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  • Graduate Research Assistant needed for NSF project on Immersive Learning Technologies

    Jan 15, 2014 10:08 am40 views

    The focus of this 50% research assistantship will be to collect and analyze data about middle school students’ learning and interactions with immersive simulations of science phenomena. The simulations we have built and are building involve “metaphor-based interactions” where students embed themselves within a simulation and make scientific predictions using their bodies. A few simulations have already been built, and faculty at the Supercomputing Institute at UIUC are in the process of building additional prototypes that we wish to test with local students. This RA will assist the project PI (Dr. Robb Lindgren) in designing learning studies and analyzing data collected.

  • EPS 420-G/SOC 420-G Sociology of Education 1-2:50pm Added Foundations Course Sp 2014

    Jan 17, 2014 4:02 pm14 views

    EPS 420-G/SOC 420-G “Sociology of Education”  is a social foundations course that provides a  sociological examination of education and schooling in society. It introduces, synthesizes, and evaluates  diverse and competing major sociological theories, scholarly research, and important issues in the sociology of education. Click headline to read more...

  • Added Course Sp 2014: EPS 420-G/SOC420-G Sociology of Education, Tue, 1-2:50pm

    Jan 17, 2014 4:22 pm20 views

    EPS 420-G/SOC 420-G “Sociology of Education”  is a social foundations course that provides a  sociological examination of education and schooling in society. It introduces, synthesizes, and evaluates  diverse and competing major sociological theories, scholarly research, and important issues in the sociology of education. Click headline to read more...

  • 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...

  • AIESEC ILLINOIS Team Member Recruitment

    Jan 27, 2014 1:51 pm52 views

    Looking for opportunities to gain or expand your skills in corporate sales, organizational development, team management, marketing, and finance? Is so then AIESEC is for you! 

  • I-Watch Training Session

    Jan 28, 2014 11:14 am1 views

    The Office of the Dean of Students is collaborating with UIPD to introduce members of the campus community to the I-Watch program. In addition to receiving information on personal, home, and auto security, I-Watchers—the trained program participants—are given instruction in observation and reporting suspicious activity. Please REGISTER at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/2441589 for one of the upcoming free training sessions.

    Tuesday, February 11 at 4PM in Lincoln Hall 1090

    Thursday, February 19 at 2PM in Noyes Lab 162

  • I-Watch Training Session

    Jan 28, 2014 11:30 am2 views

    The University of Illinois Police Department (UIPD) needs your assistance with crime prevention and reporting of suspicious and/or criminal activity within the campus area. As such, the Office of the Dean of Students is collaborating with UIPD to introduce members of the campus community—students, faculty, and staff—to the I-Watch program. I-Watch is a campus version of the Neighborhood Watch Program that exists in communities all across the country. In addition to receiving information on personal, home, and auto security, I-Watchers—the trained program participants—are given instruction in observation and reporting suspicious activity. To learn more about the I-Watch program, contact a representative at campuscommunity@illinois.edu, or REGISTER at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/2441589 for one of the upcoming training sessions.

    Tuesday, February 11 at 4PM in Lincoln Hall 1090

    Wednesday, February 19 at 2PM in Noyes Lab 162

  • University Primary School expands through 5th grade.

    Feb 3, 2014 10:15 am23 views

    University Primary School, The University of Illinois College of Education’s lab school will open a combined 4th/5th grade class beginning AY 2014-15 at the Children’s Research Center building on campus. The preschool-5th grade Reggio Emilia inspired classrooms engage children in creative, challenging, and meaningful curricular inquiries using The Project Approach. For admissions materials and information please visit school website: http://education.illinois.edu/ups/

  • Scaling Up Pathways to Results 2014 conference

    Feb 7, 2014 8:30 am21 views

    The fourth annual Scaling Up Pathways to Results 2014 conference will be held in Champaign at the I Hotel and Conference Center on March 5, 2014. The conference features a keynote by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Marcy Drummond, a lead senior program officer for postsecondary success, who will speak about structuring flexible pathways for mobile learners and diverse learning environments. Breakout session topics include secondary to postsecondary transitions, evaluation and benchmarking, and career pathway policies and practices. For more information, view the agenda. The registration deadline is February 25 and space is limited, register today! 

  • Roommate Conflict Workshop

    Feb 10, 2014 11:15 am36 views

    Having roommate trouble? Come to Campus and Community Student Services’ (CCSS) Roommate Conflict workshop on Tuesday, February 18th at 6PM in Lincoln Hall Room 1065 to learn how to resolve your conflict! We will be discussing different strategies on how to work with your roommate to solve your differences. On everything from paying rent to keeping your place clean, we're here to help!

  • Research Design and Analysis Help

    Feb 11, 2014 9:30 am28 views

    Need a little help getting your research design or analysis off the ground?  Have you run into an unexpected hitch in the research process?  Not sure how to handle a sticky evaluation issue?  

    We're here to help!

    The QUERIES division in the Department of Educational Psychology offers free assistance for research and evaluation designs and statistical analysis to students, faculty, and staff in the College of Education during drop-in consulting hours:

    Tuesdays from 1:00 pm-2:00 pm

    Wednesdays from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Room 236 Education Building

    And by appointment.

    Drop by to discuss your research project with QUERIES consultants! In general, no appointment is necessary to meet during regular office hours.

  • Job Opportunity: Web Developer

    Feb 11, 2014 1:45 pm25 views
    Inclusive Illinois and The Women Equity Council is seeking a graduate student that has skills in web design. This person would update websites for Inclusive Illinois and the Women Equity Council with current information and update the website design. They should be able to commit to 10 hours a week (but this can be negotiated). Pay is competitive. Work will start mid-February until May and perhaps over the summer.

  • Visitors from Thailand

    Feb 24, 2014 6:30 pm30 views

    Two groups of Thai doctoral students will visit CIRCE (College of Education) this spring, with focus partly on measurement and evaluation.   Ten from Silpakorn University will be here April 1-5 and ten from Srinakharinwirot Universtiy here April 11-May 5.  The visit will be coordinated by Charles Secolsky (csecolsky@gmail.com).

  • College of Education Open Position

    Feb 28, 2014 10:45 am47 views

    The College of Education seeks to fill the following faculty position: Clinical Assistant Professor in Education Administration: Departmernt of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership (F1400022) - Close Date: March 31, 2014 Full position description for the position and application information can be found at http://education.illinois.edu/about/jobs The University is an AA-EOE www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu

  • Student Life & Culture Archives Newsletter

    Mar 5, 2014 2:45 pm22 views

    One of the many hidden gems on this campus is the Student Life and Culture Archives. SLC offers classes on the use of primary sources.  These have an enormous range and scope and can be of interest both for introducing primary resources and also for advanced level research relating to the collections.  The inaugural issue of the newsletter, with a more complete list of our services and resources is available at http://archives.library.illinois.edu/slc/SLCNewsletter.pdf . 


     

  • Recycle your electronic waste

    Mar 7, 2014 4:45 pm33 views

    The University's e-waste collection event takes place March 18 from 2-6 p.m. All personal electronic devices that have a plug or run on batteries will be accepted free of charge. The collection sites will be located at Allen Hall Circle Drive, Ikenberry Commons on Euclid, and at ISTC in Research Park. Learn more on Facebook and contact Bart Bartels at bbartel@illinois.edu with questions. 

  • I-Watch Training Session

    Mar 17, 2014 12:45 pm11 views

    The University of Illinois Police Department (UIPD) needs your assistance with crime prevention and reporting of suspicious and/or criminal activity within the campus area. As such, the Office of the Dean of Students is collaborating with UIPD to introduce members of the campus community—students, faculty, and staff—to the I-Watch program. I-Watch is a campus version of the Neighborhood Watch Program that exists in communities all across the country. In addition to receiving information on personal, home, and auto security, I-Watchers—the trained program participants—are given instruction in observation and reporting suspicious activity. To learn more about the I-Watch program, contact a representative at campuscommunity@illinois.edu, or REGISTER at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/6616695 for one of the upcoming training sessions.

    Tuesday, April 1 at 6pm in Lincoln Hall 1065

  • Managing Life’s Financial Transitions

    Mar 18, 2014 2:45 pm17 views

    Setting the stage for your financial future can be a daunting task, particularly if you are dealing with a major life change, like graduating from college. USFSCO’s Student Money Management Center and Campus & Community Student Services (CCSS) has partnered to bring you a workshop on setting goals while managing life’s transitions, and how to choose a financial professional if you should need one to navigate your changing financial landscape. Join us on Wednesday, April 9 at 12pm in Wohlers Hall room 130. Please register by clicking the link!

    https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/9085738 

  • Seed Funding Program to Kickstart Applied Research on Campus

    Mar 19, 2014 3:00 pm9 views

    The Illinois Applied Research Institute is launching a seed funding program to infuse ready-to-go applied research projects with the money needed to get past a developmental hurdle or a technical challenge. The Applied Research Seed Funding Program will fund projects in areas such as advanced materials, manufacturing technologies, cybersecurity, Big Data, plasma and laser-material interactions, petrochemicals and fuels, or energy generation, distribution, and control systems. To be eligible for seed funding, principal investigators must be University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty or full-time research academic professionals. Learn more and apply.

  • Send your own greeting to 'thy happy children of the future'

    Mar 25, 2014 11:30 am21 views

    Students, faculty, and staff may send an electronic greeting to the Illinois family of the future via a time capsule to be placed inside the Alma Mater sculpture when it returns to campus. In the spirit of the inscription on the sculpture's base, "To thy happy children of the future those of the past send greetings," the campus is soliciting messages, which may be submitted by filling out a form at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/1698640. Submissions will be considered for inclusion on a data file to be placed in the time capsule, which may not be opened for more than 100 years.

    The deadline for submissions is midnight, March 30.

  • Graduate Student Appreciation Week

    Mar 25, 2014 11:45 am54 views

    Graduate Student Appreciation Week takes place April 7-12 to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of more than 11,000 graduate students on the Urbana-Champaign campus. In addition, the Graduate College is hosting informative seminars and fun social events throughout the week. Learn more ...

  • International Week March 31-April 6

    Mar 26, 2014 11:45 am8 views

    International Week at Illinois is comprised of a series of educational, cultural, and recreational events designed to foster interest in our global community. The goal is to raise awareness about the breadth of international education, activities, and resources at Illinois. We invite students, faculty, and staff to join us in celebrating international education at Illinois. Learn more ...

  • Golden Apple Illini Book Drive

    Apr 1, 2014 11:00 am30 views

    Golden Apple Illini Book Drive!

    Golden Apple Illini will be collecting K-8 picture and chapter books through Friday, April 11. Please bring your new or gently-used books to the collection box in the main lobby of the Education building. The books will be donated to The Baby Fold Special Education Services in Normal, IL through a collaborative service event with the Golden Apple organization at Illinois State University. For any questions, contact Maddie Funderburg, Golden Apple Illini President, at funderb2@illinois.edu.

  • 2014 Summer Teach in China Program

    Apr 4, 2014 8:30 am35 views

    Applications for the 2014 Summer Teach in China Program are due April 10. Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to apply. Individual awards of $500 are available to help finance the study abroad program to students studying in the College of Education. Please contact Lucinda Morgan at lmorgan4@illinois.edu for more information.

    Learn more about the 2014 Summer Teach in China Program.
    Apply for the 2014 Summer Teach in China Program.

  • Graduate Programs Fair

    Apr 17, 2014 6:15 pm40 views

    COLLEGE OF EDUCATION 

    GRADUATE PROGRAMS FAIR

    Friday, APRIL 25

    NOON – 1:00

    ROOM 22 EDUCATION

    PIZZA WILL BE SERVED!

    Noon:  

    Overview of the College of Education Graduate Programs (on-line, on-campus and off campus)

    Dr. Cris Mayo, Professor, Educational Policy and Organizational Leadership

    Dr. Christopher Span, Professor and Associate Dean forAcademic Programs

    Followed by:

    Graduate Programs Fair for undergraduates to gather information and talk with faculty about the following College of Education graduate programs:

    • Diversity and Equity
    • Global Studies in Education
    • Human Resource Development
    • Learning Design and Leadership
    • eLearning
    • Technology Specialist Endorsement
    • Middle Grades Endorsement
    • Bilingual/ ESL Endorsement
    • Reading Teacher Endorsement
    • Teacher Leader Specialization
    • Learning and Behavior Specialist I, II
    • Infancy and Early Childhood Special Education
    • General Special Education
    • Research Practitioner in Special Education

  • CI535-Teaching and Learning Algebra

    Apr 22, 2014 1:45 pm7 views

    CI535           

    CRN: 59567

    Title: Teaching and Learning Algebra

    Instructor:  Dr. Gloriana González

    Credit hours: 4

    Term: Fall 2014

    Day/Time: Mondays, 5:00-7:50 PM

     

    Algebra I has been described as a critical filter for pursuing further studies in mathematics. The course considers the introduction to algebraic concepts in middle school and the teaching and learning of algebra in high school. Course topics include an examination of historical perspectives on algebra in the school curriculum, a study of the nature of algebra and algebraic thinking, an analysis of teaching strategies for teaching algebra, an examination of Common Core Standards and recent documents by NCTM on algebraic reasoning, and explorations of the use of technological tools to support the teaching and learning of algebra.

  • Summer 2014 EPS 420 Sociology of Education (#35166) Foundations Course

    Apr 22, 2014 3:15 pm19 views

    Summer 2014 Term II  (June 16-July11) EPS 420 Social Foundations Course

    EPS 420-BRB Sociology of Education (#35166)

    SOC 420-BRB  Sociology of Education (#35167)

    Instructor: Dr. Bernice McNair Barnett ( bmbarnet@illinois.edu)

    Summer Term II: 1st 4 Weeks, June 16th-July 11th

    Time & Days: 10-11:50am, MTWR

    Credit: 2 or 4 Hours  Credit

    Location: Room 323 Education Bldg

    Enrollment Space Available: 36 students

    Course Description:

    EPS 420-BRB/SOC 420-BRB “Sociology of Education”  is a social foundations course that provides a  sociological examination of education and schooling in society. It introduces, synthesizes, and evaluates  diverse and competing major sociological theories, scholarly research, and important ongoing and emerging issues in the sociology of education. Other topics include but not limited to: the expansion of education in the USA and globally; family background and school achievement; bilingual education; organization of schools; desegregation; educational reforms and movements; diversity in education; teacher preparation, professionalization, and expectations; college costs and student debt; student achievement "gaps;" women in higher education; race, gender, class, language, citizenship, nationality, residence, immigrant status, and other stratifying  social relations in education and schooling  from pre-k, elementary, middle, and high schools to community colleges, private 4-year colleges, and research universities.

    In addition, reflecting one of the professor's areas of specialization in sociology as well as insights gained from extensive life history interviews with  leaders and activists of the 1960s (including literacy pioneer and social justice activist-educator Mrs. Septima Poinsette Clark and other citizenship school and freedom school teachers), this course provides a brief introduction to the impact and legacies of social movements of the "turbulent" 1960s on education and schooling. We will consider how students, teachers, White/European Americans, Black/African Americans, Latino/a Americans, Asian & Pacific Islander Americans, Native/American Indians, women, disabled, special needs, low income, language minority, and others mobilized, participated in, and led movements for changes in  education and society. The maximum enrollment  space available is 36 students. For questions or problems enrolling, contact Prof. Barnett (bmbarnet@illinois.edu).

  • CI 578: Bilingual & Biliteracy Development of Young Children

    Apr 28, 2014 9:15 am24 views

    CI 578:  Bilingual & Biliteracy Development of Young Children

    Instructor: Dr. Eurydice Bauer, ebbauer@illinois.edu

    Time: Monday 4-6:50pm, Fall 2014

    Location: 385 Education Building

    Credit: 4 hours

    CRN: 53602

    C&I 578 section EBB is a graduate-level course for students in the PhD degree program. However, highly interested master level students may participate in the course. This course is offered on a 2-3 year cycle. The purpose of C&I 578 is to help students better understand the language and literacy development of young bilinguals. Students will engage in reading, writing, and discussion of various research articles and chapters. In addition, students will be given the opportunity to observe young children as they engage in learning to read and write across their two languages. Students are expected to: (a) develop a general understanding of the major issues in biliteracy research; (b) explore and appreciate the diversity of research topics, issues, trends, and perspectives in biliteracy research; and (c) learn to think and write critically and analytically about research on early biliteracy development. 

  • CI 541: Learning in Science

    Apr 28, 2014 9:15 am10 views

    Instructor:  Dr. David Brown, debrown@illinois.edu

    Time:  Tuesday, 4:30-7:20 FAll 2014

    Location: 4F Education Building

    Credit: 4 hours

    CRN: 59374

    This course looks at major learning theories as they apply to science education.  We will focus on major figures in and theories of learning that have had a substantial impact on science education research and practice, such as behaviorism, Piaget, Dewey, Vygotsky, information processing theories, situated learning, and constructivism, among others. While the class will tend to focus on examples from science and mathematics, students in areas other than science are welcome. 

     

  • CMN 496/AFRO 498 (CRN 37940): African American Rhetoric - Revolution, Resistance, & Transformation

    Apr 29, 2014 1:30 pm7 views

    Course meets: June 16 - August 7, 2014
    Registration closes: April 30, 2014
    Instructor: Anita Mixon

    We will explore how African Americans carved out a space for revolution, resistance, and transformation using speeches, protests, and music in their quest for social change.

    LEARN MORE

  • LLS 449 Issues in Latina/o Education

    Apr 29, 2014 4:30 pm17 views

    Critiques and explores various theoretical frameworks used to explain Latina/Latino academic achievement. Examines curricular and instructional issues by investigating how different school systems have implemented schooling for Latina/Latino students. Develops critical understanding of the role of education within the Latina/Latino community.
    Topic: "The Educational Pipeline of the Latina/o Diaspora"
    This course is a survey of the dominating theoretical frameworks used in Education research to discuss the educational achievement (or lack thereof) of diverse Latina/o students throughout the P-20 pipeline. There are four main goals for this course: 1) to deconstruct each framework by assessing whether social, political, economic, cultural, etc. factors are taken into consideration, 2) to examine how these frameworks are used to prepare pre-service and in-service educators (teachers and counselors), 3) to explore alternate frameworks that challenge problematic theories, and 4) to gain a critical understanding of the connection between theory, research, and practice. Throughout the semester, we will read and discuss work that discusses the influence of such frameworks in educational structures, processes, and discourses, in order to better understand the teaching and learning experiences of Latina/o youth.

    2 graduate hours
    CRN# 63267 LCD G2 4:00-6:20 T Soltero Lopez, A.
    4 graduate hours
    CRN# 63270 LCD G4 4:00-6:20 T Soltero Lopez, A.

  • Call for Proposals for Illinois Education Research Symposium

    May 1, 2014 3:00 pm39 views

    The Illinois Education Research Council is requesting proposals for its 12th annual Focus on Illinois Education Research Symposium Oct. 7 and 8 in Bloomington. The deadline for proposals is June 20.

    This symposium provides a forum for the discussion of education issues of interest to the Illinois community for education policy makers, researchers, and practitioners from the state and beyond. Learn more...

  • EPS 590: Language, Identity, and the Politics of Schooling

    May 5, 2014 9:30 am37 views

    EPS 590: Language, Identity, and the Politics of Schooling

    FALL 2014

    Mondays 4-6:50

    242 Education

    Crn: 54894

    Instructor: Anne Dyson (ahdyson@illinois.edu)

     

    Language is, in one way or the other, at the root of our identities, our relationships with others, and, indeed our world view.  Moreover, in school, language use—discourse—is a site of sociocultural differences and of gross inequities.  Indeed, it is impossible to understand how schools become places of privilege and oppression without this understanding.   How is language linked to the sociocultural history and political structure of a country, and to the identity of a speaker?  What do basic questions about language, development, and variation have to do with education in a multidialectal, multilingual world?  Through readings from classics in the field, to textbook definitional chapters, to read aloud fiction capturing language’s variety, the course aims to provide a conceptual foundation for those interested in these questions (no previous linguistic education required) and a place to explore key language concepts.  Although emphasis will be placed on the situation in the U.S., the politics of Englishes globally will be included, as will changing visions of oral/written relationships, code-switching/meshing (and communicative hybrids like spoken word).  All students will be allowed intellectual space to pursue their interests.

  • New Online Class in SPED for Summer 2014

    May 12, 2014 2:30 pm118 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 

  • Fall 2014 - Course Announcement

    May 16, 2014 12:00 pm33 views

    EPS 538 Globalization of Higher Education

    Monday, 6:00- 8:00

    Richard Herman and Allison Witt

    This course examines the implications of globalization to the rapidly changing face of Higher Education around the world. Through the use of case studies, we will examine how globalization has resulted in new policies in Higher Education at regional, national and local levels. We will consider the impacts on social mobility, accountability, and financial sustainability, due in part to rapid changes in the global economy. Issues of access and equity; privatization and for-profit institutions; curricular responses to the changing realities of knowledge and knowledge production; and of internationalization will be considered within these changing contexts.

  • Summer 2014 - Course Announcement

    May 16, 2014 2:00 pm37 views

    EPSY 590 B: Advanced Seminar in Educational Psychology (Mobile Learning)

    Instructor: Dr. Bill Cope

    Time: 7:00pm – 8.30pm, Mondays

    Dates: June 30 to August 4, 2014 (6 weeks)

    Credits: 4 hours, online only

    CRN: 37896   

    "Learning with Mobile Technologies" explores the dynamics of learning using mobile computing devices, broadly defined to range from mobile phones, tablets and laptops to interesting new possibilities raised by emerging technologies such as wearable devices and a potentially pervasive “internet of things”. Our journey will take us through museums, galleries and parks - real and virtual. We will visit new media and gaming spaces in which either incidental or explicit learning is taking place. We will look at sites of informal as well as formal learning - conventional classrooms offering blended learning opportunities, as well as new forms and modes of out-of-school and self-directed learning. The course will be structured around the “seven affordances” model of analysis that Cope and Kalantzis have developed. It will run parallel to, and in dialogue with, our e-Learning Ecologies MOOC.

    Please contact Dr. Cope <billcope@illinois.edu> for more course information.

  • Fall 2014 Foundations Course on Diversity in Racial and Ethnic Families

    May 19, 2014 3:15 pm24 views

    Fall 2014   Foundations   Course!  

    Diversity in Racial & Ethnic Families

    Educational Policy Studies:     EPS 421-BAR   #42601            EPS 421-BB2   # 54748

                                Sociology:  SOC 421-BAR   #42604            SOC 421-BB2   # 54749

     Hum Dev & Family Studies:   HDFS 424-BAR # 42605          HDFS 424-BB2 #54750

       African American Studies:   AFRO 421-BAR # 42606          AFRO 421-BB2 # 54751

    **********************************************************************************

         Tue 10-11:50am section BAR: EPS 421 #42601 ●SOC 421 #42604 ●HDFS 424 #42605●AFRO 421 #42606

         Tue  1-2:50pm  section BB2: EPS 421 #54748 ●SOC 421 #54749 ●HDFS 424 #54750●AFRO 421 #54751

       Professor: Dr. Bernice McNair Barnett (Ph.D., Sociology)   Email: bmbarnet@illinois.edu

     

    ABOUT   THE   COURSE

                    This combined Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate (Juniors, Seniors only) 400-level foundations course is a sociological examination of diversity in racial and ethnic families, which are the foundations of education. Understanding how race, gender, class, ethnicity, disability, language, sexuality, immigrant status, age, and other stratifying relations in society influence diversity in families is important, especially for teacher education/preparation and educational policies because families generally are the first agents of education, learning, and socialization of children before they enter schools and because family background and learning styles are related to schooling experiences and achievement. In addition, the nature of relationships between students/parents/families in homes and teachers/administrators/staff in classrooms/schools/colleges/universities can impact educational outcomes. Moreover, local, state, regional, and global population demographics are changing racially/ethnically; thus, families, educators, the public, and policymakers in schools, colleges, universities, and major societal institutions need to be prepared for the racial-ethnic demographic shifts. The objectives of this social foundations course are: (1.) to introduce, survey, and evaluate major sociological theories, approaches, concepts, research, questions, debates, issues, and data on diversity in families; (2.) to develop/strengthen research and analytical skills, especially by critically analyzing the reality vs. the images, ideals, and myths about “typical” racial-ethnic “minority”/“majority” families and their social constructions as “deviant”/“normal;” (3.) to foster an awareness and understanding of cultures/structures/dimensions/patterns of diversity among and within families in the U.S. and the basis of diversity globally;   (4.) to consider how families are reciprocally connected to education, economy, politics, religion, and other social institutions; (5) to examine how families are agents of education and how children from diverse family backgrounds with varying home cultures, compositions, resources, practices, traditions, compositions, and environments come of age, grow up, develop identities, experience schooling, achieve in education, react to racial-ethnic differences/similarities, and live/learn/work cooperatively and democratically in a multiracial U.S and global society.

    The course analyzes family diversity among and within these U.S. groups: Black African American, Latino/a American, Asian American, Native American as well as White European American and Socio-Religious Ethnic Groups (such as Catholic, Baptist, Mormon, Jewish, Muslim, Amish). It also explores diversity globally in periphery, semi-periphery, and core regions of the world-economy (such as China, Mexico, Nigeria, Japan, Ghana, Russia, Israel, Kenya, Australia, India, Pakistan, S. Africa, Germany, Iraq, Britain, Cuba, France, Haiti, Jamaica, Ireland). In analyzing diversity, we explore the strengths, adaptations, resiliencies, resources, values, and contributions of all families and their past, present, and future opportunities and challenges. Course Readings: Diversity in American Families,10th edition (2014) by M. Baca Zinn,S. Eitzen; Ethnic Families in America: Patterns and Variations, 5th ed (2011) by R.Wright et al; choice of book about how some children from diverse family backgrounds come of age, develop identities, experience schooling and educational achievement.

  • GSE Early Summer Symposium

    May 20, 2014 10:30 am107 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 21st 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

  • SAAO Summer Office Hours

    Jun 3, 2014 9:15 am6 views

    The Student Academic Affairs Office (120 Education) will be closed during the lunch hour June 23 through August 15.  The office will be open  8:30-12:00 and 1:00-5:00.  The normal office hours of 8:30-5:00 will begin again on August 18.  Have a great summer!

  • New book: Wired Citizenship: Youth Learning and Activism in the Middle East

    Jun 5, 2014 12:00 pm26 views

    Linda Herrera has edited a new book with Routledge titles, "Wired Citizenship: Youth Learning and Activism in the MIddle East. This state of the art book about citizenship, learning, and politics in the digital age includes case studies from some of the hotspots of the region  including Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Palestine, Turkey, and Morocco.

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  • Student Life & Culture Archives summer newletter

    Jun 12, 2014 2:15 pm2 views

    The Student Life & Culture Archives offers classes on the use of primary sources and can be of interest both for introducing primary resources and also for advanced level research relating to the collections.  We are hoping you will post the link to the summer issue of the Student Life and Culture Archives newsletter.  It includes articles on upcoming campus events as well as important archival resources.  There are also some articles on featured materials and exhibits at the archives.  The SLC Newsletter is available at:

     

    http://archives.library.illinois.edu/slc/slcsummernewsletter.pdf

     

    Thank you!

     

    Ellen Swain

    Student Life & Culture Archivist

  • AVAILABLE POSITION -- University Practicum Supervisor, Department of Special Education

    Jun 20, 2014 10:30 am2 views

    University Practicum Supervisor
    Department of Special Education, College of Education
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    The Department of Special Education seeks a full-time nine-month Visiting Lecturer to function as a University Practicum Supervisor in the Learning and Behavior Specialist I (LBSI) Initial Special Education Teacher Preparation Program. The successful applicant will provide guidance and feedback to teacher candidates, evaluate assignments, collaborate with cooperating teachers in the schools, and teach a seminar course. The position requires reliable transportation to travel to schools throughout Champaign and surrounding counties. A complete announcement with qualifications and how to apply is located at: http://education.illinois.edu/about/jobs.

  • Graduate Assistantship Position at I-STEM

    Jun 24, 2014 4:45 pm35 views

    The Illinois Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Education Initiative (I-STEM) has an available Graduate Assistantship position. Under the supervision of Dr. Lizanne DeStefano and Lorna Rivera, this individual will be responsible for planning and conducting data collection, analysis, and reporting for the independent evaluation of the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment grant. Learn more...

  • EPS 412 Critical Thinking in Education

    Jul 7, 2014 4:30 pm61 views

    Fall 2014

    EPS 412 Critical Thinking in Education (4hrs)

    crn: 63178

    Tuesdays, 4-6:50pm

    Instructor: Nicholas C. Burbules

     

    This course starts with the question, “What is critical thinking?” We will review some of the major views on critical thinking and its role as an educational aim.

    Next, we will move on to how to teach critical thinking, its relationship to developmental issues, and its relationship to various subject matters. Is, for example, there are generic model of “critical thinking” that we can promote, or does critical thinking only exist in relation to particular subject matters (critical thinking about history, or about science, etc).

    Finally, we will consider wider social and psychological influences that might constitute barriers to the teaching of critical thinking. For example, what special challenges does the Internet pose for developing critical thinking skills and dispositions?

    Everything in this class is discussed in relation to teaching. It does not assume a previous background in philosophy.

    This class also satisfies the master degree EPS foundations requirement.

  • Fall Education Internship in Champaign County

    Jul 21, 2014 1:45 pm7 views

    Champaign County Forest Preserve District

    Museum & Education Department

    2014 Fall Seasonal Position

    Naturalist Intern – Fall 2014

    Internships at the Museum and Education Department of the Champaign County Forest Preserve District (CCFPD) provide valuable opportunities to develop programming and leadership skills in the fields of environmental education and interpretation. Interns gain practical experience by working with the public, local schools and District staff.

    Each year, the Museum and Education Department reaches 8,000 students during on-site and in-school programming as well as 6,500 individuals through public programs and events. Annual combined visitation at the Museum of the Grand Prairie and Homer Lake Interpretive Center exceeds 10,000 people.

    Duties:

    Present and evaluate on-and off-site environmental school programs, public programs and events. Manage a variety of special projects per intern’s skills. Assist with operations of the Homer Lake Interpretive Center, including caring for the Center’s live reptile collection and providing office support. Occasional evening and weekend work required. Pay: Stipend of $75/week.

    Hours:

    15-30 hours/week. Late August to the mid- November

    Qualifications:

    We seek an enthusiastic individual with a passion for education, the outdoors, and working with people. College-level coursework in Natural Resources, Biology, Environmental Education, Interpretation, Horticulture or related field is desirable. Knowledge of local flora and fauna is desirable. Must have the ability to work effectively with the public, and have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Position is based at Homer Lake Forest Preserve.

    To Apply:

    Review of applications will begin August 11, 2014. Apply online at: http://ccfpd.org/About/employment.html, and attach cover letter, resume and contact info for three references.

    For more information, please visit www.ccfpd.org or contact Pam Leiter, Asst Director Museum & Education Dept, at 217-896-2455 or pleiter@ccfpd.org

  • Fall 2014 course on Adult and Professional Education

    Aug 1, 2014 11:15 am25 views

    The Human Resource Development Division at EPOL is offering HRD 550 Adult and Professional Education (CRN: 63148) in Fall 2014.

    This course takes a broad look at the philosophy, theory, research, and practice of adult education, along with additional considerations for the development of professionals. The broad perspective includes the social, cultural, and political factors that affect the research, planning, development, and implementation of adult education. You may explore the major adult learning theories, the practice of adult education, and the aims and challenges of professional education that match you scholarly and practical interests.

    The course is now open for enrollment for advanced Masters and doctoral students on campus.

    For more information please contact the course instructor at wdhuang@illinois.edu.

  • EPS 538: Globalization of Higher Education

    Aug 1, 2014 1:45 pm58 views

    EPS 538: Globalization of Higher Education

    Instructors: Richard Herman and Allison Witt

    Fall 2014: Mondays 6-8pm 

    A recent article in the Economist suggests that higher education is suffering from Baumol's disease with the implications that the present model is unsustainable. Enter MOOCs and blended learning. Indeed the use of technology in higher education is commanding great attention both for cost cutting purposes as well as the need to serve a burgeoning population worldwide with varying needs.

    Yet it is hard to think of an aspect of higher education that is more dynamic than the international frame. Several decades ago “internationalization" of the academy was largely restricted to a relatively small flow of students across international borders and occasional, albeit important, forays of institutions to establish themselves outside of their own borders. Indeed our own University had, at the early part of the 20th century, reached out to China in what proved to be a profound and long lasting educational relation and in the middle part of the last century helped to establish one of India's IITs. But even in the 1990s, academics felt that internationalization of universities was little understood or engaged in. Not so now. Global higher education is not only with us but it is nearly impossible to be an effective part of higher education administration whether in student affairs or an academic dean's office without some understanding of the globalized academy. Yes, the World of the Academy is Increasingly Flat.

    In this course we intend to touch on a number of issues. The US is no longer immune to international pressures in education. Although still a destination country for students from abroad, the US faces increasing competition from other nations and efforts by nations to grow their own higher education   enterprise to address the needs of a burgeoning middle class and more generally local economic needs. Here the word enterprise is deliberately chosen as the cross border flow of students has become big business, falling under the General Agreement on Trade and Services. We shall examine the flow, seeing that exchanges often "respect" first world, third world status. This raises questions of global obligation of the richer nations. Such obligations have often played out through organizations such as the World Bank and the OECD, sometimes , but not always, to the benefit of nations. There is a startling complexity to these activities and higher education in many nations is not the engine of social mobility that many of us would have hoped.

    Of course, US higher education has come under increasing criticism for not living up to its vaunted reputation. We shall also look at efforts by universities to establish themselves abroad. Just how does an institution do this and what are the necessary considerations? For example, New York University has most recently come under fire for allowing abuse of workers engaged in constructing their campus in Dubai. What are the implications of establishing an institution of higher education in a country with very different cultural values?

    We look forward to engaging the rapidly changing face of higher education and the interplay among nations and hope you will join us in this journey.

  • Immediate Technology Support for Faculty & Students

    Aug 7, 2014 11:00 am58 views

    Did you know that the College of Education offers a variety of services to faculty and students in support of teaching and learning? Support Services include: consultation for latest trends and technologies, implementation strategies, training, and support.

    Faculty & students can receive immediate technology support by "chatting live" on this page: http://education.illinois.edu/it/teaching. Use the "chat box" found on the bottom, right-corner, or stop by Room 25 in the basement of the Education Building.

    Learnsupport@education.illinois.edu  |  217-244-7005

  • Course Announcement: EPSY 407 - Adult Learning and Development

    Aug 13, 2014 10:15 am21 views

    EPSY 407  Adult Learning and Development

    Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30-4:50, 215 David Kinley Hall

    Professor:  Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow, Education 210G, 4-2167, eals@illinois.edu

    Human development continues throughout the life span, as does our capacity to learn.  In this course, we explore the nature of adult development in the domains of perception, cognition, intellectual performance, emotional experience, and personality, as well as the impact of social context. The question driving this course is how multifaceted change in different arenas of life impacts the learning process, and how the capacity for continued learning affects other parts of life. We will review the empirical evidence for development within each of these domains, evaluate the major theories of aging that have be en used to account for these findings, and consider the implications of these principles for best practice in adult education.

  • Moodle and Collaborate Training for TA's

    Aug 18, 2014 11:15 am71 views

    Previously, we have had a mandatory face to face TA training for everyone interested in becoming an online TA.  We are happy to announce that the training is now being offered online.  We encourage all TA's, not only online TA's, to complete the training.  The training will cover teaching with Moodle and Collaborate.  The training can be accessed here.  The enrollment key for the course is tatraining  Please email learnsupport@education.illinois.edu with any questions.