Lucy Calkins
Lucy Calkins | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1951 California |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | New York University |
Lucy Calkins (born 1951) is an American educational theorist, professor at the School of Teaching and Learning, and Founding Director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. She is best known for her work with Units of Study an organization that provides professional development for primary school teachers through the Writing Workshop.[1][2]
Education
Calkins's parents were medical doctors in California and she has an undergraduate degree from Williams College and doctorate degree from New York University[3]
Career
Working primarily with the Teachers College at Columbia University she has trained hundreds of thousands of teachers in her whole language methods for teaching reading and writing.[4] [5] [6]
Awards
- Williams College Bicennential Medial (2020)[7]
References
- ↑ "Units of Study Introduction". unitsofstudy.com. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "In the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Calkins, Lucy M. (lmc71)". tc.columbia.edu/. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "About the Reading and Writing Workshop". readingandwritingproject.org/. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "The Lucy Calkins Project". educationnext.org/. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "How Lucy Calkins, literacy guru and Fariña ally, is fighting to define Common Core teaching". ny.chalkbeat.org. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Lucy Calkins, Class of 1973 Wins Bicennential Award". alumni-awards.williams.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
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