October 3rd, 2011, 08:10
Nearly 200 science teachers, science teacher educators and future science teachers will learn about the latest developments in curriculum, cultural studies, digital technology and gaming, eco-justice, experiential learning and outdoor classrooms during the 2011 Southeastern Science Teacher Education Conference at the University of Georgia College of Education Oct. 14-15.
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September 7th, 2011, 08:09
What mathematical knowledge is important to measure, which psychometric models work best in different contexts, and are new psychometric models needed for measuring math knowledge and learning? These are just a few of the questions that several dozen math education researchers, psychometricians and mathematicians from across the country will discuss in a conference hosted by the UGA College of Education Sept 25-27 in Atlanta.
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July 11th, 2011, 09:07
Ten foundations accounted for half of the $684 million directed to education by philanthropists from 2000-08, according to a new report released today by the University of Georgia and Kronley & Associates.
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June 23rd, 2011, 09:06
More than 200 faculty members and doctoral students from universities around the world in fields such as computer science, educational psychology and instructional technology will hear the latest research on everything from virtual worlds to mobile and wireless technologies for learning at an international conference University of Georgia July 6-8.
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June 20th, 2011, 10:06
Several College of Education faculty members and their work are featured in the Spring 2011 issue of ugaresearch magazine.
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May 24th, 2011, 12:05
Nearly 200 speech-language pathologists and special education teachers from across the state will hear about the latest research and best practices concerning a wide variety of topics in their fields at the University of Georgia’s third annual Communication Sciences and Special Education Summer Institute June 15-17.
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May 18th, 2011, 04:05
A team of science and educational experts led by a University of Georgia psychologist and atmospheric scientist will teach a group of Bibb County school teachers what they should teach their students about the science of weather and how to respond safely when it threatens in a weeklong series of workshops.
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April 18th, 2011, 10:04
IDEAL, a five-year NIH-funded project among scientists and science educators at UGA, science teachers in high schools, and the BSCS organization is creating and evaluating curricular materials that use highly interactive 3-D models and animations of physiological processes. The project, co-directed by Steve Oliver, professor and associate head of the department of mathematics and science education, is featured in the Winter 2011 issue of the UGA Graduate School Magazine (Pages 30-40)
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April 11th, 2011, 08:04
Garry Hoban, an associate professor in education from the University of Wollongong in Australia who was a visiting speaker in the COE last week, stopped by OIT studios for an interview about his award-winning SLOWMATION programs. See the interview on either the UGA YouTube page or the COE Lecture Series podcast channel.
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March 28th, 2011, 09:03
One of the nation’s top researchers in cognitive neuroscience, Mark Beeman of Northwestern University, discussed the spark that results in sudden human insight in the 2011 E. Paul Torrance Lecture on March 24 at the University of Georgia. The lecture titled, “Insight in the Brain – The Cognitive and Neural Bases of ‘Eureka!’ Moments,” can be viewed on the COE Lecture Series Podcast channel or on the UGA channel on YouTube.
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