This Spring semester I had the pleasure of teaching a Master's Thesis class at the CCNY School of Education as an adjunct. In short - I loved it! It was wonderful to be in the classroom again and teach graduate students in person after 5 years! The last time I was in a classroom with students was in March 2020 just before the Covid lock downs. Classes continued to be held remotely at City College until I retired in 2022. So going back to teaching in person this semester and interacting with graduate students face to face was an amazing, exciting and deeply satisfying experience.
The course I taught was Research in Education - focusing specifically on early childhood classroom curriculum and teaching practices. Each student picked a topic they wanted to learn more about and conducted a qualitative inquiry on it. The students in the class are working toward their Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education and for all of them this was their first structured comprehensive semester-long research project! We met for the final class of the semester and celebrated the completion of the course as they each presented a visual representation of their projects.
In the following few blogs I have shared an image and brief summary of some of the research studies - but for now here is our group on the last day of class!!! Congratulations to each class member - I am so proud of them all!
