A distinctive coeducational college of the liberal arts and sciences.
Through its outreach to teachers, parents, administrators and child development professionals, the Child Development Institute communicates Sarah Lawrence's progressive education ideology and provides a forum for the discussion of issues in education.
The Learning Child is a series of documentaries produced for public television by Jonathan Diamond Associates and guided by the faculty of the Child Development Institute. The documentaries represent the view that intellectual, social and imaginative growth, as well as specific skills such as literacy, develop optimally in the context of activities that are inherently meaningful to the child.
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Sarah Lawrence College offers a program on the overarching importance of play in the life of the child. Participants explore uses of play in learning and therapeutic contexts as well as approaches to serving as a “playworker” in a range of settings, including outdoor parks, children’s museums, and hospitals.
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Susan Linn, EdD
Consuming Kids: Reclaiming Childhood from Media Moguls and Corporate Marketers
Monday, July 13, 2009
4:30 p.m.
Donnelley Theatre, Heimbold Visual Arts Center
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