College of Education professor Melisa (Misha) Cahnmann-Taylor believes theatrical strategies can be used by teachers to explore real-life scenarios and rehearse difficult conversations they are likely to have with colleagues, students, administrators and parents.

Hurricane destructiveness increases non-linearly with increases in storm intensity. New research by UGA weather and climate psychologist Alan Stewart suggests that people are not aware of this relationship but if they were, they would evacuate more quickly.

The fourth annual two-day event also features more than a dozen UGA faculty members and other experts presenting and discussing trends and issues related to P-16 education in nine breakout sessions.

About 30 College of Education faculty members are teaching classes in UGA’s new, campus-wide program aimed at new, incoming students. Many say that working with freshmen students will be fun, intellectually stimulating and ultimately, will help the students themselves.

The first comprehensive examination of philanthropy activity in this area reveals that much of this funding came from a relatively small number of foundations and went to a relatively small group of recipients.

COE alumnus Mark Evans (EdS ’09) co-created a program which focuses on the design of the game based on the Georgia Performance Standards in math, science, social studies, language arts, art and music.

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The findings by UGA kinesiology researcher can help clinicians develop rehabilitation programs that address movements that may have been ignored in the past and which might help prevent these repetitive injuries.

A collaborative project led by two UGA art education students resulted in a colorful mural painting by local elementary school students, whose work now brightens the Aderhold Hall wall between UGA’s Reading and School Psychology clinics.

Counseling psychologist Alan Stewart leads effort to provide professional development to teachers about both the science and safety practices concerning hazards Georgians routinely face: lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes and floods.

Kathy Carrollton, a former classroom teacher, worked engagingly with students to facilitate continuing interaction and participation during a recent three-hour visit to campus as a guest lecturer in a class taught by Sally Zepeda.