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• Food Supply Chain Map beta launch

  Jun 15, 2020 2:00 pm94 views

  Professor Megan Konar in Civil and Environmental Engineering partnered with the Office for Math, Science, and Technology Education (MSTE) to visualize the flow of food between counties in the United States. 

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  EPOL's Jessica Li Named to Provost's Building Pathways for Emerging Leaders Cohort

  Sep 21, 2020 4:45 pm94 views

  Congratulations to Jessica Li, professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, who has been selected to the Provost's 2020-21 Building Pathways for Emerging Leaders at Illinois cohort.

• Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation Work Group

  Jan 21, 2014 3:40 pm93 views

  Join Dr. Robin LaSota, Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) with Dr. Jennifer Greene, Professor, Educational Psychology, UIUC, for the Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation Work Group Meetings. The mission and purpose of the Mixed Methods Research and Evaluation Group is to support group members in the design, implementation, and evaluation of mixed-methods inquiry. The group meetings would offer time for members to present mixed-methods research and evaluation in progress and receive feedback, as well as deliberate about issues relating to conducting mixed methods inquiry. The group invites UIUC students, faculty, and staff. Click headline for more...

• Ujima Freedom School in Champaign Hiring Servant Leader Interns for Summer 2023

  Mar 22, 2023 2:00 pm93 views

  The Ujima Freedom School in Champaign is hiring Servant Leader Interns to teach in the summer program. The mission of the Freedom Schools program is to boost student motivations to read, generate more positive attitudes toward learning, increase self-esteem and connect the needs of children and families to the resources of their communities. The program serves children in grades kindergarten through ninth grade for six weeks. 

• Ed Psych alumna selected as NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow

  May 5, 2016 2:45 pm93 views

  Tzu-Jung Lin, Ph.D. ’12 Ed.Psych., has been selected as a 2016 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow.

• Teaching in a 1:1 Computing Environment: Meshing Content, Technology, and Pedagogy Effectively

  Sep 22, 2015 5:00 pm93 views

  Education alumnus Mark Emmons, Ed.M. '08 Ed.Psych., will share his experiences integrating technologies to motivate and engage students in active learning. He will also discuss the benefits and limits of technology integration into the school curriculum in order to provide a meaningful learning experience within a results-based assessment environment.

• CI 499 - Critiques of Educational Technology

  Nov 12, 2013 11:00 am93 views

  CI 499 CRITIQUES OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

  Technology, from the overhead to the Internet, has played an important role in the history of organized education, often fueled by a romanticized view that it will somehow revolutionize teaching and learning. While many scholars believe technology can transform education, others have questioned its impact— intended or otherwise—on the social, economic, pedagogical, and political aspects of education. In this course, we’ll survey various arguments against educational technology in an effort to clarify our own understanding of its actual and potential value. We’ll examine work skeptical of educational technology as a whole as well as research questioning specific tech-centric initiatives ranging from teaching machines to tablets. Students will leave the course with a deeper appreciation of the gap between practice and promise, while being well-positioned to influence future developments within the field.

  For more information contact Dan Hoffman (dlh2109 [at] illinois [dot] edu)

• Foundation's UIDEA Program Extends Application Deadline to January 24

  Jan 8, 2020 3:15 pm92 views

  Have you heard of UIDEA? UIDEA is just one component of a larger innovation ecosystem that spans the University System. The accelerator offers another avenue for innovation at Illinois and is meant to fast track advancement innovation initiatives where desired and when other resources may not be available.

• Several Education Faculty to be Honored at Campus' Celebrating Excellence Event

  Feb 11, 2022 2:00 pm92 views

  In the Celebrating Academic Excellence event on February 23, the Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs will honor fourteen College of Education faculty, among others on campus, for their academic achievements during the 2020 and 2021 calendar years.

• Education scholars take to Capitol Hill to discuss policy

  Apr 18, 2016 3:30 pm92 views

  As part of the 2016 AERA Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., Richard Anderson (professor emeritus, Educational Psychology), Dorothy Espelage (Gutgsell Professor, Educational Psychology), and Bill Trent (Education Policy, Organization & Leadership) were a part of the Annual Meeting and Social and Behavioral Science Advocacy Day held by the Consortium of Social Science Associations.

• Education Faculty Awarded NSF Grant to Develop Learning Strategies for Elementary Mathematics Teachers

  Jul 20, 2023 9:30 am92 views

  Faculty members Michelle Perry and Nigel Bosch, along with alumna Meg Bates, will join researchers from the University of Chicago and New York University to investigate teachers' learning through online asynchronous learning modules.

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  Huang Co-PI for Two PCORI Funded Grants

  Dec 5, 2023 11:15 am92 views

• Keynote Speaker at the Peoria Area Speech-Hearing Language Association (PASHA) Seminar

  Jan 26, 2020 10:00 pm91 views

  Kelly Searsmith, M.Ed. candidate in Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, gave the keynote talk at the PASHA seminar, which was held at Illinois Central College on Saturday, January 25, titled "The Cliff at Childhood's End: Helping Emerging Adults with ASD Make the Leap to College." She also served on a discussion panel, addressing questions from an audience of clinical service providers, parents, and autistic students.

• Alumnus named executive director at Society for Vascular Surgery

  May 11, 2016 2:45 pm91 views

  Kenneth M. Slaw, Ph.D. '87 Ed.Psych., has been named executive director at the Society for Vascular Surgery, a nonprofit medical society made up of specialty-trained vascular surgeons.

• Champaign Freedom School Q&A Session

  May 18, 2021 11:00 am91 views

  Everyone is invited to learn more about the Champaign Freedom School at an introductory and Q&A session this Wednesday, May 19, at 6 p.m. CST.

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  Special Education Department Head Transition

  May 27, 2021 3:45 pm90 views

  Our sincere gratitude and appreciation go out to Professor Micki Ostrosky for her many years of service as head of the Department of Special Education. While Dr. Ostrosky is stepping down from this role, she will remain committed to her outstanding scholarship within the department.

  Following an internal search, and with the recommendation of the Special Education faculty, Dean Jim Anderson has announced that Dr. Hedda Meadan-Kaplansky has accepted the offer to serve as Head of the Department of Special Education beginning July 16, 2021.

• 6th Annual Graduate Student Conference Call for Papers

  Sep 2, 2014 8:45 pm90 views

  The Program Committee invites proposals on all topics relevant to the field of education in any time period or nation, and especially papers or panels that cross cultures, time periods, or national boundaries. The Committee defines ‘education’ broadly, to include all institutions of socialization—mass media, voluntary organizations, and so on—as well as schools and universities. We invite proposals for individual papers, works in progress, or panel sessions, which could consist of several works in progress. Consider sharing your proposals from AERA, CREA, AESA, ASHE, and other conferences. This is also a great way to become comfortable sharing your research before submitting a proposal to a national or regional conference.

  We encourage graduated students to consider submitting proposals on topics as they relate to this year’s theme:

  From Research to Praxis:  Scholarship Today for the Society of Tomorrow

  Go here for submission guidelines and more information: conferences.education.illinois.edu.

• Alumna Shawna Cooper-Gibson Appointed Vice President of Student Services at Seton Hall University

  Oct 1, 2019 4:15 pm90 views

  Shawna Cooper-Gibson, Ed.D., a national leader in academic, co-curricular and multicultural student development, has been appointed Vice President of Student Services. Cooper-Gibson currently serves as the Assistant Provost for Student Academic Services at Loyola University Chicago and will officially begin her new position on October 14, 2019.

• 2016 CREA Conference - The Next Generation of Theory and Practice: Rethinking Equity through Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment

  Nov 19, 2015 8:30 am90 views

  The 2016 Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment Conference will take place April 20-22 in Chicago, with pre-conference workshops happening April 19.

• Paying the Price – College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream

  Apr 19, 2016 10:15 am88 views

  Paying the Price – College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream

   

  There is a new economics of college in America. Millions of people enroll in higher education with plans to work, borrow, and conserve, only to find that their funds still fall short of today’s high college prices. How has this changed what it means to attend college? How do students make ends meet while pursuing degrees, and how can we make it easier for them to succeed? In this talk, Dr. Goldrick-Rab will discuss a six-year- long multi-method experimental study that sought to find out.

   

  April 25, 2016

  Room 22 10:30am – 12:00pm

   

  Sara Goldrick-Rab

   

  Sara Goldrick-Rab is a Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Founding Director at the Wisconsin HOPE Lab. Her research examines the intended and unintended consequences of the college-for-all movement in the United States. She is the recipient of the William T. Grant Foundation’s Faculty Scholars Award and the American Educational Research Association’s Early Career Award. In fall 2016, the University of Chicago will publish her latest book, Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream.

   

  This event is sponsored by The Forum on the Future of Public Education

  Please direct questions about this event to Jameson Brewer (tbrewer2@illinois.edu)

• Education Alumna Tatyana McFadden Talks About Fighting for the Rights of Athletes with Disabilities

  May 21, 2019 3:00 pm88 views

  One Ed.M. in Curriculum & Instruction. Seventeen Paralympic medals. Twenty World Championships medals. Twenty-four World Major Marathon titles. At the age of 30, pro wheelchair-racer Tatyana McFadden has quite the hardware collection—and owns some serious real estate in the record books.

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  Professor Emerita Susan Fowler Awarded ECE Honorary Fellowship

  Aug 5, 2021 3:15 pm88 views

  Please join us in congratulating professor emerita Susan Fowler, who has been selected to receive the 2021 Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education Honorary Fellowship.

• 2014 Annual Conference - Call for Proposals


  Oct 17, 2013 1:30 pm88 views

  The Illinois New Teacher Collaborative, housed in the College of Education, invites you to share your expertise, lessons learned, and promising practices related to beginning teacher needs, induction, mentoring, and support at the 9th Annual Induction and Mentoring Conference on February 25 & 26, 2014. Your session(s) should address one or more of the Critical Issue Categories (based on the Illinois Induction Standards). You are encouraged to submit proposals reflecting the conference focus of “The Changing Landscape of Induction and Mentoring.” 

The deadline for proposal submissions is November 20, 2013.
 For more information and to submit a proposal, visit: 
http://intc.education.illinois.edu/events/conf2014/presenters/ 

• CI 590 MMA - Metaphors, Models and Analogies and the Development of Understandings

  Oct 28, 2013 10:19 am88 views

  Metaphors, Models, and Analogies and the Development of Understandings

   

  CI 590 MMA, Spring 2014

  Professor: David Brown

  When: Wednesdays, 4:30 to 7:20 pm

  Where: 17 Education Building

  CRN: 52335

   

  Traditional views of metaphor and analogy see them simply as linguistic figures of speech, such as “He was a wolf” or “The car was like a battering ram,” used to spice up otherwise literal discourse.  More recent views see metaphorical and analogical thought as central in both discourse and cognition.  Constructivism is currently the dominant paradigm on learning in the content areas, drawing on the idea that students construct new understandings based on existing understandings. If this is the case, then a primary engine of such construction must be analogical and metaphorical reasoning – drawing on existing understandings of ideas and extending those to other ideas perceived as similar. This course will explore recent perspectives on metaphorical and analogical thought and discourse, how these views apply to the development of understandings in content areas, and how instruction can take advantage of these new perspectives to better help students develop understandings of new ideas.

• Curriculum & Instruction's Ana Olguin to Receive Campus' Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award

  Mar 5, 2020 8:30 pm87 views

  Ana Olguin, graduate student in Curriculum & Instruction, has been selected by the Provost's Office as the recipient of the 2019-2020 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching award.

• EPOL graduate student selected as NEH Summer Scholar

  May 19, 2016 9:00 am87 views

  Katherine Jo, a fourth-year doctoral student in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, has been selected as a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar and will attend one of 23 seminars and institutes supported by NEH.

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  Special Education's Meghan Burke Named University Scholar

  Jun 9, 2020 2:30 pm87 views

  Join us in congratulating Associate Professor Meghan Burke on being selected by the University of Illinois System as a 2020-21 University Scholar.

• 3rd Annual INTC Beginning Teacher STEM Conference

  Jun 15, 2015 1:45 pm87 views

  The Illinois New Teacher Collaborative invites beginning K-12 STEM teachers with one to four years of full time classroom experience to the 3rd Annual INTC Beginning Teacher Conference STEM Conference.

  This conference is an opportunity for new teachers to attend top rated breakout sessions led by master teachers and STEM university faculty, all of whom are experts in their field, gain valuable teaching tools and ideas to use in their classroom next year, reflect on and share the past year’s teaching experience, and network with other new teachers from around the state.

  The conference takes place July 28 and 29, 2015 at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign. More information about the conference is available at intc.education.illinois.edu/stem.

• Recently published scholars aim to enhance lives of children with disabilities

  May 5, 2016 1:45 pm86 views

  The team of Hedda Meadan-Kaplansky, Melinda R. Snodgrass, Lori E. Meyer, Kim W. Fisher, Moon Y. Chung, and James W. Halle were recently published in the Journal of Early Intervention for their paper “Internet-Based Parent-Implemented Intervention for Young Children with Autism: A Pilot Study.”

• Podcast: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Early Childhood and Beyond

  Sep 9, 2021 4:15 pm86 views

  Online master's student in EPOL Dr. Fawzia Reza recently hosted a podcast with the CEO and founder of Childhood Education International regarding the role of culturally responsive pedagogy in early childhood and beyond.

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  Colbert Named Regional Elementary Principal of the Year

  Feb 6, 2024 2:15 pm85 views

  Lori Colbert, principal at Barack Obama School of Leadership & STEM, was honored by the Illinois Principal's Association.

• 2019 Distinguished Alumni & Young Alumni Achievement Awards

  Feb 28, 2019 3:30 pm85 views

  The College of Education’s annual Distinguished Alumni & Young Alumni Achievement Awards honors both seasoned alumni and young graduates who are leading the way in the education field.

  This year’s event will be held March 8, from 6–8 p.m. in the Quad Room of the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, featuring a reception, dinner, and awards program. Dean James D. Anderson and faculty and alumni will be on hand to honor the awardees.

• Ananya Tiwari, EPSY Doctoral Candidate, Wins Illinois Innovation Prize for SwaTaleem Foundation

  Apr 3, 2020 2:00 pm85 views

  Congratulations to Ananya Tiwari, PhD candidate in Educational Psychology, for winning the Illinois Innovation Prize! She is transforming government schools in remote parts of India into model schools to increase educational outcomes for young girls.

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  2017 HKU/UIUC exchange participants announced

  May 4, 2017 9:45 pm85 views

  In cooperation with the College of Education Office of International Programs and the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education, we are pleased to announce the third annual Hong Kong Graduate Student Exchange Program winners.

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  Educators: Be a Beta Tester for SCD K-12 Learning Lab Intro to Design Thinking

  Jul 23, 2021 4:15 pm85 views

  Siebel Center for Design’s K-12 Learning Lab has developed, and is now offering for beta testing: the first installment of Learn It! Try It! Apply It!, SCD’s online, self-paced, and completely free-of-charge introduction to design thinking created for K-12 teachers and educators.

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  EPSY Doctoral Candidate Wins Dissertation Research Award from American Psychological Association

  Jul 26, 2023 2:00 pm85 views

  Laura Valderrama will earn $10,000 to offset the cost of her dissertation research. Her research interests focus on Latino children's biliteracy practices and future teachers' training on language diversity issues.

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  We CU Program Accepting Students for Fall 2020

  Sep 28, 2020 4:45 pm85 views

  We CU empowers students to make a positive impact in the community while building their resume/CV and enriching their university experience. We CU honors students for their community-based work and provides them with training, connection to like-minded peers, access to service opportunities with partner organizations, and support from We CU program leaders.

• 2020 Faculty and Staff Giving Campaign is Now Underway!

  Feb 20, 2020 3:00 pm84 views

  The 2020 Faculty and Staff Giving Campaign is now underway! During the next four weeks, we are asking all faculty and staff to consider making a gift to the College of Education fund of your choice. Private support is more important than ever for our students, programs, and scholars.

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  CI 499 CPC: Computer Programming and the Classroom (K-8)

  Aug 19, 2013 2:07 pm84 views

  Instructor: Dr. Dan Hoffman

  Time: Thursdays, 4:00 - 6:50pm

  Location: 37 Education

  Credit: 4 hours
  
  This Fall, Dan Hoffman, a new member of the Curriculum & Instruction faculty, will be offering a course titled "Computer Programming and the Classroom (K-8)." This course is designed to introduce the theoretical, pedagogical, and practical aspects of integrating computer science activities into elementary and middle school classrooms. Throughout the semester we'll review current thinking on computer science education and how computer science topics and concepts can impact learning across the curriculum. Students will experience a variety of hands-on activities using child-friendly programming environments including Snap!, Blockly, Tynker, and Hopscotch. No programming experience required. Open to all.

  Flyer: Computer Programming and the Classroom (K-8)

• Join the Education Justice Project: Now Accepting Applications

  Jan 25, 2021 4:45 pm83 views

  The Education Justice Project provides college-level programming to individuals at Danvillle Correctional Center, writes and distributes reentry guides, and produces resources on prison education and criminal justice. EJP welcomes applications from people interested in all of these activities and from undergrads interested in internships in the EJP (virtual) office.

• Does Knowledge still Matter? Brownbag talk

  Apr 26, 2017 9:45 am83 views

  Time: Thursday, May 18, 10:00 am-noon

  Place: Room 22, College of Education

  Description: In a recent book, Why Knowledge Matters, E. D. Hirsch argues for a knowledge-intensive curriculum. Adopting a traditional stance toward learning, but one buttressed by recent cognitive science research, he sees knowledge as the key to becoming culturally literate and as the basis for learning more. In contrast, Sugata Mitra, best known for his "Hole in the Wall" experiment, is a leading proponent of  minimally invasive education. He claims that children in the rural slums of India could explore complex subjects in the absence of adult supervision and create a world of self-promoted learning. Essentially, learning is what matters, and the effort to transmit knowledge is unnecessary and counter productive.

  Questions: What is knowledge? What is its role in education? Is that role changing due to the "worldwide cloud" of information? Are their alternatives to these extreme positions, or is one more correct?

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  EPOL's Paul Bruno Awarded NSF Grant to Lead Study on Impacts of Policy on CS Participation and Teacher Prep

  Aug 16, 2023 2:30 pm83 views

  The National Science Foundation has awarded EPOL assistant professor Paul Bruno, PI, nearly $500K for a three-year project examining Collaborative Research: Impacts of State Policy on Computer Science Participation and Teacher Preparation. Associate professor Colleen Lewis of the Grainger College of Engineering's Department of Computer Science joins Bruno as Co-PI on the project, along with Tuan Nguyen of Kansas State University.

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  EPOL Ph.D. Student Aigul Rakisheva Wins Best Paper Award at Conference

  Sep 3, 2023 9:00 pm83 views

  Rakisheva was honored at the European Educational Research Association (EERA) conference for her paper, entitled “Bridging the urban-rural gaps in education in Kazakhstan.

• Educational Technology Leadership Summit

  Oct 1, 2015 2:45 pm83 views

  On December 9 at the iHotel and Conference Center, the Executive Leadership Academy will hold The Educational Technology Leadership Summit. The Summit will bring state educational leaders to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to participate in a unique professional learning opportunity on educational technology. The summit is designed for educational administrators and technology experts to share an experience designed to foster in-depth dialogue and provide collaborative and hands-on exposures to new technologies.

  Presented by Illinois faculty members, various leaders, and Cisco Systems, the summit will motivate thinking and discussions about exploring and taking advantage of technology to help teachers teach, students learn, and administrators manage educational environments. The interactive format will provoke discussion, both practical and theoretical, and provide a glimpse of new technology systems offered by Cisco Systems. Presentations, discussions, activities, and hands-on demonstrations will address technology integration, instructional strategies to enhance STEM learning, the role of the Internet in education, mobility solutions, and the classroom of the future. During the one-day summit participants will:

  Learn about research-based instructional strategies to enhance student learningConnect and network with school district leaders across central and southern IllinoisUnderstand strategies to manage technology integrationLearn strategies to assess organizational climate and readiness for technology transformationExplore cutting-edge educational technologies designed to enhance connectivity and student learning.

  To regrister: go.illinois.edu/ELATechSummit15

• We RISE: New Series Explores the History and Current State of Abolition

  Oct 2, 2020 2:00 pm83 views

  We RISE: From recent uprisings to long-standing social justice movements, the concept of abolition and its application to various components of society is a pressing topic in 2020. This October series, free and open to all, aims to explore the history and progression of abolitionist efforts, the interconnectedness of abolition work across communities, and opportunities to civically engage in this arena further.

• Nomination Deadlines Approaching for Campus-Level Student Awards

  Dec 6, 2021 3:00 pm83 views

  Nominations are open for several campus-level student awards, but application deadlines are fast approaching.

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  SPED Graduate Student to Present at Research Live! Competiton.

  Mar 12, 2024 2:00 pm82 views

  Special Education Ph.D. candidate Alexandra Richmond is among the 12 presenters for the Graduate College's annual celebration of research.

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  Helpful Tips for a Smooth Return to Campus

  Jul 26, 2021 3:45 pm82 views

  In addition to this summer's updates from campus and the College regarding COVID-19 vaccinations, testing, mental health resources and more, IT Partners at Education has compiled helpful tips on returning to work on campus for faculty and staff—especially those who have not been on campus since March 2020.

• Four Curriculum & Instruction Students Named Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI) Fellows

  Aug 6, 2020 1:15 pm82 views

  Four Curriculum & Instruction students have been named Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI) Fellows by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Congratulations to Miche’le Johnson, Melanie Marshall, Kendra Nalubega, and Autumn West!

• College Welcomes Dedicated Clinical Social Worker and Counselor for Education Students

  Oct 24, 2022 10:45 am82 views

  Emese Poszet has joined the College of Education as an embedded clinical social worker and counselor.