Professor Thomas Oakland, Professor Mary Brownell, and Professor and Associate Dean for Research Paul Sindelar are among 51 UF faculty selected as Faculty Achievement Recognition honorees.
The campus-wide award is given to faculty members in…
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Last year, the College of Education created its first “viewbook” – a publication designed to introduce the college to prospective students, faculty and a community at large. Last month, the effort was honored with a Silver ADDY Award by the Gainesville Advertising Federation. Held annually at the local and national levels, the ADDY Award contest is one of the toughest competitions in advertising and public relations.
Since the early 1990s, a humble little computing device has caused a quiet revolution in the way mathematics is taught in America’s middle and high schools.
For generations, algebra students painstakingly plotted points to sketch the graph of an equation on graph paper, a process that often produced more eraser marks than answers. With the advent of the graphing calculator – a…
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For years, UF’s Transition Center has been assisting hundreds of students with disabilities make the transition from K-12 school to the demands of adulthood. Associate Professor Jeanne Repetto, co-founder and director of the center, will be honored for her work by the Council for Exceptional Children in April.
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He worked on the NASA’s mission to the moon, helped implement the Civil Rights Act and served as a monitor for one of South Africa’s first post-apartheid elections. Now former COE professor Walter L. Smith has received one of the highest honors a university can bestow.
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The educational doctorate or Ed.D. is the professional doctoral degree in the field of education much like the J.D. is the professional degree of law and the M.D. is the professional degree in medicine.
UF’s College of Education is joining a high-profile group of universities to rethink the Ed.D. degree, to better differentiate it from the Ph.D. and to better serve the educational …
An alarming number of young children face extreme obstacles to learning before they enter school— poverty, poor access to health care and meager early-learning opportunities, to name a few. But some impressive help is on the way.
Two champions of early child development and education in Florida will share a $10 million grant and join forces to improve learning by smoothing the trans…
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Hispanic students at community colleges with large Hispanic populations are more likely to earn higher grades and complete their courses, according to a study headed by COE professor. Educators have long believed that a “critical mass” of like students is vital to making minority students feel at home on college campuses. In this video excerpt, […]
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UF’s Institute of Higher Education handed out this year’s Bellwether Awards at the 2007 Community College Futures Assembly in Orlando in January. Created to recognize excellence in community college administration, the Bellwethers draw competitors from across the country.
This year’s award for Instructional Programs and Services went to LaGuardia Community College/City U…
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Three at COE selected for Faculty Achievement Recognition
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Professor Thomas Oakland, Professor Mary Brownell, and Professor and Associate Dean for Research Paul Sindelar are among 51 UF faculty selected as Faculty Achievement Recognition honorees.
The campus-wide award is given to faculty members in…
coE-News: March 19, 2007 VOL. 2 ISSUE 6
VOL. 2, ISSUE 6
MARCH. 19, 2007
COE Viewbook wins ADDY Award
Last year, the College of Education created its first “viewbook” – a publication designed to introduce the college to prospective students, faculty and a community at large. Last month, the effort was honored with a Silver ADDY Award by the Gainesville Advertising Federation. Held annually at the local and national levels, the ADDY Award contest is one of the toughest competitions in advertising and public relations.
UF professor takes common calculator to next level in math and science classes
Since the early 1990s, a humble little computing device has caused a quiet revolution in the way mathematics is taught in America’s middle and high schools.
For generations, algebra students painstakingly plotted points to sketch the graph of an equation on graph paper, a process that often produced more eraser marks than answers. With the advent of the graphing calculator – a…
Repetto honored for assisting students with disabilities in transition to adulthood
For years, UF’s Transition Center has been assisting hundreds of students with disabilities make the transition from K-12 school to the demands of adulthood. Associate Professor Jeanne Repetto, co-founder and director of the center, will be honored for her work by the Council for Exceptional Children in April.
Building at FAMU named for former COE professor
He worked on the NASA’s mission to the moon, helped implement the Civil Rights Act and served as a monitor for one of South Africa’s first post-apartheid elections. Now former COE professor Walter L. Smith has received one of the highest honors a university can bestow.
UF joins effort to revamp Ed. D. degree, seeks faculty input
The educational doctorate or Ed.D. is the professional doctoral degree in the field of education much like the J.D. is the professional degree of law and the M.D. is the professional degree in medicine.
UF’s College of Education is joining a high-profile group of universities to rethink the Ed.D. degree, to better differentiate it from the Ph.D. and to better serve the educational …
$10M gift spurs all-out push to help Florida children succeed in school, life
An alarming number of young children face extreme obstacles to learning before they enter school— poverty, poor access to health care and meager early-learning opportunities, to name a few. But some impressive help is on the way.
Two champions of early child development and education in Florida will share a $10 million grant and join forces to improve learning by smoothing the trans…
Hispanic students perform better in colleges with larger Hispanic communities
Hispanic students at community colleges with large Hispanic populations are more likely to earn higher grades and complete their courses, according to a study headed by COE professor. Educators have long believed that a “critical mass” of like students is vital to making minority students feel at home on college campuses. In this video excerpt, […]
IHE names winners of Bellwether Award
UF’s Institute of Higher Education handed out this year’s Bellwether Awards at the 2007 Community College Futures Assembly in Orlando in January. Created to recognize excellence in community college administration, the Bellwethers draw competitors from across the country.
This year’s award for Instructional Programs and Services went to LaGuardia Community College/City U…
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