Cynthia Taines, associate professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, recently answered questions from the Ed News about her book titled “The Metropolitan Community: Partnering for Equality Across the Educational Divide.” Published by Myers Education Press, the book “tells
Read moreMerritt speaker A.G. Rud to explore importance of discerning fact, fiction
For A.G. Rud, the view beyond his window is alarming. Rud sees George Orwell’s dystopian “1984” coming to fruition. He sees “a landscape of information, misinformation and disinformation.” He sees “authoritarian regimes disposing of information that’s not complimentary of them.” And that,
Read moreMerritt speaker Megan J. Laverty to talk on importance of engaging children, students in discussions of philosophy
Megan J. Laverty remembers the moment when life delivered an unexpected turn. She was a philosopher, working at the University of Melbourne in her native Australia and pursuing her Ph.D. in that exact field at the University of New South Wales. “Everything
Read moreMerritt speaker Sarah Stitzlein to talk on teaching hope, reviving democracy
Where do education and democracy converge? How does education support and sustain democracy? What skills, habits and dispositions must students develop in school to participate in democracy? Questions like these have fascinated Sarah Stitzlein since her undergraduate days double-majoring in Mathematics and
Read moreKerry Burch pens new book interpreting educational effects of Jefferson’s theory
Kerry Burch, professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, is celebrating the recent publication of ”Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational Purpose.” Published by Palgrave Macmillan, the book newly interprets the educational implications of Thomas Jefferson’s revolutionary
Read moreBridging oceans
NIU joins Macedonian university in promoting peace Deep and influential thinkers from around the world will convene this December in Macedonia at the State University of Tetovo’s Center for Peace and Transcultural Communication. As they share their ideas on the impact of
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