From the first time I met him at Yale University, I was impressed not only by his towering intellect but his warmth, compassion, and humanity. Edmund W. Gordon has been one of the leading intellectuals in the field of education for longer than I have been alive. He was also an architect of the nation's Head Start program in the 1960s. Each of them profoundly influenced him and his scholarship. Professor Gordon has long spoken to the importance of influential mentors such as Alain LeRoy Locke, the first African American Rhodes Scholar; Herbert G. Birch, an internationally renown child development and brain injury authority; and W. E. B. Brooklyn LAB has been one of the many beneficiaries of Dr. Gordons imperative that education should cultivate intellective competence. After earning degrees from Howard University and Columbia Universitys Teachers College, Dr. Gorden embarked on a storied career researching and writing about equity in education. 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His career ranges from professional practice, minister, clinical and counseling psychologist, research scientist, author, editor, and professor. Gordon Laxer, Professor Emeritus University of Alberta, NDP member . White Building, now referred to as the Gordon-White Building. Note: This article was originally posted in the Teachers College Newsroom here. Sign up to receive our weekly innovations in learning email newsletter: Eric Tucker is the co-founder and Executive Director of Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools. Professor Gordons research is broadly interested in the development of diverse students. MORE. The Mini Moments are drawn from the Colleges Oral History Project, a collection of more than 90 videotaped interviews conducted by Melanie Shorin and Jessica Wiederhorn, the principals of The Narrative Trust, a private firm that conducts and captures the oral histories of institutions, communities and individuals. A school that can carry on his Marxist and pragmatist influenced legacy, his will to do what is necessary to be responsive to the variability of human need and development even when it is not what is seemingly popular, and a focus on enabling the marginalized. [10], From July 2000 until August 2001 he was Vice President of Academic Affairs and Interim Dean at Teachers College, Columbia University. Right now, when you give me the standardized test scores of kids achievements, and they often come much too late for the teacher to do much with them anyway, they dont carry the kind of information that teachers need to address the construction of experience to a youngsters needs. Edmund W. Gordon (born 1921) is an African-American psychologist and an expert in child development who has worked throughout his career on the issues and challenges of underprivileged and minority students in American education. So I need to talk to them. My father was a physician in the segregated South. Eric is also a member of the Getting Smart advisory board. If you dont think I belong, you dont give a damn what happens to me. Ill say its access to resources of power. Learning and Thriving Across the Lifespan: Building on the E. W. Gordon Legacy on Affirmative Development and Equitable Education for Every Learner, Wednesday, June2& Thursday, June3, 2021. Because all over the world, if your parents have money, you get educated, youre healthy, you tend to stay out of trouble. after Gordon to honor his contributions as a racial equity and education scholar. He has mentored many, from varied disciplinary backgrounds and professions; and, like Dubois for him, he has taught us how to think, how to appreciate and chase the ideas, and how to become a scholar in this rapidly changing world. He received his bachelors degree in Zoology and Social Ethics in Divinity from Howard University, a Master of Arts degree in Social Psychology from American University, and the Doctor of Education degree in child development and guidance from Teachers College, Columbia University. Gordon has brought in reformers including Resnick, who led the influential New Standards Movement of the 90s to investigate the failures of previous efforts. Soon after, Kennedy was assassinated and Lyndon Johnson became president. The commissions findings will be made public next winter. sentence with "emeritus". In 2011-2013, Gordon served as the organizer and chair of the Gordon Commission in the Future of Assessment in Education. He cites as major influencers Herbert G. Birch, W. E. B. His research includes the advancement of the concepts of "the Achievement Gap",[4][5][6] "Affirmative development of academic ability", and "Supplementary Education", all which focus on improving the quality of academic achievement in diverse learners. Gordon has stated that while he believes Head Start has been a success from a government standpoint, the program could have been much more than it is today. Gordon was struggling to succeed at Howard University when Locke helped to encourage him and keep him on track. Du Bois. Every bit of Gordons nine decades is present when he talks to you. A: I think we could determine how well schools perform in a much less expensive way than the mass assessment. Educators and scholars at Brooklyn LAB appreciate the chance to hear from those who are applying Dr. Gordons work and have ideas on how to apply his thinking to contemporary conversations around the future of education when it comes to justice, fairness, and humanity. Edmund Gordon is the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology, Emeritus at Yale University, Richard March Hoe Professor, Emeritus of Psychology and Education, at Teachers College, Columbia University and Director Emeritus of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) at Teachers College, Columbia University. In 1879 he left Chicago and became pastor of the church of the Messiah in New York city, and in 1903 he became pastor emeritus. All of them are not necessarily as useful in learning to be academically proficient. My wife, Susan, my late wife, was a physician, a pediatrician. More details University of Missouri, St. Louis. Even though she was no longer a teacher at our school, I still called the emeritus professor by her title. People are different. Department of Philosophy. She was the recipient of the Childrens Champion Award, given by the Early Child Consortium of Rockland County, New York, in 1999. He held appointments at several of the nations leading universities including Howard, Yeshiva, Columbia, City University of New York, Yale, and the Educational Testing Service. Preeminent Scholar Edmund Gordon to Be Named Honorary President of the American Educational Research Association Today Share For Immediate Release: April 12, 2021 Contact: Tony Pals, tpals@aera.net (202) 238-3235 Tong Wu, twu@aera.net (202) 238-3233 If the pandemic has taught us anything, its that we need to celebrate life and cherish loved ones. Were covering what edleaders and educators can do about it. Your contributions helps The CEJJES institute a 501(c)(3) cultural, educational, and research Institute to improve the educational and social conditions for all disenfranchised people. So I didnt learn personal skills from him. As educators, we do best by students when we enable learners to orchestrate and mediate their own learning. He is widely known for his research on diverse human characteristics and pedagogy. [26] His father emigrated from Jamaica and began to practice medicine when he married Gordon's mother, an elementary school teacher. Dr. Gordons subsequent friendship with one of the greatest civil rights leaders and thinkers of the 20th century had a critical impact on the direction of his own research. Du Bois suggested that Gordon study the percentage of minority students that succeed despite serious challenges. But I havent taken as seriously, as some people have, the possible relationship between the pandemic and the development of children. "If I go back to the beginning, I'm arguing that school is important, but it is not the end of education, nor is it the beginning." - Edmund Gordon Who on Earth needs and knows what to do with more than a million dollars a year? June 13th marks the 100th birthday of Dr. Edmund W. Gordon, Teachers College's Richard March Hoe Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Education and Founding Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education, recently renamed the Edmund W. Gordon Institute for Urban and Minority Education. Enter your email to get our weekly What If? And if I had to, Id put the cap on the top. Q: And whats one thing they could do to make up for that deficit? His daughter, Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard, said Dr. Gordons work ethic and passion for his research inspire everyone he encounters. Professor Gordons distinguished career spans professional practice, scholarly life as a minister, clinical and counseling psychologist, research scientist, author, editor, and professor. Together, the Gordons helped to lead the integration of schools in East Ramapo, NY; founded the Harriet Tubman Child Health and Guidance Clinic in Harlem; created a Psycho-Educational Diagnostic Clinic for children referred to the Ambulatory Pediatrics Division of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center; and most recently launched the Gordon and Gordon Associates in Human Development and the CEJJES Institute. We also believe that equity will require that we take advantage of recent findings concerning the nature of human learning that move us away from teaching and learning as the transmission of knowledge and technique[and] toward learning as the enablement of learners to orchestrate and mediate their own learning.. I now would like to turn to the part of the program where you all can hear from others on Edmund W. Gordon. Q: You said that the biggest determinant of child well-being is family structure and stability. Department of Philosophy. She described him as the most intellectual person [she] has ever met and one the most dedicated human beings she knows. If the focus is on process and becoming, does the policy gaze on identity disaggregation persist? His publications consist of many, many, many articles and books and monographs. Epistemology: Philosophy of Action: Philosophy of Language . Q: I know youve done a lot of thinking about assessments and high stakes standardized testing. Their mission is to anticipate the future of testing. Gordon was recognized as a preeminent scholar of African-American studies when he was awarded the 2011 Dr. John Hope Franklin Award from Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Council on Education.[2][3]. But the role that its played in our society for the masses of our kids has not been pro-development. Gordon's distinguished career spans professional practice, scholarly life as a minister, clinical and counseling psychologist, research scientist, author, editor, and professor. Areas of Interest. Edmund W. and Susan G. Gordon committed their lives, both in their being and becoming, to overturning such a violent system. Some of my students and I believe that given the state of educational development for the diverse population of students in the U.S., the pursuit of equity in opportunities is more appropriate than the pursuit of equality, defined as sameness. EDMUND W. GORDON is the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology, Emeritus at Yale University, Richard March Hoe Professor, Emeritus of Psychology and Educatio. It was from him that I first learned to pay attention to context. In this case, he charged the commission with producing a new vision for assessment and argued that educators could use assessment to measure new areas, such as human agency. His publications consist of more than 200 articles and 18 books and monographs. Homepage. Through a Fellowship with the Gordon Commission on the Future of Assessment in Education, Brooklyn LABs founding team came to understand the importance of assessment for learningthat is, assessments that not only measure learning, but also generate actionable evidence to improve and inform teaching and learning. One of the things weve been exploring in the commission is the relationship between the affective and situative domains in relation to the cognitive domains, says Gordon, describing one study. He is the author of more than 200 articles and over 20 books. Please submit the following information and you will be given a link to download our free guide: Quick Start Guide to Implementing Place-Based Education. 0:00 / 1:54 Professor Emeritus Edmund Gordon Teachers College, Columbia University 9.92K subscribers Subscribe 1.4K views 10 years ago http://www.tc.columbia.edu/125/moment. But at his centennial, Gordon has concluded that families, more than teachers, set the course of a childs life. I would greatly enrich the schools capacity to compensate for what should have been happening at home. Edmund Gordon was working at Stanford University with colleagues that were involved in John F. Kennedy's beginnings of social change. . Edmund Wyatt Gordon (born June 13, 1921) is a professor of psychology who "had a tremendous influence on contemporary thinking in psychology, education and social policy and the implications of his work for the schooling of lower status youth and children of color in America". Edmund Wyatt Gordon (born June 13, 1921) is a professor of psychology who "had a tremendous influence on contemporary thinking in psychology, education and social policy and the implications of his work for the schooling of lower status youth and children of color in America". A: Its not at the top of my list. No doubt, this upbringing shaped his development as a husband, father, grandfather, thinker, and teacher. Dr. Gordon, on behalf of all the educators in this country, on behalf of Americas children, I want to personally thank you.. In fact, Gordon popularized the term. Wade Boykin (October 2019, Third World Press), is a further development of ideas generated from the Gordon Commission. Edmund Cord (trumpet) M. Dee Stewart (trombone) Choral Conducting Chancellor's Professor Emeritus. Thanks to Dr. Gordons work, we have the foundation for all educators to understand the role that student agency plays in educating our most historically marginalized students, and the work that we need to do to help students persevere and advocate for themselves with authority., Dr. Gordons lessons focus on how school systems can and must do better for learners and families. Birch encouraged Gordon to go to the library and read. But beyond that and the commissions strategic engagement is the belief that changing whats tested for will serve to change whats taught and how hopefully leading to better outcomes for students who fall through the cracks of the existing system. As a young scholar just beginning my career in academia, I learned through his example that intellectual greatness does not have to be accompanied by arrogance and self-centeredness. That is to say, assessment should serve the function of informing and enhancing the transactions of teaching and learning. Q: But to the extent that we also have a policy to make and judgments to reach around our K-12 education system, if you could do one thing in terms of education policy, what would be the one thing that you would do? Drs Susan and Edmund Gordon have expressed pride to have four accomplished and humane children who work to do good in this world. 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