity Press, 2012). Lindner's work provides an overview of the plurality of concepts and movements concerning the current global economic situation, calling for "a world dignity movement, a movement that creates inclusion, both locally and globally."Evelin Lindner is a transdisciplinary...
