UW–Madison alumna Yun-Wen Chan is the recipient of a prestigious award from the Taiwanese government. Chan, who earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 2019, has been awarded the Ministry of Science and Technology’s 2022 Taiwanese Overseas Pioneers Grant for Young Scholars. The purpose of these grants is to encourage …
A paper by UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino — focused on “the art of unlearning” — is included in the book “International Current Trends in Applied Linguistics and Pedagogy,” a multidimensional and multicultural collection of research in the fields. Baldacchino is a professor of art and education within the School of Education’s Art Department. The book includes a …
UW–Madison’s Stacey Lee is receiving the Taylor & Francis Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Educational Studies Association, AESA announced to its membership on Friday, Sept. 16. Lee is the associate dean for education within the School of Education, and is the Frederick Erickson WARF Professor with the Department of Educational Policy Studies. She also is …
The UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge program was spotlighted in Up North News recently in an article that is headlined, “The University of Wisconsin Gets Creative to Recruit, Train, and Retain the Next Generation of Teachers.” In addition to providing an overview of how the program works, the article shares quotes from current students that were originally included …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) Director Courtney Bell has appointed WCER researcher and associate professor of higher education Brian Burt to lead WCER’s path-breaking Wei LAB one year after he became its assistant director and nearly 15 years since he first used the LAB’s programs to help him succeed as a Black PhD student at …
Less selective universities do the most to educate the poorest students in the U.S., according to a new study from UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman that was spotlighted in University World News. The completion rate for students who receive federally funded Pell Grants is higher for those who attend the nation’s most selective universities than it is for …
UW–Madison alumna Julie Jackson is the author of a new book, “The Spectacular Theatre of Frank Joseph Galati: Reshaping American Theatre in Chicago, Illinois,” published by Bloomsbury in July 2022. Jackson, who earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama in 2003, says the book began with research for her dissertation. At the …
UW–Madison’s Lynda Barry discusses the power of play in a recent New York Times Magazine feature that is headlined, “A Genius Cartoonist Believes Child’s Play Is Anything But Frivolous.” Barry, who is a professor of interdisciplinary creativity with the School of Education’s Art Department, in 2019 was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, often referred to as a “genius …
Diagrams commonly used to teach chemistry concepts sometimes do more harm than good in students’ learning experiences, according to a new study from UW–Madison’s Martina Rau. The study, published in Journal of Chemical Education, found that undergraduate students often misinterpreted the meaning of arrows used in chemistry diagrams to convey information about things like the structure …
Experts in politics, civic education, and media literacy will gather at UW–Madison later this month to provide a day of training and support for educators preparing to teach about the 2022 midterm elections. The Teaching About the 2022 Elections conference acknowledges that educators face a unique challenge in teaching about elections this year. As the midterms draw …