For years, Mary Gardner has required her LTCY 300 students to create theoretical “listening center” projects on paper. Gardner, an instructor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, expects these assignments to propose good nonfiction texts to read aloud to children. She
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Sherry Bochenek, a doctoral student in Curriculum Leadership, won the TED Kaleidoscope Student Research Poster Award for Literature Review at the recent national conference. Kaleidoscope is the Teacher Education Division (TED) of Council for Exceptional Children’s Graduate Student Committee. Each year, Kaleidoscope
Read moreAbove and beyond: Ten students earn right to wear Educate and Engage stoles
Ten graduates of the NIU College of Education sported something new when they crossed the stage during the Dec. 15 and 16 commencement ceremonies. Blue stoles emblazoned with the words “Educate” and “Engage” boldly conveyed that the students took full advantage of
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Joseph Flynn, associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, received the O.L. Davis, Jr. Outstanding Book Award for 2018. Given in recognition of scholarship that adds substantively to the body of knowledge about the practices and theories of curriculum and
Read moreRobin Miller Young co-edits new book about multi-tiered systems of support
Robin Miller Young, assistant professor in the Department of Special and Early Education, is celebrating recent publication of “Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Young Children: Driving Change in Early Education.” Co-edited by Judith J. Carta, the book presents the wisdom and research
Read moreResearchers study wearable technology to help students with anxiety disorders
Anxiety for people of all ages is on the rise in an interconnected, 24/7 world, one where cell phones go everywhere their users go, always on and constantly begging for attention. Research has indicated that up to 28 percent of K-12 students
Read moreNIU Early Childhood Education program earns renewed Gateways credential nod
NIU’s Department of Special and Early Education (SEED) has earned another five years of approval from the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies as a Gateways to Opportunity Entitled Institution. The designation allows NIU’s Early Childhood Education majors the
Read moreEducate Global travelers leave China with perspective from another’s shoes
Educate Global 2.0 is history. China looms in the rearview mirror. A new semester of learning is underway in DeKalb. But the broadened perspectives Educate Global provided to NIU’s future teachers seem destined to persist in countless and unpredictable ways. Just ask
Read moreMeet the Dean’s Achievement Scholars!
Congratulations to the newest group of NIU College of Education Dean’s Achievement Scholars! Chosen for stellar academic performance in high school, each receives a $2,000 scholarship for the 2017-18 academic year with the possibility of renewal for the next year based on
Read moreAll-College spotlights innovation
Tuesday’s All-College meeting focused on department-level innovations and intentional growth strategies that support the Strategic Action Planning Framework. Dean Laurie Elish-Piper asked each department chair or faculty representative to present on one project or initiative that fuels the college’s values and priorities.
Read moreCOE students dive into summer research
When Sadie Filipski heard an offer to assist in research that she knew would impact her eventual career as an elementary school teacher, she volunteered immediately. “Going into something so relatable to what I’m going to be doing was so exciting,” says
Read moreEducate U.S. travelers ‘forever changed’ during week in tiny North Dakota school
When Delaney Nauman heard of the the chance “to live the life of a Mandaree teacher” in rural North Dakota, her interest was piqued. “I have never experienced a school in such a rural area. What I thought of as a ‘small
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