Centennial Publication
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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EDITORS NOTE: The Centennial | Written by Cynthia Farr Brown and Michele Forinash, Editors
Lesley University is producing a publication to commemorate Lesley's Centennial. This publication allows Lesley to reflect on its unique and important contributions to education, the arts, and scholarship. Chapters will focus on the founding of Lesley University, early childhood education, the arts, arts based philosophy in teaching and therapy, technology in education, the Threshold program, adult learning, service and experiential learning, alumni, the liberal arts, international perspectives, and creative writing.
PROLOGUE
Written by President Joseph B. Moore [Download the pdf of this edition.]
PART ONE: 1909-1960
Written by President Joseph B. Moore [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 1: The Birth of a New Profession: Lesley University Expressive Therapies Division 1973-2009
This publication is the first in the series. It chronicles the development of the Expressive Therapies Division which is celebrating its 35th year at Lesley. [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 2: Early Childhood Education at Lesley University: 100 Years
Written by Mary Beth Lawton, Mary Mindess, Lisa Fiore, Benn Mardell, and Joanne Szamreta. [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 3: Froebel and the Firefly: Legacies of Excellence in Teaching
Written by Julia Byers, Matthew Hirshberg, and Prilly Sanville [Download the pdf of this edition.]
PART TWO: 1960-1980
Written by President Joseph B. Moore [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 4: A Vision of Arts Integration and Knowing: The Creation of Lesley's First Arts-Based Graduate Programs
Written by Shaun McNiff [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 5: Reflections on the Development of Lesley University's Extension in Israel December 1979-2009
Written by Vivien Marcow Speiser and Samuel Schwartz [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 6: The Liberal Arts at Lesley College: Three Perspectives
Written by Robert Wauhkonen, Rosalie Fink and Anne Pluto [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 7: The Birth of a New Profession: Lesley University Expressive Therapies Division 1973-2009
Written by Mitchell Kossak [Download the pdf of this edition.]
PART THREE: 1980-1998
Written by President Joseph B. Moore [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 8: Responding to a Revolution
Written by George Blakeslee, Richard Carter, Marie Gannon, Nancy Roberts, Joan Thormann and Maureen Yoder [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 9: Threshold Then and Now: The Evolution of Lesley's Transition Program for Young Adults with Disabilities
Written by Arlyn Roffman, Fran Osten and Carole Noveck [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 10: Adult Learning Theory in Practice
Written by Martha McKenna [Download the pdf of this edition.]
PART FOUR: 1998-Present
Written by President Joseph B. Moore [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 11: Independent Study Degree Program Alumni
Written by Marion Nesbit [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 12: Synergies, Collaborations, and Transformations
Written by Angelo Fertitta and John Lanza [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 13: The Master of Fine Arts at Lesley University
Written by Judith Barry, Steven Cramer and Janet Pocorobba [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 14: Community-Embedded Practice: Lesley's Approach to Professional Preparation
Written by Marcia Bromfield, Mariagnese Cattaneo, Harriet Deane, Margery Staman Miller and Eleanor Roffman [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CHAPTER 15: At the Crossroads of Arts, Teaching, and Inquiry
Written by Gene Diaz and Lisa Donovan [Download the pdf of this edition.]
EPILOGUE: The Future
Written by President Joseph B. Moore [Download the pdf of this edition.]
CONTRIBUTORS
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