Local Resident Moderates Yale University Symposium
August 31, 1998 -- Jeffrey Kane, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Education
at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, was a presenter and
key moderator at the 30th anniversary symposium of the Yale School of Medicine,
titled "Child Development: The Foundation of Education." Featuring
a keynote speech by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, the symposium welcomed
prominent educators from across the country. Dr. Kane, President of the
New York State Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, moderated
a panel titled "New Directions for Teacher and Administrator."
In his address, Dr. Kane advocated the need for a combined effort between
working teachers and university colleagues and stressed the need for student
teachers to spend more time in schools. "We cannot teach people if
you're not out in the field," Kane stated. "We have to know the
culture of schools, the changing demographics, and the implications of
your theories because of the rapid development in teaching. Prospective
educators need to get into the schools early and often; they should not
only be in classrooms but also involved in site-based management teams,
parent/teacher associations, and, whenever possible, out in the community."
Among his accomplishments, Dr. Kane serves as executive editor of a
peer-reviewed educational journal, Encounter: Education for Meaning and
Social Justice. He is also the author of Beyond Empiricism: Michael Polanyi
Reconsidered and In Fear of Freedom: Democracy and Education in America.
His most recent book, an edited work, Education, Information and Transformation,
was released this month by Merrill (Prentice Hall). Dr. Kane, appointed
dean of the School of Education in 1996, oversees one of the largest and
most comprehensive teacher education, counseling, speech pathology and
education administration programs in New York State. C.W. Post's School
of Education, which offers courses on both the undergraduate and graduate
levels, has several clinical laboratories on campus including a fully accredited
speech and hearing center and an Interactive Technologies Center.
For more information about C.W. Post's School of Education, contact
Dr. Kane's office at (516) 299-2210.
For more information call the C.W. Post Public
Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail cwpostpr@aurora.liunet.edu
or send mail to: Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern
Blvd., Brookville, New York 11548-1300.
