by kaylasharp | Nov 25, 2015 | Headlines, Press Releases, Research News, Spotlights
Jan. 26 Update: NSF announces fifth grant, $1.2 million, for Dr. Pasha Antonenko to lead UF team on 3-D paleontology technology project. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Pasha Antonenko, an associate professor of educational technology, has set a new standard at the University of...
by kaylasharp | Nov 24, 2015 | Headlines, P.K. Yonge, Press Releases, Spotlights
Teachers bring back lessons from professional-development trips abroad Mayra Cordero joined a scientific mission to hunt for fossils in Panama. Macy Geiger and Angie Flavin traveled to Haiti to help Haitian teachers improve the way they teach their students....
by kaylasharp | Nov 23, 2015 | Headlines, Press Releases, Research News, Spotlights
Quotable “It is the best thing that ever happened to me as a teacher.” — Kathy Savage Oviedo High bioscience teacher MOST OF THE TIME they are the teachers. Not this time. Dozens of high school teachers from across Florida returned to the classroom as part of an...
by kaylasharp | Nov 3, 2015 | Headlines, Press Releases, Research News
More than half of Florida’s school districts have no policy on the use of social media by teachers and other employees, increasing the potential for misuse and inappropriate teacher-student relationships online, according to an analysis conducted by a University of...
by kaylasharp | Oct 29, 2015 | Headlines, Press Releases, Research News
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Kindergarten teachers prepare their students for future school success, yet researchers say nearly 30 percent of children who enter school display problem behaviors, which put them at risk for fewer learning opportunities and poorer academic...
by kaylasharp | Oct 19, 2015 | Headlines
A new student-led “community” at the College of Education, Teaching for Social Justice (TSJ), will host a one-hour panel discussion event titled “EdTalks: Women in Higher Education” on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 5:30 at Norman Hall in Room 2329. The three UF panelists,...