Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University

Teacher Education's Contributions to American Higher Education: Two Centuries of Satisfying Markets and Nurturing Diversity

Chris Ogren

Rondileau Campus Center Ballroom

Plenary Session

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

The Arc of Teacher Education: From the Normal School to Now

Thomas R. Turner, Bridgewater State University

Concurrent Session 1. Past as Prologue: The Early History

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

"The Sons of Bridgewater"

Gina Pare Massella

Concurrent Session 1. Past as Prologue: The Early History

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Philippine Normal School During U.S. Colonial Rule, 1901-1916

Shaunna Harrington, Northeastern University

Concurrent Session 2. Exporting the Normal School Model

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Shuji Isawa and the Legacy of International Teacher Education of Bridgewater Normal School

Wing-kai To, Bridgewater State University

Concurrent Session 2. Exporting the Normal School Model

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Canadian Students and Transnational Experiences of Education at Bridgewater Normal School, 1840-1932

Andrew C. Holman, Bridgewater State University

Concurrent Session 2. Exporting the Normal School Model

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Teacher Training and the Teaching License in the Thirteenth-century University

J.R. Webb, Bridgewater State University

Concurrent Session 3. Turning Students into Teachers: Case Studies from the Early Years

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Normalites: The Significance of Their Formal and Informal Learning Experiences

Kelly Kolodny, Framingham State University

Concurrent Session 3. Turning Students into Teachers: Case Studies from the Early Years

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Radical Social Purpose in 19th Century Teacher Education: Normal Schools and the Port Royal Experiment

Mary-Lou Breitborde, Salem State University
Louise Swiniarski, Salem State University

Concurrent Session 3. Turning Students into Teachers: Case Studies from the Early Years

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The "Great Experiment" and the Transformation of the Michigan State Normal School

Ron Flowers, Eastern Michigan University
James Barott, Eastern Michigan University

Concurrent Session 4. Social Forces and the Shaping of Late 19th Century Normal Schools

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Homer H. Seerley: A Steadfast Leader in the Midwest during the Normal School Movement

Megan M. Connerly, Anderson University - South Carolina

Concurrent Session 4. Social Forces and the Shaping of Late 19th Century Normal Schools

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Postbellum Black Educational Access: The Normal School Origins of Fisk University

Madhavi Venkatesan, Bridgewater State University

Concurrent Session 4. Social Forces and the Shaping of Late 19th Century Normal Schools

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Archives of Teacher Education: What We Can Learn from the Records of the Normal School Movement

Susan Edwards, Salem State University
Andrew Elder, University of Massachusetts Boston
Jessica R. Holden, University of Massachusetts Boston
Asher Jackson, Fitchburg State University
Colleen Previte, Framingham State University

Concurrent Session 5. A Little Known History and the Reclaiming of a Legacy

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Finding a Future in our Past: Student Writers, a Normal School Archive, and What Happens When They Meet

Lee Torda, Bridgewater State College

Concurrent Session 5. A Little Known History and the Reclaiming of a Legacy

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM