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• Fall 2020 EPOL 409 Sociology of Education Foundations & LES Course

  May 13, 2020 12:00 am137 views

  EPOL 409 Sociology of Education (formerly EPS 420), Tuesday, 3:00 to 4:50 p.m., Room 323 EDUC Bldg

  Professor: Dr. Bernice Barnett (PhD in Sociology; email: bmbarnet@illinois.edu)

  EPOL 409 section A; 4-Hours for Graduate Students: CRN #73293 

  EPOL 409 section B; 3-Hours for Undergraduates: CRN #73294 

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  Recognizing How COVID-19 and Injustices Produce Racial Battle Fatigue in African American P-16 Students, Families, and Educators in the U.S.

  Jun 24, 2020 5:45 pm136 views

  On June 29, join Dr. William A. Smith, Professor of Education, Culture & Society at the University of Utah, along with our other distinguished panelists, to discuss how COVID-19 and Injustices Produce Racial Battle Fatigue in Students, Families, and Educators in Pre-K through Grad School.

• Wireless Network Update Coming in June in Education Buildings

  May 27, 2016 2:45 pm135 views

  On the week of June 6, Technology Services will be replacing, one by one, each wireless access point (AP) in the Education Building and at Col Wolfe.

  Please expect to see Technology Services technicians in these locations.

  Impact is expected to be nominal, but a brief outage of each AP will occur as it is replaced. 

• Rajmohan Ghandi Speaks on his Grandfather's Impact and Legacy

  Aug 28, 2019 2:00 pm135 views

  As the world begins celebrating Gandhi’s 150th birthday, Rajmohan Gandhi, research professor of Educational Policy, Organization and Leadership, discusses his grandfather’s legacy.

• Course Announcement: CI 437 Educational Game Design

  Nov 19, 2014 3:15 pm135 views

  Course Announcement - Spring 2015

   

  New Course!

  CI 437 A: Educational Game Design

  Spring 2015

  Instructor: Robb Lindgren, robblind@illinois.edu 

  Meeting Time: Tuesday/Thursday 2-3:20pm 

  Location: Education Room 42A

  Credit: 3 hours undergrad/4 hours grad

  CRN: 62106

  How do you design a game that is fun to play, but also helps people to learn something important? This course looks at how both physical games (board games, card games) and digital games can be designed to teach people important concepts and skills in a variety of areas. Combining strategies from the game design industry with research on how people learn, students in this course will create original games that have educational value. In class discussions and small-group activities, students will examine games from various viewpoints in order to understand the most effective ways to deliver instructional content. The course will survey and sample many types of educational games (e.g., serious games, games for impact, persuasive games) and in many formats (e.g., console games, online games, board games).

• Middle Grades endorsement courses ending after this summer

  Mar 15, 2016 3:30 pm133 views

  Courses for the Middle Grades endorsement online will be offered for the last time this summer.

• The future of educational technologies

  Apr 18, 2016 9:00 am132 views

  Chad Lane, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, has co-edited an article that looks to the future of the organization Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED). The piece is titled “The Next 25 Years: How Advanced Interactive Learning Technologies will Change the World” and is the second part of AIED’s special-edition journals that recognize the organization’s 25th anniversary.

• 12th Annual Chancellor's Academy: Making Teaching and Learning Visible

  Jun 2, 2015 1:00 pm131 views

  The Center for Education in Small Urban Communities will host the 12th annual Chancellor’s Academy June 22-24, 2015. This year’s theme, “Making Teaching and Learning Visible,” sets the tone and focus of the center’s professional development efforts as it moves forward.

• Graduate Student Senior Editor for Undergrad Journal

  Sep 13, 2013 9:31 am131 views

  The Ethnography of the University Initiative (EUI) is proud to announce the launch of its undergraduate research journal PEER REVIEW: The Undergraduate Research Journal of the Ethnography of the University Initiative. We are currently looking for a graduate student to serve as Senior Editor, working with the journal’s undergraduate student Managing Editors, faculty mentors, and the journal Advisory Board.

• College of Education On-Site Researcher Background Checks--September 3, 2014

  Aug 19, 2014 11:15 am130 views

  Dear College of Education Researchers,

  Accurate Biometrics will be on site on Wednesday, September 3, 2014, between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. to administer fingerprint criminal background checks at the College of Education, Room 160.

  This on-site background check is available to school researchers ONLY.  Students who are part of teacher education programs who need background checks for the Council on Teacher Education (CoTE) must make individual appointments at an Accurate Biometrics location of their choice.

  IF YOU ARE CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN LOCAL SCHOOLS THIS ACADEMIC YEAR:             

  Visit the Bureau of Educational Research (College of Education Building, Room 38) between August 25th and September 2nd to secure your 5-minute appointment time with an Accurate Biometrics representative on the date and times listed above.  This will be the only date during fall semester that an Accurate Biometrics representative will be on site at the College.  We encourage you to take advantage of this service as background check requests that fall outside of this window of opportunity will require researchers to visit the local Accurate Biometrics office.

  WHAT TO BRING TO YOUR APPOINTMENT:

  1.  A valid government-issued picture ID (i.e. driver’s license, State ID, or passport).  School IDs WILL NOT be accepted.
  2. Payment of $30.00 is required at the time of fingerprinting, and may be made via  money order made out to Accurate Biometrics.  NO CASH or PERSONAL CHECKS will be accepted.  Although money orders are preferred, credit and debit card payments will be accepted with a mandatory $2.00 service fee assessment.

  Other important information:

  • You will be given a computer-generated receipt upon completion of the fingerprinting process.  If a research grant will cover the cost of the background check, the researcher must first pay the fee to Accurate Biometrics and submit the receipt, along with the approval of the Principal Investigator, to the College Business Office for reimbursement.
  • The results of the background check will be sent by the Illinois State Police directly to the agency/individual requesting it on the form you complete.  AT NO TIME will Accurate Biometrics receive the criminal history response.
  • If you miss Accurate Biometrics’ on-site services on the date provided above, you will need to complete the form provided and visit their Champaign location (or another location most convenient to you).  Please check their website often at www.accuratebiometrics.com for the most up-to-date hours of operation & locations.  Hours of operation in the Champaign office vary, but are currently Monday & Thursday from 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., and occasional Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  The Champaign office is located at 701 Devonshire Drive, Suite 140, Champaign, IL.  The phone number is (866) 361-9944.
  • If the researcher has had a background check done previously in the State of Illinois and can provide the appropriate verification, it may be acceptable for research in schools.  Please bring your documentation to the Bureau office for approval and entry into the Bureau system.

   

  Bureau of Educational Research

  College of Education

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  Ruedas-Gracia Selected for Campus' 2024 NIH Grant Writing Series Program

  Feb 13, 2024 2:00 pm129 views

  A dozen Illinois faculty members were selected for the program for their demonstrated history of success with NIH proposals; the biennial NIH Grant Writing Series is designed to prepare Illinois faculty to submit their first R01 or other individual investigator proposals to the National Institutes of Health.

• The Goldstick Family Lecture in the Study of Communication Disorders

  Oct 28, 2015 9:15 am129 views

  Guest scholar Dr. Brian A. Boyd will speak at the 11th annual Goldstick Family Lecture in the Study of Communication Disorders.

• Save the Date for Illini Fest, Happening (Virtually) on March 7, 2021

  Feb 9, 2021 5:00 pm128 views

  Be entertained by U. of I. musical groups and athletes; by people who have overcome great odds to become Illini. Be awed by the collective brain power that leads to new discoveries. Be inspired by minds and hearts determined to bring a brighter future. Be connected to old friends and new in the chat. And be Powerful Together as we celebrate what makes the U. of I. amazing.

• F.O.C.U.S Nominations Sought - $2,500 Student Scholarships Available

  Aug 2, 2021 10:30 am127 views

  F.O.C.U.S. is an intensive year-long program created to aid in eliminating the gap in post-graduation outcomes and starting salaries between underrepresented, first-generation students and their peers to positively impact their career trajectory, earnings potential, and economic security for years to come.

• EPSY 590RK: Questionnaire Design for Educational and Social Science Research

  Oct 31, 2013 4:16 pm127 views

  Questionnaire Design for Educational and Social Science Research

  EPSY590RK    Spring 2014    CRN: 587000

  Instructor:    Katherine Ryan (k-ryan6@illinois.edu)

  Time:           Wednesday, 1:00 - 3:50 p.m.  

  The survey interview involves an interviewer asking a respondent questions face-to face, via computer, etc. to obtain information. This is a course that focuses on the cognitive and social aspects of sample surveys. In this course, students will develop an understanding of basic survey data collection methods particularly those that apply to formal and informal settings with research applications in education and social sciences. The course introduces students to the scientific literature on the design, testing and evaluation of questionnaires (e.g., structured, semi-structured). Students will engage in a series of exercises in the development of a questionnaire. Topics covered include the question-answer process, open-ended and pre-coded questions, rating scale design, reliability, validity, and scale construction, testing and evaluating questionnaires (e.g., cognitive interview, expert review), and analyzing results.

   

   

• Invitation to attend a workshop on ... Complex Problem Solving and Critical Thinking: Online Tools and Computational Approaches

  Nov 3, 2015 11:15 am127 views

  Invitation to attend a workshop on ...

  Complex Problem Solving and Critical Thinking:

  Online Tools and Computational Approaches

  11.00-12.30, Monday, November 9, followed by lunch

  Education Building, Room 166

  The Challenge: Complex problem solving and critical thinking are required in today’s medical, design, and engineering professions. Knowledge in these domains must frequently be presented in the form of an argument, particularly alternative application scenarios in context-specific cases. However, much of our teaching and assessment is still focused on empirically definite facts, and procedures that produce single, apparently ‘correct’ answers.

  The Project: The general problem addressed by this project is how to teach and assess ‘complex epistemic performance’ such as critical thinking that weighs up alternatives, and problem solving that is context- and case-sensitive. Our solution uses the Scholar platform developed by U of I researchers to support multimodal knowledge representation and structured peer feedback, focusing on critical disciplinary practices and metacognitive strategies. We are also exploring computational possibilities, both around structured peer and instructor data and computational approaches that mine unstructured or semi-structured data emerging through all stages of the learning process.

  The Intervention: With the support of the Illinois Learning Science Design Initiative (ILSDI), these possibilities are now being explored in the area of critical clinical thinking. Experiments are underway in first year medical curricula on campus: the Vet Cases Scholar community is home to Clinical Correlations cases in the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Cardiovascular Physiology community houses case analyses on this subject in the College of Medicine.

  Join the project team for a presentation on this project, with a discussion of these educational challenges, as well as the emerging computational and learning-analytic approaches.

  Project Team:

  PI: Duncan C. Ferguson, V.M.D., Ph.D., Dept. of Comparative

  Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine

  CIs: ChengXiang Zhai, Ph.D., Dept. of Computer Sciences,

  College of Engineering

  William Cope, Ph.D., Dept. of Education Policy, Organization

  and Leadership, College of Education 

  Willem Els, Ph.D., Molecular and Integrative Physiology, College

  of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and College of Medicine

  Chase Geigle, graduate student, Dept. of Computer Sciences,

  College of Engineering

  RSVP if you plan to attend: billcope@illinois.edu

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  Five Ways to Present Content Online Synchronously and Asynchronously

  Jul 8, 2020 11:00 am126 views

  Some topics that will be discussed in this session include: best practices in arranging content for consumption, various options for online communication, and tools that can help enable ubiquitous learning.

• Course Announcement: EPSY 590 IPP "Preparing Future Faculty"

  Aug 20, 2013 8:49 am126 views

  Are you finishing your doctoral degree in the near future and want support and guidance in entering the job market?   If so, this seminar is for you. Open to all graduate students in Education, we will cover topics such as:

  Conducting a Job Search: Writing a CV, Crafting a Cover Letter

  Getting the Job: Interviewing, Negotiating an Offer

  Managing the Job: Launching a Program of Research, Work/Life Balance

  Although the course is geared to students seeking academic positions, we will devote some time considering job searches outside of academics. This course is most appropriate for students who are at the dissertation stage.

• Rebecca Hacker, SPED, Selected by Grad College as Marion Morse Wood Fellow

  Mar 9, 2020 4:00 pm125 views

  Congratulations to PhD student Rebecca Hacker on being selected as one of two Illinois students to receive a Marion Morse Wood Fellowship for the 2020-2021 academic year.

• Alumna Karen Graves receives Brickman Teaching Award from Denison University

  May 17, 2019 4:00 pm125 views

  Denison University honored an outstanding professor with the prestigious Charles A. Brickman Teaching Excellence Award at the college’s Academic Awards Convocation held on Friday, April 12, in Swasey Chapel. Karen Graves, professor of educational studies, was honored with the 2019 Brickman award, which is given to members of the faculty who are master craftsmen in the profession and models of dedication to students and to student learning. The recipient has demonstrated a vibrant interest in the learning process, as well as an understanding of teaching as a continuously evolving art form.

  Graves joined Denison in 1993. She holds a B.S., M.Ed., and Ph.D., from the University of llinois, Urbana-Champaign. Graves is a professor and chair of the Department of Education. 

• New Online Class in SPED for Summer 2014

  May 12, 2014 2:30 pm121 views

  The Department of Special Education is offering a new online course on The Ethics and Professional Behavior in Education. Please consider signing up for this class

  SPED 488: Ethics & Prof. Behavior

  Online: June 2-June 27

  Credit: 3 undergraduate hours. 3 graduate hours.

  Designed to introduce students to ethical issues and challenges that teacher educators and other professionals, including Board Certified Behavior Analysts, may encounter in practice. The topics to be covered all revolve around ethical conduct in practice and research, as well as the decision-making foundations for resolving ethical issues. Students will obtain knowledge and skills through readings, discussion and various case scenarios, reflections, and discussion of the concepts of issues addressed in the reading and assignments.

  [Course Information:] 3 undergraduate hours. 3 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Undergraduate Seniors (with permission).

  Instructors: Dr. Cheryl Light Shriner and Dr. Hedda Meadan

  For more information:  217-333-0260 or slight@illinois.edu 

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  Education at Illinois Makes Three Administrative Appointments

  Jun 25, 2024 2:30 pm121 views

  Dean Chrystalla Mouza has appointed three faculty members to administrative positions in departments within the College for the 2024-25 school year.

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  Dean Emeritus Anderson to be Honored by Champaign County NAACP

  Sep 4, 2024 9:45 am121 views

  James Anderson will receive the Education Award at the Freedom Fund celebration at the end of the month.

• Attend the 2021 Global Education Symposium!

  Oct 18, 2021 4:00 pm121 views

  The Global Education Symposium, October 21-24, is a four-day event with opportunities to engage with scholars from around the world, engage in professional development activities, participate in informal networking activities, and more!

• Congrats to Education students who qualified for Phi Kappa Phi

  Mar 7, 2016 12:30 pm120 views

  Congratulations to the 22 Education at Illinois students who qualified for membership in the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. The scholastic achievements of these students bring distinction to the College and its departments.

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  Two from College of Education named to State Committee on Teacher Licensure

  Nov 28, 2023 1:15 pm120 views

• Free Movie and Conversation: Keep On Keepin' On

  May 6, 2016 12:00 pm119 views

  Come see a film depicting a student-teacher relationship that will move and inspire you!

  Sunday, May 22 | 5:00 PM | The Art Theater, 126 W Church Street, Champaign | FREE

• COV-Course: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Pandemic

  Aug 26, 2020 1:00 pm118 views

  COVID-19 has created an unprecedented public health crisis—one that experts around the world are working to understand and combat. Dozens of those world-class experts are right here at the U of I, ready to teach you what they know. Register now to take “COV-Course: A multidisciplinary approach to understanding the pandemic.” The online course is free and open to all.

• Dr. Nicholas Burbules lectures on "The Educational Importance of Communicative Virtues"

  Feb 10, 2016 3:15 pm117 views

  Nicholas Burbules, a Gutgsell Professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, presented a lecture titled “The Educational Importance of Communicative Virtues.”

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  IWERC: Understanding Illinois' Teacher Shortage in 2024

  Apr 9, 2024 2:45 pm117 views

  The Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaboration has partnered with The Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools (IARSS) to deliver a report examining the teaching shortages in Illinois in 2024.

• 1960s Discovery Course for First Year Students EPS 199-BAR crn #40564

  May 19, 2015 1:45 pm117 views

  FALL 2015 DISCOVERY COURSE ON THE 1960S  FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS!

  "BACK   TO    THE    1960s”

  Educational Policy Studies: EPS 199 section BAR (crn # 40564)

                            Sociology: SOC 199 section BMB (crn # 49855)

  Days, Time, Location: Tue & Thr, 8:30-9:50am, Room 323 Educ Bldg  Credit:3 Hours Limited Enrollment:19 students

  Professor: Dr. Bernice McNair Barnett (email: bmbarnet@illinois.edu.

  About this 1960s Discovery Course & the Professor

  This First Year (Freshman) Discovery course is a sociological examination of the exciting I 960s! The primary objective of the course is to provide students an opportunity to: ( 1 ) discuss the popular youth cultures of the 1960s; (2) analyze the diversity of social, educational, political, and cultural concerns, themes, events, issues, leaders, and changes; and (3) reflect on the legacies of the 1 960s youth generation. Against the soundtrack of rock and roll, folk, pop, soul, rock, and other genres of music by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Temptations, Supremes, Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, Mamas and Papas, and other artists and festivals at Monterey and Woodstock, we explore concerns expressed not only by a diversity of political leaders (John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon) and social movement leaders (Mario Savio, Betty Friedan, Martin Luther King, Jr, Malcolm X, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Septima Clark,Yuri Kochiyama) but also by a diversity of youth cultures (Flower Children/Hippies, Yippies, Diggers, Merry Pranksters, Politicos), fashions, fads, dances, poetry, slang, literature, and social movement protests in/outside of schools and colleges/ universities (esp. students rights, Free Speech Movement, Vietnam/Antiwar protest, Women's/Feminist, African American, Chicano/a, Native American, Asian American, LGBT, disabled, immigrant, and alternative school movements) .

  Professor Barnett earned her Ph.D. in Sociology. She is an historical sociologist and Associate Professor in the Departments of Educational Policy, Organization, & Leadership (EPOL), Sociology, and Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has presented research on the 1960s at international forums in the U. S., Canada, and Germany and has received various awards, including the Faculty Award for Excellence i n Teaching, Advising, and Research by the Council of Graduate Student in Education and Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked Excellent by Students at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

  For questions, contact Professor Barnett at bmbarnet@illinois.edu. Peace!

  Read more about the course.

• EPS 515: Philosophy of Educational Research

  Sep 4, 2013 12:00 pm117 views

  Space remains in EPS 515, Philosophy of Educational Research [4 hours] (M. 4-6:50, 108 DKH)--Prof. Chris Higgins

  • Meets in conjunction with EPS 508, Uses & Abuses of Research in Education Policy--Prof. Chris Lubienski

  • Examines the rhetoric of the major research paradigms, the politics of research use in educational policy, and the philosophy of inquiry with the goal of fostering comprehensive and critical research literacy.

  Warning! Do not take this course unless you are one or more of the following:

  • a doctoral student who needs a general overview of educational research for your research specialization;

  • an educational researcher in training who wants to be conversant with research modes outside of your specialty;

  • an educational practitioner who needs to know how to read research and "evidence-based" directives critically;

  • a citizen who is angered by the idea that the democratic work of articulating who we will be through how we educate will be farmed out to technical experts or hijacked by special interest groups cloaking themselves in "research findings."

  The course begins with an extended case study. We examine what it is that makes education public, along the way reflecting on the affordances and limitations of different species of quantitative, qualitative, and humanistic educational research. We consider what counts as evidence in various research paradigms, what it means to speak of a "method" or "theoretical framework," and where one can find this special stuff known as "data." We also explore different forms of "proofiness," in which the trappings of a mode of research serve to hide the lack of a real question, an actual argument, or genuine significance. In the final third of the course, we take a closer look at the politics of research use and the philosophy of inquiry.

  If you have questions or would like a copy of the syllabus, email Chris Higgins at crh4@illinois.edu.

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  Three From College of Education Nominated for News-Gazette Person of the Year

  Jan 4, 2024 9:30 am116 views

  Megan Best, Landria Seals Green, and Asia Fuller Hamilton were nominated by their peers, students, and friends for the honor.

• Two College of Education Doctoral Students Receive Provost's 2023 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award

  Mar 29, 2023 2:30 pm116 views

  Congratulations to Sanchari Banerjee, doctoral candidate in Educational Psychology, and Ana Garner, doctoral candidate in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, who have both been chosen as recipients of the Provost's 2023 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching award.

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  EPOL Ed.D. Alum To Publish New Book on Educational Equity

  Apr 22, 2025 10:45 am116 views

  Anderson is an adjunct professor at George Mason University and CEO of Onyx Equity Education Consulting.

• Spots Still Available for TEACH Academy, July 19-21

  Jun 28, 2023 1:30 pm116 views

  This three-day interactive experience, presented by the Campus-Community Compact to Accelerate Social Justice, is designed to strengthen instructional practices using a lens that focuses on educational justice, equity, and inclusion.  

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  EPOL Doctoral Student Mostafa Adel Hanafy a Finalist for UK Social Action Award

  Feb 24, 2022 3:30 pm115 views

  Mostafa Hanafy, a PhD student in EPOL's Learning Design and Leadership program, is a finalist for a prestigious award from the United Kingdom.

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  Randolph a Finalist for Golden Apple Award

  Feb 25, 2025 11:45 am115 views

  He was selected as a finalist for the Excellence in Teaching & Leadership awards.

• New Spotify Playlist From the College of Education

  Jun 29, 2021 2:30 pm115 views

  This summer, get in the groove of work time, free time, or any time! Have a funky, fun, and energized day with this Spotify playlist created especially for you by the College's Office of Marketing & Communications.

  Listen to A Sonic High Five From the College of Education on Spotify...

• GSE Early Summer Symposium

  May 20, 2014 10:30 am114 views

  GSE Early Summer Symposium

  May 23, 2014 9am-5pm

  Room 22, Education Building

  Symposium Committee: Prof. Cameron McCarthy and Xiuying “Sophy” Cai

   

  9:00-9:45am: Welcoming and Opening Speech

  Thinking about the Cultural Studies of Education in a Time of Recession: Learning to Labor and the Work of Aesthetics in Modern Life

  Author: Dr. Cameron McCarthy: Global Studies in Education and Institute of Communication Research

   

  9:50-11:10am: Rearticulating Territory, Citizenship and Rights in the New Millennium

  Porous Categories: Immigration Documentation and the Performativity of Citizenship

  Author: Brenda Nyandiko Sanya, Global Studies in Education

  Problematizing Citizenship in Theory and Practice: Overlaps and Contradictions of Citizenship Strategies in Educational Reform in the Philippines

  Author: Elizer Jay de los Royal: Global Studies in Education

  “Social” Democratic Deficit?: Interrogating the Changes in Norwegian Education in the PISA Era

  Author: Paul Myers: Social and Cultural Studies in Education

  Rapping for a Change: The Poetics and Performance of Women’s Rights in Arab Hip Hop Culture

  Author: Angela Williams: Global Studies in Education

  Chair & Discussant: Mor Gueye: Curriculum and Instruction

   

  11:15-12:15pm: Imagining the Local and the Global: Towards Inclusive Global Community

  Towards a Digitally Inclusive Community Model: A Case Study of Parents and Children in a High Poverty Elementary School

  Author: Samaa Haniya: Global Studies in Education

  Riding the Bus in Orchard Downs: A Case of Grounded Globalization

  Author: Lisa Chason: Global Studies in Education

  The global perspective of an international curriculum framework

  Author: Leonardus Sudibyo: Curriculum and Instruction

  Chair & Discussant: Jaehee Park: Curriculum and Instruction

   

  12:15-13:15pm:  Lunch Discussion with Invited Speaker: Chaitut Roungchai (GSE 2014 PhD Graduate)

  Twists and Turns in the Process of Dissertating:  a Case in Working with Ethnography and Refugee Community

   

  1:25-2:00pm: (Re)Design of the Golden Triangle: Policy Interpretations of New Campuses in Singapore and Finland

  Author: Dr. Allison Witt: Global Studies in Education and Office of International Programs

   

  2:10-3:10pm: Rethinking Cosmopolitanism in the 21^st Century

  Unequal “Global Connection:” Forging Critical Cosmopolitan Relationships through Dialectics of Space and Time

  Author: Xiuying “Sophy” Cai: Global Studies in Education

  Trying a Method: Freire’s Work as Autobiographical Text

  Author: Daniel Johnson Mardones: Curriculum and Instruction

  Theories of Meaning and English Language Education

  Authors: Natalie Mullen & Lisa Chason: Global Studies in Education

  Chair & Discussant: Terry Vaughan III: Philosophy of Education

   

  3:20-4:20pm: Democratizing International Education in Globalizing Universities

  International Graduate Student Social Adaptations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors: Jason M. Bailey; Jasmine D. Collins, and Jelena Pokimica: Human Resource Development

  Universities in a Global Market: Exploring Entrepreneurialism and University-Industry Linkages

  Author: Georganne Sadomytschenko: Global Studies in Education

  Democratizing International Education:  Increasing African American Representation in U.S. Study Abroad Programs

  Author: Dinah Armstead: Global Studies in Education

  Chair & Discussant: Xiaokang “Violet” Tang: Global Studies in Education

   

  4:25-5:00pm 2014-15 Graduate College Funded Focal Point Opening Speech

  Diversity and Internationalization of Higher Education: Possibilities for Collision and Collaboration

              Author: Dr. Nicole Lamers, Office of Academic and Student Affairs, College of Liberal Arts                   and Sciences

• College of Education Welcome Event for Faculty and Staff

  Aug 20, 2015 9:30 am114 views

  Dean Mary Kalantzis cordially invites College of Education faculty and staff members to an Aug. 28 welcome event in the north lobby of the Education Building.

• C&I's Rochelle Gutierrez Keynote Speaker at NCTM 2020 Virtual Conference

  Nov 9, 2020 3:00 pm114 views

  Professor Rochelle Gutierrez will give a keynote address, "What Kind of Mathematics Do We Need Now?" at the largest annual math education conference. The combined events of COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, and climate change have opened the door for many teachers to question what is happening in the world and what is our place in it? This session supports teachers to reflect on what is considered “normal” in mathematics teaching and learning and what it will take to rehumanize mathematics. More than just rethink the ways we teach, I will engage us to reconsider mathematics itself and how it can be in the service of connecting us with each other and the natural world. 

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  Military Families Learning Network Team Wins Diversity Award for their 2018 Virtual Conference

  Nov 11, 2019 12:30 pm114 views

  The National Extension Association for Family Consumer Sciences awarded the Mary W. Wells Diversity Award to the Military Families Learning Network team for their extraordinary collaborative effort reaching many military family service providers through their 2018 virtual conference, Cultural Competency: Awareness, Action, and Advocacy.

• SCD Design Thinking Workshops for Instructors

  Aug 20, 2021 7:00 am113 views

  Calling all instructors: Siebel Center for Design is proud to offer three interactive workshops this semester designed specifically for you.

• Black Lives in America: Moving Away from Police Violence, Mass Incarceration, and Capitalism

  Dec 1, 2020 3:30 pm113 views

  The Library is hosting an event on Sunday, December 6 as part of the READ (Racial Education, Activism, and Discussion) series. It is a follow up from the October event about police violence and mass incarceration – Part 2. The College's Rebecca Ginsburg is among the planned panelists.

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  Huang Co-PI for Two PCORI Funded Grants

  Dec 5, 2023 11:15 am113 views
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  New Book Co-edited by EPOL Professor Linda Herrera | Global Middle East: Into the 21st Century

  Jan 31, 2021 10:00 am112 views

  Linda Herrera, EPOL professor in Global Studies in Education, has co-edited (with A. Bayat) the volume Global Middle East: Into the 21st Century, just published by University of California Press. 

• AERA 2020 Virtual Awards Celebration: October 3, 2020

  Sep 4, 2020 11:00 am112 views

  All 2020 AERA-wide awardees, including the 2020 Presidential Citation recipients—one of whom is James D. Anderson, Dean of the College of Education at Illinois—will be honored at a Virtual Awards Celebration on Saturday, October 3, 2020 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. CDT.

• C&I's Stephanie Smith Receives 2021 Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Educator Award

  Oct 7, 2021 3:30 pm111 views

  Stephanie Smith, assistant professor of Curriculum & Instruction, has been named the 2021 Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Educator from Taylor and Francis and the NAECTE Foundation.

• C&I Professor Gloriana Gonzalez and Alum Saad Shehab Awarded $1.375M NSF Grant

  Jul 5, 2023 1:00 pm110 views

  Congratulations to Curriculum & Instruction professor Gloriana Gonzalez, PI and C&I alumnus Saad Shehab, Co-PI, who have been awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation for their project, Engaging Teachers in Integrating Human-Centered Design for Geometry Problem-based Instruction. The $1.375M award is effective August 1, 2023, and the work is in collaboration with the campus' Siebel Center for Design, where Shehab serves as associate director of assessment and research.