This will be my last column until the fall semester when the e-newsletter resumes publication in September. The end of the academic year is a good time to reflect on all that has happened, and to prepare for the coming one. This past year has been unusually busy with the culmination of our centennial celebration […]
When you think of developing nations that are ripe for a boom in educational technology, Rwanda is probably one of the last places that come to mind.
But COE Associate Professor Rick Ferdig says the central African nation, best known for the ruinous conflicts it endured in the 1990s, is now eager to move into the 21st Century.
https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png00https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png2007-05-08 09:33:552011-10-13 12:26:15COE professor to take ed tech to African nation
https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png00https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png2007-05-07 12:49:222011-10-13 12:26:15See streaming video of May 5 commencement ceremony
People often think of science as a business of numbers. Researchers, they think, render experience into data that can be viewed objectively, dispassionately – and sometimes impersonally.
Not Mirka Koro-Ljungberg. As the College of Education’s resident expert on qualitative research, she teaches young scholars how to look beyond the numbers to the human element of science and to investigate social phenomena holistically.
https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png00https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png2007-05-04 12:20:142011-10-13 12:26:15Looking beyond the numbers in research
Sometimes knowledge has an almost magical quality. When people learn a better way to do a familiar task, they can create something of value literally out of nothing.
Joyce Tardaguila-Harth has seen the magic happen firsthand. As a doctoral researcher in UF’s Department of Special Education, she launched a project that taught migrant farmworkers how to read to their children – with surprising and heartwarming results.
Imagine a school dedicated to helping the “have-nots” catch up to the “haves.”
A place where first-generation college students could learn how to navigate university bureaucracy. A place where young people who “blow” their first chance at a college education can try again. A place where a working parent with a stalled career can get a fresh start.
Linda Serra Hagedorn has found that place, and it’s closer than you might think—at your nearby community college.
https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png00https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png2007-05-04 12:11:342011-10-13 12:26:15Keeping the gateway to college open
The University of Florida College of Education on April 25 honored educators and students from UF and Alachua County public schools whose scholarly outreach activities contribute to improved schools and student learning or address important social and community issues.
The honors are based on the “scholarship of engagement” philosophy, or engaged research and educational activ…
https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png00https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png2007-05-02 12:52:362011-10-13 12:26:15UF honors local educators, students for 'public scholarship' benefiting schools, community
https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png00https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png2007-04-24 22:24:552011-10-13 12:26:16Wendy Norman on James W. Norman
Chinese children want to learn practical knowledge in an organized environment, while their American counterparts prefer a more imaginative school environment, a UF study suggests
The study offers a small glimpse of education in China – a country of strong regional differences, where urban life is markedly different from rural life – but the results could shed light on China&r…
Most teachers are familiar with the children’s book “Stone Soup,” in which a hungry but wily traveler boils a rock in a pot of water – and convinces villagers to contribute enough additional ingredients to make a real meal.
Vision Award recipient Buffy Bondy spends part of every school week as a “professor-in-residence” at an at–risk elementary school.
https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png00https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2019/07/News-1-300x65.png2007-04-24 22:24:042011-10-13 12:26:16STL professor inspires creation of children's alliance
Dean’s Column – Above us, only sky
This will be my last column until the fall semester when the e-newsletter resumes publication in September. The end of the academic year is a good time to reflect on all that has happened, and to prepare for the coming one. This past year has been unusually busy with the culmination of our centennial celebration […]
COE professor to take ed tech to African nation
COE professor to take ed tech to African nation
When you think of developing nations that are ripe for a boom in educational technology, Rwanda is probably one of the last places that come to mind.
But COE Associate Professor Rick Ferdig says the central African nation, best known for the ruinous conflicts it endured in the 1990s, is now eager to move into the 21st Century.
See streaming video of May 5 commencement ceremony
Video of the UF College of Education’s Spring undergraduate commencement ceremony is now available online at the following sites:
For Windows Media users: http://streaming.video.ufl.edu/~video/20070505-education.asx For RealPlayer users: …
Looking beyond the numbers in research
People often think of science as a business of numbers. Researchers, they think, render experience into data that can be viewed objectively, dispassionately – and sometimes impersonally.
Not Mirka Koro-Ljungberg. As the College of Education’s resident expert on qualitative research, she teaches young scholars how to look beyond the numbers to the human element of science and to investigate social phenomena holistically.
Creating 'magic' for at–risk readers
Sometimes knowledge has an almost magical quality. When people learn a better way to do a familiar task, they can create something of value literally out of nothing.
Joyce Tardaguila-Harth has seen the magic happen firsthand. As a doctoral researcher in UF’s Department of Special Education, she launched a project that taught migrant farmworkers how to read to their children – with surprising and heartwarming results.
Keeping the gateway to college open
Imagine a school dedicated to helping the “have-nots” catch up to the “haves.”
A place where first-generation college students could learn how to navigate university bureaucracy. A place where young people who “blow” their first chance at a college education can try again. A place where a working parent with a stalled career can get a fresh start.
Linda Serra Hagedorn has found that place, and it’s closer than you might think—at your nearby community college.
UF honors local educators, students for 'public scholarship' benefiting schools, community
The University of Florida College of Education on April 25 honored educators and students from UF and Alachua County public schools whose scholarly outreach activities contribute to improved schools and student learning or address important social and community issues.
The honors are based on the “scholarship of engagement” philosophy, or engaged research and educational activ…
Wendy Norman on James W. Norman
By WENDY NORMAN (UF 2008, B.A. in English)
Student assistant, UF College of Education
Wendy Norman
Anwen “Wendy” Norman, 21, of Malabar, Fla., is a UF sophomore studying English and now works part-ti…
U.S.-China teaching styles compared
Chinese children want to learn practical knowledge in an organized environment, while their American counterparts prefer a more imaginative school environment, a UF study suggests
The study offers a small glimpse of education in China – a country of strong regional differences, where urban life is markedly different from rural life – but the results could shed light on China&r…
STL professor inspires creation of children's alliance
Most teachers are familiar with the children’s book “Stone Soup,” in which a hungry but wily traveler boils a rock in a pot of water – and convinces villagers to contribute enough additional ingredients to make a real meal.
Vision Award recipient Buffy Bondy spends part of every school week as a “professor-in-residence” at an at–risk elementary school.