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| Kids and Teachers: What
Makes for Success in School
Interest in education is at an unprecedented high in the United States. At the Federal and state levels, legislative mandates concerning high-quality teachers and student performance benchmarks are driving much of what classroom teachers do and children experience. At the local level, tensions about what to do about low-performing schools, how to improve the quality of teaching, and how to raise test scores through balanced and meaningful instructional experiences are critical parts of educators' work. How does higher education support federal, state, and local efforts to ensure a high-quality teacher for every child? These are areas in which the debate can be informed by research. What really are the ingredients of a high-quality classroom? If teachers matter (and they do), what aspects of teaching lead to increased student performance? Can the public education system address the needs of less advantaged students or are private schools a better option? These issues and questions will be the focus of "Kids and teachers: What Makes for Success in School," which will draw upon the largest set of actual observations in pre-kindergarten to 5th grade classrooms across the United States. March 3, 2005 This talk will be videotaped by UVA TV News. |
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About the Speaker Dr. Robert Pianta Robert Pianta is a professor in the Curry School of Education and holds the Novartis US Foundation Chair in Education. A former special education teacher, he is a developmental, school, and clinical child psychologist whose work focuses on how children's experiences at home and in school affect their development. He is particularly interested in how relationships with teachers and parents, as well as classroom quality, can help improve outcomes for children. He is the author of numerous journal articles, chapters, and books in the areas of childhood development, transition to school, school readiness, and parent-child and teacher-child relationships. |
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