Thursday, May 10, 2012
Stephanie Serriere, assistant professor of social studies education at Penn State, believes it's important for teachers to carve out space and time in the classroom to give students an opportunity to experience civic situations. (more)
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Scott McDonald, associate professor of science education, has been named recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Scholars Program Award to teach and conduct research at City University in Dublin, Ireland, next fall. (more)
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Writing is a marker of academic achievement across almost every subject area in American education. Students with disabilities often have underdeveloped writing skills, and students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) often struggle with the self-regulation necessary for writing. A new study by Penn State researchers indicates that struggling middle school students with EBD can improve their writing skills when taught with the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) instructional approach. (more)
Monday, April 23, 2012
Six College of Education faculty members and 14 doctoral students in the College were awarded Research Initiation Grants during the 2011-12 academic year. (more)
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Do "zero tolerance" policies go too far?
Alison Carr-Chellman is professor of Instructional Systems and Head of Learning and Performance Systems at Penn State. A former third-grade teacher, Carr-Chellman is widely published on topics related to school change and innovation. Her research looks deeply into the alarming statistics surrounding boys' disinterest in traditional classroom education and suggests methods for making schools more innovative as well as more "boy friendly" in their instructional design practices. In this video clip -- excerpted from Carr-Chellman's hour-long "town and gown" discussion in State College, as part of the University's Research Unplugged series, she discusses the implications of "zero tolerance policy" for boys.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Penn State student Ian Landis is having the senior experience that many would not expect. He opted to spend his last semester in the Elementary and Kindergarten Education discipline as a student teacher on an off-reservation boarding school for Native American children in South Dakota. (more)
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Melissa Kehs has been selected as the student marshal for the Penn State College of Education's Spring 2012 commencement. She will lead the procession of graduates at the college's baccalaureate ceremony to be held on Sunday, May 6. Kehs has selected Rose Mary Zbiek to escort her as the College's faculty marshal. Kehs is a secondary education major with a focus in mathematics. (more)
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
State College teacher Bryan Brightbill wants his students to be well grounded - so his seventh graders at Park Forest Middle School have drawn geological cross-sections of central Pennsylvania's rock layers, identified rock samples and even made rocks out of sand and aquarium salt. (more)
Monday, April 09, 2012
Keith Wilson, professor of rehabilitation and human services, was named winner of the Researcher of the Year Award by the National Counsel on Rehabilitation Education (NCRE). The award will be presented at the NCRE's national conference on April 13. (more)
Monday, April 09, 2012
*NOTE: This talk has been postponed. Follow the Penn State lectures bulletin at http://live.psu.edu/tag/Lectures for information about a new date.
Sarah Vowell, The New York Times' bestselling author of five nonfiction books on American history and culture, will perform a reading from her most recent book, "Unfamiliar Fishes," at 7:30 p.m. on April 9, in the Auditorium (Room 117) at the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State's University Park campus. (more)
