Deborah Loewenberg Ball Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of the School of Education at University of Michigan, has received the prestigious Distinguished Alumni Award from the Michigan State University College of Education Alumni Association. She will be honored for her influential efforts to transform mathematics teaching and to improve how the nation prepares teachers during an… Read More »
Kristin Phillips, Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education has been awarded the Gail P. Kelly Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Comparative Education in 2009. The Kelly Award is conferred on a doctoral dissertation that manifests academic excellence, originally, methodological, theoretical, and empirical rigor, and that addresses social justice and equity issues in an… Read More »
Annis N. Brown, a doctoral student in the Department of Teacher Education, was elected to serve as Chair-Elect for the Graduate Student Council (GSC) of the American Educational Research Association for 2009-2010. This election is an important honor for Annis and brings recognition to our institution as well. AERA is committed to enhancing the quality… Read More »
Michigan State University kinesiology graduate Michelle Rzepka will compete in the Olympic bobsled competition again today in Vancouver after finishing in seventh position Tuesday. Rzepka, who received her bachelor’s degree from MSU in 2005, is the brakeman for teammate Shauna Rohbock, who won the Silver Medal in Torino. While at MSU, Rzepka was a Big… Read More »
EAD Professor Ann Austin has been selected as an American Educational Research Association Fellow. The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announces the selection of 67 scholars to be AERA Fellows in recognition of their exceptional scientific or scholarly contributions to education research or significant contributions to the field through the development of research opportunities and… Read More »
Maria Teresa Tatto and her colleagues — Jack Schwille, Amita Chudgar, Mark Reckase, Sandra Crespo, Raven McCrory, and Tenko Raykor — have received a NSF grant to begin research on The First Five Years of Mathematics Teaching. The study investigates novice teachers’ (with 0-5 years experience) development of mathematical knowledge for teaching and the influence… Read More »
To read the article “Small classes can boost grades” from Times of India, please visit: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/relationships/parenting/Small-classes-can-boost-grades/articleshow/5130295.cms.
Kristin Phillips, Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education has been awarded the Gail P. Kelly Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Comparative Education in 2009. The Kelly Award is conferred on a doctoral dissertation that manifests academic excellence, originally, methodological, theoretical, and empirical rigor, and that addresses social justice and equity issues in an… Read More »
Michigan State University is now offering its doctoral program in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology online with a new hybrid option focused on the evolving role of technology in learning. The blended four to five-year program, which combines online coursework with summer classes on campus, is designed to meet a growing demand from experienced education… Read More »
