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Margaret Lay-Dopyera Papers
An inventory of her papers at the Syracuse University Archives
Finding aid created by: Sasha Solomon
Date: 2024
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Finding aid created by: Sasha Solomon
Date: 2024
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| 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 |
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.
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.
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.
The University Archives holds a clipping file on Margaret Lay-Dopyera.
Names
Dopyera, John E.
Lay-Dopyera, Margaret.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Associated Titles
Becoming a teacher of young children.
Subjects
Early childhood education.
Education -- Study and training.
Teaching.
Women in education.
College teachers.
Higher education.
Types of Material
Board games (game sets)
Books.
Writings (documents)
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.
Materials are arranged alphabetically.
Becoming a teacher of young children
Other academic materials
Other writings
Responsive care model
| 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 | ||||||||||