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Published on: 1/1/1996
Last Visited: 8/22/2008
Terry Baker
senior research scientist
tbaker@edc.org
tel: (212) 807-4249fax: (212) 633-8804
Terry L. Baker is a Senior Research Scientist at the Education Development Center/Center for Children and Technology.He conducts research and evaluation projects on systemic school reform, technology infusion, the arts and education, museum education, and literacy.
Before joining CCT, he was the Director of the Four Seasons Project at Teachers College, Columbia University, affiliated with the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools and Teaching (NCREST).He has served as the Dean of the Research Division and Senior Research Scientist at Bank Street College of Education, occupying the Blanche F. Ittleson Research Chair in Mental Health and Education, and as Associate Dean of the School of Education at Hofstra University and senior assistant to the Chancellor of the New York City Public Schools.
Dr. Baker has extensive experience in the design and implementation of curriculum projects aimed at language skills development such as the Open City early childhood reading project, in the use and study of media and technology such as the Interactive Videodisc Project for High School Science, the New York City and Dutchess County Distance Learning Projects, the development of computer networks for teachers, and Project Neon for adult literacy development using broadcast media, as well as in the development of arts skills and appreciation such as the Pittsburgh Arts Education Project.He has served as the principal investigator on several evaluation projects including the Annenberg Arts Project, the Empire State Partnership Project, the DeWitt Wallace School Partners Project, the Studio in a School Evaluation, the Manhattan Theatre Club evaluation, the Lincoln Center Institute Higher Education Project evaluation, the John F. Kennedy Center's Arts Education Initiative evaluation, and the National Education's Association Learning Tomorrow Project evaluation.His teaching experience includes university courses in English literature and composition, communication theory, film studies, school administration, and research methods at Clark College, Atlanta University, Teachers College, Columbia University, Queens College, and Bank Street College of Education.He was the co-director of the Hunter College Teacher Corps Arts and Humanities Project, a staff development and teacher education project.