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Collected Item: “Andy Gaukel Oral History, 2021/06/05”

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A Puppeteer’s Pandemic Journey

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Puppeteer Andy Gaukel had carved out a comfortable niche for himself in the Early Childhood Center at Bronx Community College. Then Covid-19 hit, and he had to find new ways of connecting with the college’s smallest students. In this oral history, he explains how he learned new skills to teach online while maintaining his rapport with his pre-schoolers and engaging their parents in a way that he hadn’t before the pandemic.

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Ellen Balleisen

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Early childhood education, puppetry, online education

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2021-06-05

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