Technology Innovation in Educational Research and Design

May 1, 2014, 00:00 by The College of Education and Champaign Unit 4 Schools

Dr. Laura Taylor, an alumna of the College of Education at Illinois, received the Educator of the Year Award May 19, 2014, at the annual Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network Respect Awards ceremony at Gotham Hall in New York City.

Apr 28, 2014, 00:00 by The College of Education

Professor Ruth Nicole Brown, an expert in gender and women’s studies, will share her thoughts with educators, policy-makers, business leaders, media experts, and advocates at the April 28, 2014, White House Research Conference on Girls, hosted by the White House Council on Women and Girls.

Apr 24, 2014, 00:00 by Sal Nudo

Professor Emeritus Walter Feinberg, a renowned professor of philosophy of education in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, was honored in April 2014 as a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the John Dewey Society, in conjunction with the AERA conference in Philadelphia.

Apr 24, 2014, 00:00 by Sal Nudo

Education at Illinois students gain valuable multicultural teaching experiences thanks to the college's study abroad Program in China.

Apr 24, 2014, 00:00 by Sal Nudo

Starting in 2014, the MuKeun Lee Dissertation Scholarship at the College of Education at Illinois will provide funding each year for a student working on a dissertation related to the topics of human resource development and/or workplace learning.

Apr 18, 2014, 00:00 by Allie Bidwell

Professor Dorothy Espelage and her team of researchers in the Department of Educational Psychology found that more than one in five children in middle school have experienced physical sexual violence.

Apr 17, 2014, 00:00 by The College of Education

James D. Anderson, the Edward William and Jane Marr Gutsgell Professor of Education and the Head of the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, has been selected by the American Educational Research Association to present the 2014 Brown Lecture in Education Research.

Apr 10, 2014, 00:00 by Sal Nudo

College of Education at Illinois alumnus Dr. MuKeun Lee was the recipient of the 2013 Madhuri & Jagdish N. Sheth International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement.

Apr 9, 2014, 00:00 by Sal Nudo and Anne Haas Dyson

Identity, language, power, and agency emerge as key commonalities in how children learn at Global Perspectives conference in Champaign.

Apr 3, 2014, 00:00 by The College of Education

College faculty members and graduate students presented research posters, as well as participate in panel discussions and roundtables about critical education topics, at the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting on April 3-7, 2014, in Philadelphia.

Mar 28, 2014, 00:00 by The College of Education

A free guide aims to assist educators and their partners who wish to develop and implement rigorous, context-sensitive programs of study in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.

Mar 26, 2014, 00:00 by Sal Nudo

Integrated technology in renovated Room 22 classroom at Education at Illinois fosters collaboration, tech-savvy teaching.

Mar 19, 2014, 00:00 by The College of Education

Catherine P. Corr, a doctoral student in the Department of Special Education at the College of Education at Illinois, has been named a recipient of a Doris Duke Fellowship for the Promotion of Child Well-Being. She is the first student from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus to win the fellowship.

Mar 17, 2014, 00:00 by Sharita Forrest

A study conducted by Dr. Laurie M. Jeans, Professor Rosa Milagros Santos Gilbertz, Daniel Laxman, Professor Brent McBride, and Dr. Justin Dyer suggests that many of the behavioral and cognitive characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can be identified when children are as young as age 2—earlier than was previously thought.

Mar 10, 2014, 01:00 by Sharita Forrest

A study finds that older adults’ casual beliefs about their high blood pressure may vary according to where they live and other demographic variables.

Mar 7, 2014, 00:00 by Ann Augspurger

The Office of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (MSTE), an outreach unit within the College of Education at Illinois since 1983, has been working to answer inquiring children's questions with its widely used school curriculum resource materials.

Mar 4, 2014, 00:00 by Douglas Belkin

A survey of 1,202 two- and four-year schools published by the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) found that while 85 percent of schools have some sort of learning assessment, less than 10 percent make them publicly available.

Feb 19, 2014, 00:00 by Sarah Fitzpatrick and Sal Nudo

Dealing with high tuition costs these days is a fact of life for many college students. Read how College of Education at Illinois alumna Isa Adney saved money and avoided major debt after high school.

Feb 10, 2014, 00:00 by Sharita Forrest

Public schools’ service learning projects often fail at inclusiveness, marginalizing students with disabilities from full, meaningful participation, according to a new paper by Jay Mann, the director of the Office of Clinical Experiences in the College of Education at Illinois.

Jan 31, 2014, 00:00 by Meg Dickinson

Success of dual-language programs spurring a new kind of teaching.