The Department of Specialized Educational Services (SES) and the Professions in Deafness (PID) program was proud to have Hayden Kristal present to a large crowd of 100 students, staff and faculty on February 22, 2019. This highly interactive workshop related to LGBTQ+ American Sign Language (ASL) signs while fostering a… Continue reading…
As part of established collaboration since 2007, the UNC Greensboro School of Education (SOE) hosted a group of 12 pre-service teacher candidates and two faculty members from Shanghai Normal University in China for a short-term, training program from January 14 to Feburary 1, 2019. The SOE has hosted this pre-service… Continue reading…
Dr. Gay Ivey, the William E. Moran Distinguished Professor in Literacy at the UNC Greensboro School of Education, recently completed her term as President of the Literacy Research Association (LRA). LRA is the leading professional organization for individuals who share an interest in the development of research and theory associated… Continue reading…
The question of how to improve schools continues to be one of the most vexing issues for educational policy makers, practitioners, and researchers. Dr. Katherine Cumings Mansfield, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations, has changed the way we think about the challenge of school improvement… Continue reading…
Ashley Finkelstein, a student teacher in the secondary social studies program in the Teacher Education and Higher Education (TEHE) Department, is the 2019 recipient of the Social Studies Student Teacher of the Year Award from the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies! Ashley will receive a $1,000 check at… Continue reading…
Dr. Wayne Journell (TEHE) recently published an edited book titled, Unpacking Fake News: An Educator’s Guide to Navigating the Media with Students, with Teachers College Press. The book contains chapters by leading civic education scholars and uses a psychoanalytic lens to explore what fake news is, why students are susceptible… Continue reading…
Each semester, the SOE International Committee and the School of Education (SOE) host a biannual International Social to welcome international students, scholars, and visitors to our campus. This semester’s SOE International Social & Potluck took place on January 30, 2019. Hosted in the Teaching Resource Center of the SOE building,… Continue reading…
Improving K-12 mathematics education is a critical challenge for educational practitioners, leaders, and researchers. Dr. Holt Wilson and his team of collaborators are creating a new model for statewide reform of mathematics teaching and learning through the development of and research on curriculum materials, teaching strategies, and professional development programming…. Continue reading…
On behalf of the entire UNCG School of Education community, we would like to thank Mrs. Sarah Cole Jordan ’56 and The Honorable Robert Jordan, III for their gift of $50,000 to support the Sarah Cole Jordan Class of 1956 UNCG Teacher Education Fellows Endowment. The Jordan name is synonymous… Continue reading…
On the morning of Saturday, January 26, more than 60 elementary teachers from across the state (centralized in the Piedmont Triad area) came together in the UNCG School of Education building to participate in STEMergizing Saturday, a 3 hour long session on integrating STEM into their classrooms. The goal of… Continue reading…
