Collection inventory

Summary
Creator:	Lay-Dopyera, Margaret.
Title:	Margaret Lay-Dopyera Papers
Dates:	1960-2023
Size:	1.75 linear ft
Abstract:	Materials related to Lay-Dopyera's time at the Syracuse University School of Education
Language:	English
Repository:	University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives

Biography

Margaret Lay-Dopyera (b. 1931) is a professor emerita at Syracuse University who taught early childhood education at the School of Education from 1967 to 1992. From 1970 to 1974, she was the director of the Syracuse University Early Childhood Education Center (SUECEC), a daycare center where she developed the program called the Responsive Care Model. She also served as associate dean for academic programs from 1983 until her retirement in 1992.

While at the University, Lay-Dopyera conducted research on early childhood education and produced a number of writings on her findings. One of her major publications was Becoming a Teacher of Young Children which she co-wrote in 1977 with her future husband John E. Dopyera. This book was republished in multiple subsequent editions from 1982 to 1993.

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Scope and Content Note

The Margaret Lay-Dopyera Papers consists primarily of reports, articles, conference presentations, and research materials that Lay-Dopyera wrote or co-wrote. The collection is divided into four series:

Becoming a teacher of young children consists of materials related to Becoming a Teacher of Young Children, a book co-written with her husband, John E. Dopyera. This includes the first, fourth, and fifth editions of the text, as well as instructor’s guides of the first three editions.

Other academic materials includes course materials and "Pirate Keys to Reading," a learning game developed by Lay-Dopyera.

Other writings consists of other materials that were produced by Lay-Dopyera and other co-authors. Subjects include analyses of childcare environments and evaluations of education programs.

Responsive care model consists of materials related to the federally funded Responsive Care Model project at the Syracuse University Early Childhood Education Center (SUECEC), including publications, project documentation, activity sourcebooks, instructional handbooks, and reports.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

The University Archives holds a clipping file on Margaret Lay-Dopyera.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Margaret Lay-Dopyera Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Margaret Lay-Dopyera in 2023.

Processing Information

Materials were placed in archival folders and boxes.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: Sasha Solomon
Date: 2024
Revision history:

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Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically.

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Inventory

	Becoming a teacher of young children
Box 2		Becoming a teacher of young children by Margaret Lay and John E. Dopyera 1977
Box 2		Becoming a teacher of young children fourth edition by Margaret Lay-Dopyera and John E. Dopyera 1990
Box 2		Becoming a teacher of young children fifth edition by Margaret Lay-Dopyera and John E. Dopyera 1993
Box 2		Instructor’s guide for becoming a teacher of young children second edition by Margaret Lay-Dopyera and John E. Dopyera 1982
Box 2		Instructor’s guide for becoming a teacher of young children third edition by Margaret Lay-Dopyera and John E. Dopyera 1987
Box 2		Instructor’s manual to accompany becoming a teacher of young children fifth edition by Margaret Lay-Dopyera and John E. Dopyera 1993
Box 2		Promotional materials circa 1977-1987

	Other academic materials
Box 1		Course description EED 700 1990
Box 1		Pirate keys to reading 1960 - a learning game
Box 3		Resume 2023
Box 3		Syracuse University School of Education update newsletter 1973
Box 3		Syracuse University School of Education - education exchange 1987

	Other writings
Box 1		A model for childcare and early education: the responsive care program by Margaret Lay 1974
Box 1		Administrative leadership: styles, competencies, repertoire by Margaret Lay-Dopyera and John E. Dopyera 1985
Box 1		Analysis of early childhood programs: a search for comparative dimensions by Margaret Lay and John E. Dopyera 1972
Box 1		Assessing the micro-environments of individual pre-school children by Margaret Lay and John Dopyera 1972
Box 1		Assessing the program environments of head start and other pre-school children: a survey of procedures by Margaret Lay and John Dopyera 1969
Box 1		Comparing model preschool programs: maybe we’re doing it wrong by John T. Neisworth, John E. Dopyera, and Margaret Lay 1973
Box 1		Concept mapping for individual assessment by Margaret Lay-Dopyera and Barbara Beyerbach 1983
Box 1		Differential influences of program environments by John E. Dopyera and Margaret Lay 1974
Box 1		Effects of early daycare experience on subsequent observed program behaviors by Margaret Lay and William J. Meyer 1971
Box 1		Evaluation and science in early education: some critical issues by John E. Dopyera and Margaret Lay-Dopyera undated
Box 1		Evaluation as an administrative function by Margaret Lay-Dopyera and John E. Dopyera 1982
Box 1		HRM/D research by John E. Dopyera and Margaret Lay-Dopyera 1985
Box 1		Mainstreaming children with special needs: an independent study guide by Margaret Lay-Dopyera, Richard Ambrose, Steven Fleury, and Eileen McCarthy 1981
Box 1		Nursery education today by Margaret Lay 1969
Box 3		Teacher/child behaviors in an open environment day care program by Margaret Lay and William J. Meyer 1972
Box 3		Teaching the teachers to teach: supervision and evaluation by Margaret Lay-Dopyera January 25, 1988
Box 3		The scene then and now by Margaret Lay 1971

	Responsive care model
Box 3		A model for childcare and early education: the responsive care program by Margaret Lay January 18, 1974
Box 3		The responsive care model: assumptions, objectives, and criteria for implementation circa 1973
Box 3		Brief summary of observational findings on responsive care program implementation in 1970-71 and 1971-72 by Margaret Lay circa 1973
Box 3		Features and advantages of the responsive care program by Margaret Lay-Dopyera circa 1973
Box 3		Preliminary report on follow up study of responsive care enrollees in kindergarten and first grades by Margaret Lay and Phyllis Reicher circa 1973
Box 3		Program sourcebook: I can do it by Bette Tryon, Barbara Clark and Margaret Lay 1973
Box 3		Program sourcebook: and so there was me by Barbara Clark, Margaret Lay and Bette Tryon 1973
Box 3		Responsive care: an open-environment approach to pre-school education circa 1970
Box 3		The responsive care manual: a handbook for administrators – preliminary draft by Margaret Lay edited by Warren Solomon and Sharon Koenigs May 1973
Box 4		The responsive care model: a program manual and report of implementation by Margaret Lay-Dopyera February 1972
Box 3		Syracuse University Early Childhood Education Center (SUECEC) circa 1970

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