Kathleen A. Butler, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Education
Department Chair / Professor of Education
Contact
Phone: 860.231.5331
E-mail:
kbutler@sjc.edu
Web Site:
www.sjc.edu/kbutler
"Helping students think for themselves," Dr. Kathleen Butler says, "is the essence of teaching here at Saint Joseph College." Dr. Butler encourages her students to look at topics from various angles, and cooperative learning is a consistent piece of her approach: "They can learn a great deal from each other by working interactively, as long as they are not afraid of making mistakes."
Dr. Butler spent 20 years working as an independent consultant in school systems around the world. Her love of teaching also extends to publishing and speaking, and she remembers all those individuals with whom she has connected along the way: "I was making a presentation in Massachusetts, and at the end of it a man told me that some experiences in his life had new light and meaning because of the understanding that he just came to as a result of the presentation. Those are golden moments."
Being part of Saint Joseph College, Dr. Butler adds, "is belonging to something much bigger than yourself. The College truly operates on a mission for the well- being of individuals."
Degrees
Ph.D., University of Connecticut;
M.A., University of Connecticut;
B.A., University of Connecticut
Recent Research/Publication/Presentations
Co-Director of the Unification Grant Project, a Connecticut State Improvement Grant, designed to foster collaboration among general education and special education faculty, as well as with the college faculty, at Saint Joseph College, 2001-2005; principle investigator of the Amistad Grant Project, a Teacher Quality Preparation Grant, 2005.
Recent Papers:
- National College for School Leadership, Understanding Style in Leading from the Middle, Nottingham, England, April 2005.
- Principal's Leadership Academy, Region 10 Educational Service Center, Richardson, Texas, Frameworks for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, 2001.
- National Staff Development Council 2000 Annual Conference, Atlanta
LASSO Your Students: Capturing At-Risk Students, at West Mesquite High School, Texas. - British Ministry of Defense, Children's Service Education, Loccum, Germany,
Frameworks for Teaching and Learning, 2000. - Cambridge University, Institute of Education, Cambridge, England, Frameworks for Teaching and Learning, June 1999.
PUBLICATIONS:
Butler, Kathleen, A., Performance Based Learning with Style, Columbia, Connecticut, The Learner's Dimension, 2000.
Butler, Kathleen A., "Learning Style" in Learning/88, Springhouse Corporation, November/December, 1988.
"Learning Style Across Content Areas," in Student Learning Style and Brain Behavior, Reston, VA: NASSP MONOGRAPH, 1982.
"Successful Learning Strategies for the Emerging Adolescent," , Oklahoma State Department of Education, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1986.
"Learning Style, Thinking Skills, and the Intentional Teacher," The Clearinghouse Bulletin for the ASCD Learning Style Network, Oklahoma State Department of Education, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
"Stressing Style," in Challenge, Carthage, Illinois, Good Apple, Inc., March 1984.
"Working Your Curriculum with Style," in Challenge, Carthage, Illinois,: Good Apple, Inc., January 1984.
"Learning Style: Let's Make a Match?" in Challenge, Carthage, Illinois, Good Apple, Inc., November 1983.
"Learning Style, Competition, and Gifted Children." in Challenge, Carthage, Illinois, Good Apple, Inc., September 1983.
"Learning and Teaching Style are Tools," in Marine Education, College Station, Texas, Texas A & M University, Sea Grant Program, May 1983.
Butler, Kathleen. A. and Gregorc, Anthony, "Learning is a Matter of Style," in Voced, April 1984.
Butler, Kathleen and Gregorc, Anthony. "Learning and Teaching Style: A Status Report," in NASSP Curriculum Report, Reston, Virginia, National Association of Secondary School Principals, Volume 12, No. 4, 1983.
