by kaylasharp | Jul 28, 2014 | Headlines, Insider News, Press Releases
Brett Walker spent a summer morning wearing a boa constrictor as — well, as a boa. Dina Zinni, an aspiring astronomer from Jupiter (no, really, it’s true), spent her afternoons gazing at indoor stars. Not to be outdone, Ashleigh Tucker fist bumped a giant ground...
by kaylasharp | Jul 17, 2014 | Headlines, Insider News, Press Releases
Thanks to a summer teacher development program sponsored jointly by the UF College of Education and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, more than 70 youngsters filled the Boys and Girls Club of Gainesville recently for a fun-filled summer week of StarTalk, a...
by kaylasharp | Jun 17, 2014 | Headlines, Insider News
While St. Thomas Episcopal Parish School in Coral Gables, Fla., was designing its STEM laboratory three years ago, the University of Florida’s College of Education was expanding its K-12 STEM teacher preparation programs in several Florida school districts. The two...
by kaylasharp | Jun 4, 2014 | Headlines, Insider News, Press Releases
The dual certification track of the COE’s Unified Elementary ProTeach program is one of the first teacher preparation programs in the nation to receive accreditation from the International Dyslexia Association, an impressive credential that should enhance the...
by kaylasharp | Jun 4, 2014 | Headlines, Insider News
The UF College of Education’s doctoral degree program in school psychology recently earned the full seven-year accreditation renewal from the commission on accreditation for the American Psychological Association. The continued accreditation status is the longest term...
by kaylasharp | Apr 14, 2014 | Insider News, Research News
UF College of Education faculty and their graduate students are aggressively pursuing vital research, crossing multiple disciplines, that is making a dramatic impact on teacher preparation, teacher practice and student learning in the vital STEM...