Published on 5/21/2012 7:00:00 AM
Pittsburgh Brashear High School Social Studies Teacher Kashif Henderson graduated from the School of Education in 2010 and is now a working teacher who values the whole experience of the MAT program, which taught him to personalize lessons and make them engaging. “The most helpful aspect was taking... Read More...
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Published on 5/14/2012 11:30:00 AM
School of Education Visiting Associate Professor Andrew Schneider-Munoz was selected this past Friday as president of the Child and Youth Care Certification Board, which is part of the Association for Child & Youth Care Practice (ACYCP) organization. He has been a member of the ACYCP for the past 32... Read More...
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Published on 5/7/2012 7:00:00 AM
Ali Nabavian is completing his MAT while teaching at the Falk School. He explains that his favorite part of teaching thus far is when he has a “good lesson and the kids understand the majority of ideas discussed, or when you’re having a good conversation and they reference something previously lear... Read More...
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Published on 5/4/2012 10:30:00 AM
On behalf of Cindy Popovich, the faculty and undergraduate program coordinator for Applied Developmental Psychology (ADP), a look at what the recently graduated ADP Traditional students will be doing (also provides an idea for current and future students about the type of postgraduation work they ca... Read More...
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Published on 5/1/2012 11:15:00 AM
The Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE) is set to host this year's International Workshop on Higher Education Reform (HER) at the University of Pittsburgh from October 10-12, 2012. This will be the first time the event is being held in the United States; previous workshop locatio... Read More...
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Published on 4/30/2012 7:00:00 AM
Students, families, faculty, and staff gathered together on Sunday, April 29 to celebrate the School of Education graduating class of 2012. What follows are some photos from the event, along with excerpts from Dean Alan Lesgold’s introduction and Wendell McConnaha’s address to the 293 attending gra... Read More...
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Published on 4/2/2012 10:15:00 AM
The American Association of Children’s Residential Centers (AACRC) will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to University of Pittsburgh Professor Karen VanderVen on April 27, 2012, at its national conference in New Orleans. This award is one of the oldest and most prestigious in the field of develo... Read More...
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Published on 3/30/2012 7:00:00 AM
From left: Nick Trombetta, Karen Giardini (Jacqueline Lee Dempsey’s sister), Patricia Nixon, April Mattix, Andrew Hughey, Alan Lesgold, Thomas Platt, Maura Powell, Rob Marshall. The School of Education honored 10 alumni and one graduate student with awards at the school’s annual 2012 Alumni Awards ... Read More...
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Published on 3/29/2012 7:00:00 AM
For more information on upcoming IISE lectures and conferences, visit the IISE Symposium Series website at www.iise.pitt.edu/symposium . Any questions can be forwarded to Enes Gok at eng13@pitt.edu . Thursday-Friday, March 29-30 International Conference on Sustainable Development 2012 “Achieving Sus... Read More...
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Published on 3/28/2012 7:00:00 AM
LSAP doctoral student Zahid Kisa has recently been selected to participate in the Educational Testing Services (ETS) Summer Internship Program. Interns in ETS work under the guidance of senior ETS members in research areas such as educational measurement and psychometrics, teaching and classroom res... Read More...
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