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__Group 1__- Giovanni Machado, Theresa Romig, Amanda Cooksey, Erin Alton, Kelley Garrod, Kendra Kaufmanmmmmmmmmm **__Jane Elliot__** -Born in Riceville, Iowa in 1933. -In 1969 she started her brown/blue eyed experiment in response to Martin Luthern King. Jr.'s death to allow her students to experience discrimination. -she was criticized for her experiment by other teachers and parents. "We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences. "-Jane Elliott
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**__Linda Darling-Hammond__**__:__ - Born on Dec. 21, 1951 Cleveland, Ohio. - Influenced by Jerome Bruner, Joseph Schwab, Jean Piaget, and Kenneth Clark. - Charles E. Ducommon Professor of Education at Stanford University. - Considered by Barack Obama as a candidate for the Secretary of Education in his administration.

Although quite active in the field of education, Linda Darling-Hammond's major contribution is her views on preparing highly qualified teachers. Hammond is opposed to programs that train teachers without providing a background in pedagogy such as Teach for America. Hammond asserts that in many of the nation's poorest producing schools, the teachers do not have the needed education or experience in working with chidren. Hammond is a strong propentent of providing every student in America with a teacher who has the needed skills to teach them effectively.


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-Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland on August 9th, 1896 and died September 16th, 1980 -Known for his research in developmental psychology and genetic epistemology -Genetic epistemology is the study of the development of knowledge -His research and study of children led to the development of his four stages of cognitive development
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Contributions to Education: -Four Stages of Cognitive Development also known as Levels of Children’s Thinking and Development · Sensorimotor · Preoperational · Concrete operational · Formal operational

-It is important to remember when considering these stages that all children go through them but that not all children go through them at the same pace. Some develop slower, some develop faster, and others do not reach the later stages of development at all.

-Classroom environment should include: Physical experiences Social interaction Equilibration Time (maturation)
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"Jane Elliott's Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise" 2003-2006. < []  >.
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Bloom, Stephen G. Smithsonian;”Lesson of a Lifetime”. Sep2005, Vol. 36 Issue 6, p82-92, 7p, 4 color, 3 bw []. Academic Search Premier.

Source: Labinowicz, Ed. //The Piaget Primer: Thinking, Learning, Teaching//. London: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1980. pgs 19-21, 60, 63-63, 67 []

Darling-Hammond, L., & Baratz-Snowden, J. (Eds.). (2005). //The Jossey-Bass// //Education Series: A good teacher in every classroom;preparing the highly// //qualified teachers our children deserve//. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Darling-Hammond, L. (1997). The right to learn: a blueprint for creating schools that work. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.

Darling-Hammond, L. (2008, October). Standford University School of Education [Resume]. Retrieved October 24, 2009, from []

Glickman, C. (2004). Letters to the next president: what we can do about the real crisis in public education. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Time Topics: Linda Darling-Hammond. (n.d.). The New York Times. Retrieved from []