by kaylasharp | May 24, 2016 | Press Releases, Research News, Spotlights
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Globally recognized speakers and researchers are beginning to line up to participate in the University of Florida College of Education’s first international academic conference to explore the crucial role a new generation of “teacher leaders” can...
by kaylasharp | May 16, 2016 | Faculty Laurels, Press Releases, Research News, Spotlights
It was in 1990 when Kara Dawson gained an insight that was to become the central focus of her research career as a professor of educational technology. Back then she was teaching 5th, 6th and 7th graders in Virginia Beach, Virginia, at a time when personal computers...
by kaylasharp | May 9, 2016 | Awards, Newsmakers, Research News, Student Laurels
The bottom line: To move forward, we must look back. That’s the foundation for UF College of Education doctoral candidate Kenneth Noble’s award-winning dissertation proposal. The UF Center for Humanities and Public Sphere, which promotes and funds research programs of...
by kaylasharp | May 2, 2016 | Faculty Laurels, P.K. Yonge, Research News, Spotlights
About VAM The Florida Department of Education says “high impact teachers” receive the highest valued-added model (VAM) ratings because their students ranked higher than the “reasonable expected score” of similar students in other teachers’ classrooms....
by kaylasharp | Apr 15, 2016 | Alumni Accolades, Awards, Faculty Laurels, Press Releases, Research News
Maureen Conroy, co-director of the University of Florida Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, has received the 2016 Outstanding Leadership Award from the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. CCBD, a division of the Council for...
by kaylasharp | Apr 15, 2016 | Alumni Accolades, Awards, P.K. Yonge, Press Releases, Research News
Practitioner Scholars Ross Van Boven received his doctorate in curriculum and instruction, a program designed to prepare practitioner scholars. What is a practitioner scholar? A professional who brings theoretical, pedagogical and research expertise to help identify,...
