School of Social Science and Human Services (SSHS)

Professor of Education

Year Joined RCNJ: 1999

Contact Information:

• Phone: (201) 684-7794
• E-mail: ckassem@ramapo.edu
• Office: B-133

Education:

• Ph.D., Educational Psychology, Georgia State University
• M.A., Counseling and Student Personnel Services, Virginia Tech
• B.A., English, The College of William & Mary

Convening Group:

• Teacher Education

Courses Offered (past 5 years):

• Teaching for Effective Learning
• Learning, Cognition, & Teaching
• Student Teaching
• Linking the Brain, Mind, Teaching &  Learning
• Children's Literature
• Integrating Technology into Adult Learning Experiences

Teaching Interest:

• Learning and Cognition
• Social and Emotional Learning
• General Pedagogy
• Instructional Design
• Assessment.

Research Interest:

• Social and Emotional Learning
• Teaching for Higher Order Learning

Recent Publications:

• Kassem, C. L. (2008, November). A model for developing and evaluating the teaching dispositions of pre-service educators. Paper accepted for presentation at the Seventh Annual Symposium on Educator Dispositions, Northern Kentucky University.
• Kassem, C. L. (2008, June). Teaching and assessing social and emotional dispositions. Advances in SEL Research, 2, 1, p. 10.
• Kassem, C. L. (2007, March). The best schools: How human development research should inform educational practice. [Review of the book by Thomas Armstrong]. Teachers College Record, published online at: http://www.tcrecord.org/.
• Kassem, C. L. (2007, February). Creativity in Schools: Tensions and Dilemmas [Review of the book Creativity in Schools: Tensions and Dilemmas]. Teachers College Record, published online at: http://www.tcrecord.org/content.asp?contentid=12295.

Other:

• Special interests actively pursued: writing poetry, playing / singing music