Date/Time
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST
Location
Bank Street College of Education
Location:
Hybrid | Room 612/613 and Virtual via Zoom
Bank Street College of Education
610 West 112th Street
Room 612/613
New York, NY 10025
See below re: Zoom link
Event Title:
Lunchtime Learning Series | Can They Teach the Truth? A Critical Examination of Teachers’ Decision-Making Processes in a Post-Truth Era with Mimi Rosenberg
Description:
It is increasingly precarious for teachers to develop curriculum that can be seen as controversial. Few teachers choose subjects to teach for state certification exams that involve perspective, nuance and ambiguity, opting instead for subjects that are “safer”. Yet, during this teacher educator’s 2024-25 fieldwork supervision year, four of seven of my graduate education students did so. Through qualitative study, I explore their orientation to decision making in their choice of topic, approach to lesson design, implementation, and assessment as well as explore their experience of my orientation to supporting their processes and self reflection. In turn I apply these same questions to my supervision of their work through critical self-examination. My guiding research question is: how do we perceive knowledge and understand the relationship between facts and truth in elementary school classroom teaching and learning? As we answer these questions, what can we learn about values in education?
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Gio Capone
gcapone@bankstreet.edu
RSVP:
No RSVP needed. Please email Gio at gcapone@bankstreet.edu for the Zoom link