UF bilingual/ESOL education professor Maria Coady will play a leading role in a $400,000 initiative of UF’s Center for Latin American Studies to develop an interdisciplinary outreach program on immigration, religion and social change. The center recently received a two-year grant for that amount from the Ford Foundation to develop effective modules of intervention, exchange […]
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A diverse and potent research agenda—focusing on (of course) diversity and equity along the teacher-education pipeline—has helped University of Florida special education instructor Erica McCray win a 2012 UF Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. The awards, presented by the university’s Provost’s Office, recognize junior faculty for excellence in research. Each award is a onetime allocation […]
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University of Florida education professor and best-selling author Nancy Fichtman Dana, recognized nationally for her research and books on novel strategies in school reform and professional development for educators, has been named a UF Research Foundation Professor for 2012-2015. Dana, a professor in the College of Education’s School of Teaching and Learning, is one of […]
Fresh off winning a highly competitive seed grant from the University of Florida’s Office of Research, UF College of Education professor Maureen Conroy aims to fill a critical gap in intervention options addressing core social and communication learning deficits in children with autism spectrum disorders, or ASD, a complex, neurological developmental disorder that affects more […]
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Elementary school students learning English as a second language will benefit from groundbreaking research by University of Florida education professor Ester de Jong, in new studies supported by her recent appointment to the College of Education’s prestigious B. O. Smith Research Professorship. While occupying the three-year post, de Jong will investigate ways that elementary teachers […]
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Independent Florida Alligator 7-12-12 Suzanne Colvin (School of Teaching and Learning) A story in the Independent Florida Alligator reported the College of Education’s launch of a new cutting-edge classroom in hopes of bringing education into the 21st century.
Florida Today (Cocoa) 7-6-12 James McLeskey (special education) Florida Today daily newspaper for the Cocoa area quoted McLeskey in a story on the Florida Education Department’s inclusion of disabled students and English Language Learners in their statewide school assessment measure.
Maureen Miller, a doctoral student at UF’s College of Education, has earned two campuswide awards for the impact she’s made as interim director of UF’s GatorWell Health Promotion Services. Miller, who’s pursuing her Ed.D in higher education administration while working at her full-time UF job, recently received the Jeffrey A. Gabor Employee Recognition Award and […]
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Gainesville Sun 6-24-12 P.K. Yonge DRS (program area) A Sun article reported on the 60-year celebration of Le Congres de a Culture Francaise en Floride held recently at P.K. Yonge. Some 80 students from P.K. Yonge and other area elementary and middle schools performed songs, poems and fairy tales in French.
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Aiming to bring teacher education into the 21st century, UF’s College of Education is working this summer to convert a vintage 1979 reading clinic—Room 2309 in Norman Hall—into a prototype “smart” classroom, where professors will incorporate the latest educational technology into their teaching to transform student learning and increase teacher-student engagement. The college received $141,000 […]
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Ford Foundation aids UF Latino immigrant education effort
UF bilingual/ESOL education professor Maria Coady will play a leading role in a $400,000 initiative of UF’s Center for Latin American Studies to develop an interdisciplinary outreach program on immigration, religion and social change. The center recently received a two-year grant for that amount from the Ford Foundation to develop effective modules of intervention, exchange […]
Award reflects McCray’s rise as top scholar in special education
A diverse and potent research agenda—focusing on (of course) diversity and equity along the teacher-education pipeline—has helped University of Florida special education instructor Erica McCray win a 2012 UF Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. The awards, presented by the university’s Provost’s Office, recognize junior faculty for excellence in research. Each award is a onetime allocation […]
Researcher-author on teacher ‘inquiry’ tapped for elite UF professorship
University of Florida education professor and best-selling author Nancy Fichtman Dana, recognized nationally for her research and books on novel strategies in school reform and professional development for educators, has been named a UF Research Foundation Professor for 2012-2015. Dana, a professor in the College of Education’s School of Teaching and Learning, is one of […]
‘Opportunity’ research will boost interventions for children with autism
Fresh off winning a highly competitive seed grant from the University of Florida’s Office of Research, UF College of Education professor Maureen Conroy aims to fill a critical gap in intervention options addressing core social and communication learning deficits in children with autism spectrum disorders, or ASD, a complex, neurological developmental disorder that affects more […]
Smith Professorship study will benefit English language learners
Elementary school students learning English as a second language will benefit from groundbreaking research by University of Florida education professor Ester de Jong, in new studies supported by her recent appointment to the College of Education’s prestigious B. O. Smith Research Professorship. While occupying the three-year post, de Jong will investigate ways that elementary teachers […]
INDEPENDENT FLORIDA ALLIGATOR: Suzanne Colvin
Independent Florida Alligator 7-12-12 Suzanne Colvin (School of Teaching and Learning) A story in the Independent Florida Alligator reported the College of Education’s launch of a new cutting-edge classroom in hopes of bringing education into the 21st century.
FLORIDA TODAY: James McLeskey
Florida Today (Cocoa) 7-6-12 James McLeskey (special education) Florida Today daily newspaper for the Cocoa area quoted McLeskey in a story on the Florida Education Department’s inclusion of disabled students and English Language Learners in their statewide school assessment measure.
UF cites higher ed student for superior accomplishment in health promotion
Maureen Miller, a doctoral student at UF’s College of Education, has earned two campuswide awards for the impact she’s made as interim director of UF’s GatorWell Health Promotion Services. Miller, who’s pursuing her Ed.D in higher education administration while working at her full-time UF job, recently received the Jeffrey A. Gabor Employee Recognition Award and […]
GAINESVILLE SUN: P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School
Gainesville Sun 6-24-12 P.K. Yonge DRS (program area) A Sun article reported on the 60-year celebration of Le Congres de a Culture Francaise en Floride held recently at P.K. Yonge. Some 80 students from P.K. Yonge and other area elementary and middle schools performed songs, poems and fairy tales in French.
‘Smart classroom’ moving teacher preparation into 21st century
Aiming to bring teacher education into the 21st century, UF’s College of Education is working this summer to convert a vintage 1979 reading clinic—Room 2309 in Norman Hall—into a prototype “smart” classroom, where professors will incorporate the latest educational technology into their teaching to transform student learning and increase teacher-student engagement. The college received $141,000 […]