Ann Bingham-Newman
Curriculum and InstructionOffice: C2094A
Phone: 323 343 6064
E-mail: abingha@calstatela.edu
INTRODUCTION
In 2010 I will have been at CSULA for 36 years. I have been fortunate to have had a varied career, spending the first 26 years in the College of Health and Human Services and the last few years in the Charter College of Education. IN HHS I was the Chair of the Child Development Interdisciplinary Program and then of the Department of Child Family Studies. In the CCOE, I implemented with Dr. Bruce Campbell the new Urban Learning Major. I now teach in the area of Early Childhood Education in the Division of Curriculum and Instruction.
TEACHING INTERESTS
My interest in teaching covers a wide area, including, infancy, family relations, parent education, early childhood education, and social science methodology. I am particularly interested in teaching divorcing parents how to get along with one another well enough so that their children are not harmed in the process. In all my teaching I use cooperative learning and inquiry projects. I am committed to teaching the way I would like to see my students teach children.
RESEARCH
My most recent interests have been in creating cohorts of students on campus so that students become part of a community of learners. This allows the transfer student to become involved with other students immediatley and, thus, reduces the risk of "transfer shock". My other interest is in finding ways for students and faculty to work together to break down the barriers to collaborative teamwork across disciplines. This involves learning the unique roles an language of each professional group so that they can interact with each other. There is hardly a teaching job which does not require the use of teamwork to provide the best possible outcome for students.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| NACAD Monograph Chapter One UNderstanding Transfer Students | 2004 |
| Tidal Wave II: A New Approach to Teacher Preparation | 2001 |
| Preparing the Early Childhood Educator for the REal World: A Model for Professional Teamwork | 1999 |
| Diversity in Parent Education | 1998 |
| A Piagetian Perspective for Preschools: A Thinking Book for Teachers. | 1989 |
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
PhD Human Development and Early Childhood Education 1974
- University of Wisconsin -Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
MS Child Development and Early childhood Education 1971
- University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
BS Child Development 1966
- University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
MA Marriage and Family Counseling 1980
- Califonia Family Studeny Center/Azusa Pacific University
Burbank, California