Catherine Snyder

Catherine Snyder
Siena College · Education

PhD, Curriculum and Instruction; NBCT

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Additional affiliations
February 2016 - March 2024
Clarkson University
Position
  • Chair
Education
September 2002 - May 2010
University at Albany, State University of New York
Field of study
  • Curriculum and Instruction
June 1995 - June 1996
Union College
Field of study
  • Secondary Education
September 1991 - May 1993
Union College
Field of study
  • Business

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Publications (18)
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Clarkson University is home to a 30 year old, graduate-level teacher education program which includes a student teaching placement. The placement process is one of the most time consuming aspects of the work done in the teacher education program. In order to minimize time spent placing student teachers and increase the level of service provided to...
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Since 2018, news agencies have shifted from reporting teacher layoffs to teacher shortages. This swift shift in the industry left many floundering to recruit enough teachers to fill classrooms. Even in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, there is still a demand for teachers, now with added online teaching skills. This article addresses one program's...
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With the sudden shift to emergency remote instruction during the COVID-19 global pandemic in the spring of 2020, teacher education programs were confronted with the dual responsibility of teaching pre-service teachers how to teach and how to teach in synchronous P-12 classroom settings utilizing educational technologies. Building a community of pra...
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The role of a lynchpin is to maintain alignment and add strength to a machine so that it can work as intended. Effective mentors are the lynchpin of successful teacher education. Research and practice have demonstrated that selecting highly effective teachers as mentors is only the first step in ensuring successful experiences for teacher candidate...
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Researchers map a process through which graduate students in professional degree programs learn and mature. This paper documents evidence of a pattern of transformation among adults participating in graduate programs. The identified pattern simultaneously supports a version of transformative learning theory and has the potential to inform higher ed...
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Many undergraduate students will encounter being taught by Graduate Teaching As- sistants (GTAs), especially early in their college career (DeChenne, Eniochs & Needham, 2012). While the GTA is a critical component in many university systems, the amount and types of training available for GTAs are somewhat limited (Luft, Kurdziel, Roehrig, & Turner,...
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This five-year action research study evaluates the effectiveness of using screencasting (Udell, 2005) as a means of “flipping” (“What is Flipped Learning,” 2014) instruction in a secondary social studies classroom. The researchers’ goal was to determine if, in fact, “flipping” is a more effective mode of teaching and learning as measured by pre- an...
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This action research study followed a social studies educator as he developed and implemented screencasts in three ninth-grade world history classes. He focused on ways to increase student-centered learning and meeting the needs of broad ranges of learners. The study revealed an increase in student engagement, instruction in career and college tech...
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This study examines the transformation (professional growth) of career-changing women scientists who decided to become teachers. Drawing upon Mezirow’s Transformative Learning Theory, we tracked their transformation for 3 years. Our findings revealed multiple identities, disorientation, a perceived sense of meaninglessness, loss and eventual regain...
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According to Mezirow, this accumulation of experiences and establishment of reliable frames of reference cause adults to be more thoughtful, and even cautious in their approach to new learning. Ten phases of transformative learning make up the framework for Mezirow's theory and the analytical tool for this research. Since the publication of his res...
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A uniquely robust multi-part qualitative study methodology is presented from a study which tracked the transformative journeys of four career-changing women from STEM fields into secondary education. The article analyzes the study’s use of archived writing, journaling, participant-generated photography, interviews, member-checking, and reflexive an...
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This qualitative case study focuses on the transition made by three career-changing women moving from science and engineering fields into secondary teaching. The findings indicate that all three women exhibited unexpected levels of fear, anxiety, and shame in response to new learning. Supported by the literature on adult learning and transformative...
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Over the last eight years, our faculty at Union Graduate College has had the privilege to collaborate with dozens of teachers as they volunteered to put their practice up for review in a yearlong performance evaluation through the national Board Certification process. What we have discovered is echoed by many involved with establishing challenging...
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In this literature review, 10 empirical qualitative research articles published since 1999 are analyzed to better understand how researchers use Jack Mezirow's transformative learning theory as a functional tool for measuring the transformative process. The studies investigate higher education and/or professional education settings. This analysis r...
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At the heart of social studies education is the notion that social studies teachers teach core civic values that educate citizens and perpetuate democracy. As our democratic system continues to evolve, technology is playing a greater role in how we learn and communicate. It makes sense, then, that social studies educators use technology to teach ne...
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At the heart of a successful democracy is active participation by its citizenry. If active participation is discouraged by a country’s public institutions or its political culture, democracy as a form of government is susceptible to failure; indeed democracies are imperfect and fragile at best (Nelson & Rapoport, 2004; Branson, 1999; Quigley & Hoar...

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