Professor and best-selling author Nancy Dana has turned globetrotter to “spread the gospel” of practitioner inquiry–a powerful form of educator professional development that’s helping teachers help students learn to their maximum potential.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida College of Education Professor Nancy Dana has been honored with a 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Florida State University College of Education, where she received her doctorate in childhood education in 1991. The award honors FSU education graduates who have distinguished themselves through scholarly, creative and humanitarian achievement, and […]
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A research paper by Associate Professor Walter Leite and doctoral candidate Zachary Collier won the most distinguished award in the Florida Educational Research Association’s annual advanced educational research paper competition. The College of Education scholars won for a methodological paper based on Collier’s master’s thesis, which concluded that “higher levels of Algebra Nation usage corresponds […]
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The news bears repeating. P.K. Yonge’s girls volleyball team did it again. For the second year in a row the Blue Wave girls’ volleyball team won the Florida high school state championship. The team capped off its sparkling season by sweeping Palmer Trinity in straight sets in the state Class 3A finals on Nov. 13 […]
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Education technology scholar Pasha Antonenko has accomplished a feat no other COE faculty member has ever done–landing five research grants from the National Science Foundation — all in the same funding cycle.
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Teachers from UF’s P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School have increasingly traveled to foreign lands to broaden their global perspectives and strengthen the lessons they provide their students.
Florida high school science teachers learn the latest technology and laboratory methods as part of a collaborative effort at the University of Florida to spark interest in bioscience careers among high schoolers. Read the story >>
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Walter Leite Brian Reichow Two College of Education scholars are among 10 University of Florida faculty members selected for a new program designed to enhance the university’s international research excellence. Associate professors Walter Leite and Brian Reichow were recently named Global Fellows by UF’s International Center. Each fellow will receive $4,000 for travel and expenses […]
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The UF College of Education and its School of Special Education, School Psychology and Early Childhood Studies (SESPECS) are commemorating the 40th anniversary of the passage of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act this week with two special events, and one of the architects of the historic law will be on hand to join […]
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The Independent Florida Alligator Nov. 17, 2015 UF doctoral candidate finds freedom of speech restricted in schools UF College of Education doctoral candidate Jesse Gates’ dissertation on social media policies at Florida school districts was picked up by The Independent Florida Alligator with a story about how school faculty and staff have more restrictions on […]
Preaching the power of Teacher Inquiry
Professor and best-selling author Nancy Dana has turned globetrotter to “spread the gospel” of practitioner inquiry–a powerful form of educator professional development that’s helping teachers help students learn to their maximum potential.
FSU honors UF’s inquiry scholar Nancy Dana with distinguished alumni award
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida College of Education Professor Nancy Dana has been honored with a 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Florida State University College of Education, where she received her doctorate in childhood education in 1991. The award honors FSU education graduates who have distinguished themselves through scholarly, creative and humanitarian achievement, and […]
Leite and Collier win best paper award
A research paper by Associate Professor Walter Leite and doctoral candidate Zachary Collier won the most distinguished award in the Florida Educational Research Association’s annual advanced educational research paper competition. The College of Education scholars won for a methodological paper based on Collier’s master’s thesis, which concluded that “higher levels of Algebra Nation usage corresponds […]
Blue Wave volleyballers do it again — state champs
The news bears repeating. P.K. Yonge’s girls volleyball team did it again. For the second year in a row the Blue Wave girls’ volleyball team won the Florida high school state championship. The team capped off its sparkling season by sweeping Palmer Trinity in straight sets in the state Class 3A finals on Nov. 13 […]
Ed. technology researcher lands record five NSF grants
Education technology scholar Pasha Antonenko has accomplished a feat no other COE faculty member has ever done–landing five research grants from the National Science Foundation — all in the same funding cycle.
P.K. Yonge goes international
Teachers from UF’s P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School have increasingly traveled to foreign lands to broaden their global perspectives and strengthen the lessons they provide their students.
UF precollegiate center keeps teachers up to date on bioscience technologies
Florida high school science teachers learn the latest technology and laboratory methods as part of a collaborative effort at the University of Florida to spark interest in bioscience careers among high schoolers. Read the story >>
College of Education scholars named Global Fellows
Walter Leite Brian Reichow Two College of Education scholars are among 10 University of Florida faculty members selected for a new program designed to enhance the university’s international research excellence. Associate professors Walter Leite and Brian Reichow were recently named Global Fellows by UF’s International Center. Each fellow will receive $4,000 for travel and expenses […]
‘Pivotal force’ in special education policy helping COE celebrate 40th anniversary of landmark Disabilities Education law
The UF College of Education and its School of Special Education, School Psychology and Early Childhood Studies (SESPECS) are commemorating the 40th anniversary of the passage of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act this week with two special events, and one of the architects of the historic law will be on hand to join […]
The Florida Alligator — UF doctoral candidate finds freedom of speech restricted in schools
The Independent Florida Alligator Nov. 17, 2015 UF doctoral candidate finds freedom of speech restricted in schools UF College of Education doctoral candidate Jesse Gates’ dissertation on social media policies at Florida school districts was picked up by The Independent Florida Alligator with a story about how school faculty and staff have more restrictions on […]