June 15, 2020
The following message from School of Education Dean Diana Hess was emailed to students, staff, and faculty across the School on Monday, June 15.
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
UW-Madison’s Ladson-Billings takes part in Real Talk Virtual Summit on Racial Justice
June 12, 2020
Boys and Girls Club CEO and President Michael Johnson along with Madison365 Publisher and CEO Henry Sanders teamed up to host the Real Talk Virtual Summit on Racial Justice. The summit brought together people of color from Wisconsin to put words into action.
Six from UW–Madison receive prestigious 2020 NAEd/Spencer fellowships and awards
June 11, 2020
PhD candidates Qing Liu, Huimin Wang, and Choua P. Xiong were named Dissertation Fellows, while faculty members Jordan A. Conwell and Diego Román were awarded Postdoctoral Fellows, and Kathryn Kirchgasler received a Research Development Award.
Grand Challenges project, ‘What the Moon Saw,’ influential experience for Probst while pursuing master’s degree
May 22, 2020
Caleb Probst worked on this project during both the 2018-19 and 2019-20 academic years, and says the experience was influential in defining his first year of graduate school. Probst, who is finishing up his master’s degree this summer, will begin pursuing a PhD with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the fall. He currently has a strong interest in the power of children’s informal learning opportunities.
Washington Post notes work of UW-Madison’s Rudolph in explaining ‘the scientific method’
May 20, 2020
John Rudolph chairs the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction and is an expert on the history of science education in American schools. He is the author of the award-winning 2019 book, “How We Teach Science: What’s Changed, and Why It Matters.”
Popkewitz releases latest book, ‘The Impracticality of Practical Research’
May 7, 2020
UW-Madison’s Thomas Popkewitz released his latest book, “The Impracticality of Practical Research: A History of Contemporary Sciences of Change that Conserve,” a work that examines the politics of practical knowledge and the paradox of exclusion in contemporary social and physical sciences.
‘Beats Empire’ simulation game moves hip-hop from fiction to online learning tool for middle school
May 6, 2020
Fans of the hip-hop television drama “Empire,” which abruptly ended its six-year run in April, and anyone interested in the music industry, can take a step closer to the realities of the music business by immersing themselves in a new and free online learning game, “Beats Empire.” University researchers from Columbia, UW–Madison, and Georgia Tech worked together to create the game, which places players in the roles of music producers who leverage data and analyze trends to dominate the music industry.
Román receives 2020 Somos Professional Development Award
May 5, 2020
Diego Román, an assistant professor with the School of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, was selected as a 2020 Somos Professional Development Award recipient.
Wisconsin Public Radio utilizes expertise of Graue for report on preschool access
May 5, 2020
Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) utilized the expertise of UW-Madison’s Elizabeth Graue in a report examining preschool access in the state. Graue is the Sorenson Professor of Early Childhood Education with the School of Education’s No. 1 Ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She is also the director of the Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (CRECE).
Class of 2020 spotlight: Winner combines passions for environment and human connection
May 4, 2020
Graduation is a time for reflection and celebration of many achievements –– and this year is no different. Carly Winner will graduate as part of the Class of 2020 with a double major in environmental studies and elementary education. However, Winner’s time as an undergraduate will continue until her student teaching field experience with the Madison Metropolitan School District finishes in June.