ANN GAZZARD 118 Bergen Ave Princeton, NJ, 08540 908-281-9205 Education Doctor of Philosophy
Department of Education, University of Newcastle, Australia, 1987. Certification for Teaching Thinking
Trained at three international Philosophy for Children workshops.
Wollongong, Australia, May 1985; Elsinore, Denmark, July 1985; New Jersey, USA, August 1985.
Master of Arts
Critical and Creative Thinking, Interdisciplinary Degree, Departments of Education, Psychology & Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, USA, 1983. Diploma in Education
Department of Education, Elementary (1-6) School Certification, University of Newcastle, Australia, 1979. Bachelor of Science (Honors 1 in Psychology)
University of Newcastle, Australia, 1978. Scholarships and Awards
Excellence in Teaching Award, Wagner College, May 2004. Faculty Advisor Recognition Award, Wagner College, April 2000.
American Association of University Women International Fellowship, 1982 International Federation of University Women Overseas Award, 1982. Australian Commonwealth Scholarship for Postgraduate Study, 1980. Australian Commonwealth Scholarship for Undergraduate Study, 1972. NSW Department of Education Teachers Scholarship, 1972.
Australian Commonwealth Scholarship for Secondary School Study, 1969. Teaching Experience
Associate Professor
Department of Education, Wagner College, Staten Is., NY, 1996 - present. Visiting Specialist
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, Montclair State University, NJ, 1985 – 1991. Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Foundations, Montclair State University, NJ, 1993 - 1996.
Adjunct Professor
Critical Thinking, Degree Program/Liberal Arts, New York University, NY, 1992 - 1996 Critical Thinking, Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, NJ, 1995.
Psychology Department, Brookdale Community College, NJ, 1992 - 1993. Philosophy Department, Montclair State University, NJ, 1989.
Instructor
Critical Thinking, Logic, Reasoning and Inquiry, Gifted and Talented Youth Program, Montclair State University, NJ, Fall 1987-88, Spring 1990 - Spring 1993, Fall 1994 -1996.
Research Experience Research Specialist
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, Montclair State University, 1987 - 1991. Responsibilities: development of adult reasoning test; administration and evaluation of reasoning tests; evaluation of experimental teaching at the college level.
Research Coordinator
NJ Humanities Grant Program, IAPC, Montclair State University, NJ, 1985 -1987. Project Title: Preparing teachers in bilingual settings to increase student potential for college level study of the humanities. Responsibilities: experimental design and implementation; data collection, collation and analysis.
Administrative Experience Director
Masters Programs in Education, Wagner College, NY, 2005-2008. Project Associate
Project THISTLE, Thinking and Learning Skills, Montclair State University, NJ, 1994 - 1995. Administrator and coordinator for Newark School System based project.
Assistant to the Director
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, Montclair State University, NJ, 1987 - 1991. Coordinator
State-Wide Future Problem Solving Competition for Gifted and Talented Children, University of Massachusetts, 1983.
Editorial Experience Editor
Opportunity: Critical Thinking and Best Practice,
Spring 1995 - Summer 1996, Institute for Critical Thinking, Montclair State University, NJ. Member of Editorial Board
Inquiry:Thinking Across the Disciplines, Institute for Critical Thinking, 1994 - 1996, Montclair State University, NJ.
Assistant Editor
Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children,
Publications
“Do You Need to Know Philosophy to Teach Philosophy to Children: A Comparison of Two Approaches”, Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis, 33, 2012, 45-53. http://www.viterbo.edu/atpp/
“The Philosophical Community Café as a Model of Best Practice”, Journal of Learning Communities Research, 5(1), April 2010, 93-101.
“Let’s Not Forget Quiet Time”, Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, Summer 2006, 19(2), 1-3. “Self Observation and Inquiry in the Generation of Emotional Intelligence”, Analytic Teaching, Spring Issue 2004, 24(2), 86-95.
“The Witness and Education”, Proceedings :Hawaii International Conference on Education 2003. Paper presented 2003 Hawaii International Conference, January 7–10, Honolulu, Hawaii.
“Emotional Intelligence, The Witness and Education”, Encounter : Education for Meaning and Social Justice, Winter 2002, 15(4), 20-29.
“Political Renewal and Early Childhood Experience”, Phoenix Magazine, Spring Issue 2002. “EQ: Does Philosophy Have a Part to Play?” Analytic Teaching, 21(2), 2001, 43-50.
“What does ‘Philosophy for Children’ have to do with Emotional Intelligence?” Thinking, 15(1), 1999. “Philosophy for Children and the Discipline of Philosophy", Thinking, 12(4), 1996, 9-16.
"Some more ideas about the connections between Philosophy for Children and self-esteem", Thinking, 9(1), 1990, 17-20.
Contributed to "Betwixt 'n' between" A Study Guide, by Ruth Fost and Carole Wechter, Pushcart Players, Verona, NJ, 1990.
"Getting our thoughts together" Teachers Instructional Manual. With Matthew Lipman, IAPC, Montclair State University, NJ, 1988, 6OOpp.
"Philosophy for Children: Where We Are Now.... Supplement No.2", Thinking, with Lipman, M, Sharp, A. & Johnson, T., 7(4), 1988, SI-S20.
"Thinking Skills in Science and Philosophy for Children", Thinking, 7(3), 1988, 32-40.
Also appears in Lipman, M. (Ed) Thinking Children and Education, Kendall/ Hunt, Iowa, 1993, 619-632. "Philosophy for Children...Where We Are Now." with Lipman, M., Thinking. 6(4), 1986, Special Supplement. "A discussion by fourth graders of similar and different relationships". Thinking, 6(3), 1986, 40-45.
"Philosophy for Children and the Piagetian Framework', Thinking. 5(1), 1983, 11-13.
Also appears in Lipman, M. (Ed) Thinking Children and Education, Kendall/ Hunt, Iowa, 1993, 244-249. "Do the mentally retarded have the right to reproduce?" with Laura, R.S. In Laura, R.S. (Ed) Problems of Handicap, Macmillan, Melbourne, 1980.
Professional Development Workshops
The following workshops I conducted at the following sites to provide teachers with the necessary skills to promote critical thinking and reflection in their classrooms:
Newark Public Schools
New Jersey, 1985-1987: Fall 1990; Fall 1991; Summer 1990. South Orange-Maplewood Public Schools
New Jersey, Summer 1991; Spring 1992; Fall 1992; Spring 1993. Clinton School District
New Jersey, One day awareness session, Spring 1990. Fairview Elementary School
Roanoke, Virginia, l4th-l9th June, 1992; l8th-2Oth June, 1991. Satchel Page Classical Greek School
Kansas City, Missouri, Summer 1990, January 1991. Margate City School District
New Jersey, 3 days, Fall 1990. Paterson School District
New Jersey, Workshop for guidance counselors, May 16-18, 1989; Follow-up, Fall 1989. Ohio State Gifted and Talented Association
Bowling Green, Ohio, 4 days, Fall 1989. Dubois Elementary School
Wyoming, 5 days, Fall 1987; 5 days, Spring 1988.
Invited Talks and Presentations
"Philosophy for Children and Bilingual Education", Talk presented at New Jersey State Conference on Bilingual Education, Elizabeth, NJ, 1987.
"Thinking Skills in Science and Philosophy for Children", Paper presented at Philosophy for Children Conference, Montclair State University, NJ, 1987.
"Thinking in Science", Paper presented at Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science, Tallahassee, Florida, November 1990.
"The Teaching of Thinking", Talk presented to the faculty of the Institute on Thinking, St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ, February, 1991.
"Learning for Thinking", Talk presented to incoming students for the Degree in Liberal Arts, New York University, NY, Guest Lecture, April 1993.
"Critical Thinking: Can It Be Taught At Home?" Talk presented to Riker Hill Home and School Association, NJ, November 1993.
“What is Critical Thinking?" Talk presented to parents at the POGO Conference: Parents of Gifted Offspring, Montclair State University, March 4th & 5th, 1995.
"Logic, Reasoning and Inquiry", Workshop for gifted children at Conference for Parents of Gifted Children, Montclair State University, September 30, 1995.
"Philosophical Reasoning for Children", Talks presented to parents at the P0GO
Conference: Parents of Gifted Offspring, Montclair State University, October 28th & 29th, 1995.
"What is the parents' role in teaching their children to think?" Talk presented to parents of children in the Academic Advancement program, Glenrock School District, NJ, April 1, 1996.
“The Practices of the East to Heal Body, Mind and Spirit”, presented at conference on Healing Choices: A Return to Conventional Healing, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY, June 21st, 1997.
“Educating Children for Cognitive Life in the 21st Century”, talk presented to the Early Childhood Community Coordination Committee of Staten Island, at Wagner College, April 1st, 1998.
“Yoga, Vedanta and the Person”, presented at conference on Healing Choices: A Return to Conventional Healing, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY, June 6th, 1998.
“Brain Function and Early Childhood Development”, talk presented to parents and faculty, Wagner College Early Childhood Center, Wagner College, Staten Island, November 18th, 1998.
“EQ, IQ and Emotional Growth”, talk presented to parents and faculty, Wagner College Early Childhood Center, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY, February 24th, 1999.
“Emotional Intelligence in Early Childhood”, keynote speaker at the Professional Early Educators of Richmond (PEER) Annual Meeting, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY, March 11, 2000.
“EQ, IQ and Philosophy”, Paper presented at Fifth Annual NAACI (North American Association for the Community of Inquiry) Conference, Vancouver, Canada, June 28th – July 2nd, 2000.
“EQ, IQ and Emotional Growth”, talk presented to parents and other interested community members as part of Beyond the Basics Parenting Series, Vincent United Methodist Church, Nutley, NJ, March 26th, 2002.
“The Development of the Witness in Education”, paper presented at 2003 Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 7-10, 2003.
“Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Development in the Young Child”, talk presented to parents and faculty, Wagner College Early Childhood Center, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY. October 24th, 2003.
“Post-Doctoral Intellectual Life”, talk presented to students in the post-graduate seminar program, School of Education, University of Newcastle, Australia, July 2004.
“Early Childhood Experience and the Potential for Spiritual Development”, paper accepted for presentation at 2006 Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 6-9, 2006.
“Thinking in the Community”, co-presented with three freshman students at NYMAPS (New York Metropolitan Area Partnership for Service Learning) First Annual Symposium, “Beyond the Classroom: Co-Educating Students In the Service-Learning Partnership”, The City College of New York, Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies, May 5, 2009
“The Philosophical Community Café: Setting the Stage for Responsible Social Change”, paper presented at 14th National Learning Communities Conference on ‘Student Engagement for Social Change’, Marietta, Georgia, November 12-14, 2009.
“Philosophy Goes To Town”, paper presented at 9th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 4-7, 2011.
Community Service
“Education for the 21st Century”, Six part television series, Princeton Community Television, Princeton, NJ. Fall 2007. Written, Edited & Produced by Ann Gazzard.
“Planet Café”, Ongoing series of philosophical discussions for Princeton Community Television, Edited and Produced by Ann Gazzard, September 2008 – November 2011.
