General News
2012 Bridges Students Present at Conference
Senior history major Joseph Emery, who will enter the School of Education’s Bridges to the Future pathway in the fall 2012 semester, co-presented a workshop with senior lecturer Robert Maloy, Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, at the 2012 New England Regional World History Association’s conference held at Salem State University on April 28. The workshop was titled: “Around the World History Concepts in 10 or More Clicks.”
Galman elected to board
Galman joins executive board of the Gender and Education Association
Assistant professor Sally Campbell Galman, Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, was elected to the executive board of the Gender and Education Association. Formally established in 2002 (though active from 1997 onwards), the association works to challenge and eradicate sexism and gender inequality within and through education. http://www.genderandeducation.com/
Holly Graham, LLC doctoral student, winner of teaching award
Holly Graham, a School of Education doctoral student in the Language, Literacy and Culture concentration, is a winner of a 2012 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Awards sponsored by the Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation.
Training the next generation of Afghan educators
Training the next generation of Afghan educators CIE collaborates with Kabul Education University.
May 21, 2012 - Story from "In the Loop"
Sireci recipient of 2012-13 Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship Award
Sireci receives Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship Award
Stephen Sireci, professor, Department of Educational Policy, Research and Administration, and director of the School’s Center for Educational Assessment, was named a recipient of the 2012-13 University of Massachusetts Amherst Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship Awards. Awardees are selected on the basis of demonstrably outstanding accomplishment and potential for continued excellence in research and scholarly or creative activity.
Hunter named NAE fellow
Ally Hunter, a doctoral candidate in science education, has been named a National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences for the 2011-12 academic year. This honor is given as a result of her selection to and participation in the 2011 National Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology held at Yale University. Institute participants from 12 research colleges and universities in the northeast assembled at Yale for five days of presentations and discussions focused on enhancing undergraduate education.
Professor Emerita Sonia Nieto honored at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa
Nieto heads to So. Africa as Wits Claude-Leon Distinguished Visiting Professor
Professor Emerita Sonia Nieto was selected as the Wits Claude-Leon Distinguished Visiting Professor at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Gebhard receives 2012 College Outstanding Teaching Award
Meg Gebhard, associate professor, Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, was named this year’s recipient of the School of Education’s College Outstanding Teaching Award. This award honors individual faculty members for the teaching accomplishments within their own colleges.
Rallis’ and Rossman’s new book fosters “inquiry-mindedness”
“The Research Journey: An Introduction to Inquiry”, by Dwight W. Allen Distinguished Professor Sharon F. Rallis and professor and chair Gretchen B. Rossman, both of the Department of Educational Policy, Research & Administration has been published by Guilford Press.
