Howes is the School of Education’s associate dean for communications and advancement. Howes writes: “Marketing in higher education is constantly evolving. We all face changing market conditions, new technologies, and a need to connect our work to impact enrollments (or other strategic priorities).” She then explains the four pillars she utilizes to build high-performing marketing …
The event is titled, “Teaching About the 2018 Elections: Preparing Students for Political Engagement,” and it will run from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, in Grainger Hall. Teaching about elections is one of the best opportunities educators have to prepare young people for political engagement, says School of Education Dean Diana Hess. She …
Popkewitz is a professor with the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction. His research focuses on the systems of reason that govern curriculum reforms, the sciences of education and teacher education. His keynote was titled, “The Paradox of Research: The Good Intentions of Inclusion that Excludes and Abjects.” Popkewitz explains that his …
Gear Learning is a game development studio housed within the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research and led by Michael Beall. The WISC report explains how new research out of UW–Madison shows that a video game may have the power to help children develop empathy and socially beneficial behaviors such as generosity. The game “At Play …
Hora is an assistant professor of adult and higher education in the Department of Liberal Arts and Applied Studies, and is an affiliate with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Hora is also a research scientist with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), and the director of UW–Madison’s Center for College-Workforce …
Wicker, an incoming doctoral student at UW–Madison, worked the last decade in admissions and student affairs at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. When she left Lawrence in August, she was serving as associate dean of students for student transition, support, and persistence. “Now I’m the one in transition,” says Wicker, a Chicago native. “I need …
Li is a Ph.D. candidate with the School of Education’s No.1-ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She is now one of 130 grantees from 26 different countries who have received this award since 2002. The project that’s being funded is titled, “Multimodal Learning and Communication Through Transnational Digital Storytelling.” According to a summary of Li’s project: …
The show is titled, “Points of Departure: Incoming Art Student Showcase,” and it features work made by incoming freshmen and transfer students. UW–Madison’s Art Department is housed within the School of Education. There will be a closing reception for this show on Friday, Sept. 28, from noon to 1:30 p.m. The School of Education Gallery …
Writes Baldridge, whose op-ed was published by the Black Youth Project: “HBO’s ‘Insecure’ is one of the best series on television. Through both humor and drama, the show tackles the love and relationships of Black women, while also commenting on gentrification, cultural appropriation, white liberal racism, and education, among other things. As a former youth worker in …
Underwood is the Susan Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy and Practice, and the former dean of the School of Education. Underwood explains that at the end of the tumultuous 2017-18 Supreme Court term, ” the Court handed down a few cases of importance to public education, including one entitled ‘Janus.’ Then, of course, we …