UW–Madison’s Haley Vlach will be featured on PBS Wisconsin this month, speaking about “Why Forgetting Helps Us Remember.” Vlach is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, and the director of UW–Madison’s Learning, Cognition, and Development Lab. The episode in which Vlach appears is part of a PBS series, “Wednesday Nights @ …
UW–Madison’s Mitchell Nathan will be presenting an online book talk hosted by Madison’s A Room of One’s Own bookstore on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m. Nathan is the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Learning Sciences in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. During the event, Nathan will discuss his new book, “Foundations of Embodied Learning: …
By Wisconsin Center for Education Research Communications UW–Madison’s Courtney Bell is one of 15 experts selected nationwide to serve on a new, ad-hoc committee created by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) to provide practical, evidence-based guidance to make STEM learning in the PreK–12 system equitable. Chosen from more than 350 nominations, committee members …
UW–Madison’s David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, was elected as president of the Psychometric Society. The Psychometric Society was founded in 1935 and is devoted to the advancement of quantitative methodology in the behavioral sciences. Kaplan holds affiliate appointments in UW–Madison’s Department of Population …
UW–Madison’s Mitchell Nathan is the author of a new book that is titled, “Foundations of Embodied Learning: A Paradigm for Education,” published by Routledge. Nathan is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. In a blog post, Nathan said he wrote the book “to share the large body of evidence …
It was a beautiful late summer day for members of the School of Education community — many used to seeing each other only in boxes on their computer screens — to reunite for the traditional Welcome Back Bash for faculty and staff, in the North Plaza of the Education Building overlooking Lake Mendota, on Thursday, …
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, the School of Education’s day-to-day operations were altered abruptly and significantly. Nearly all employees pivoted to working remotely, while students’ classes were moved online. Throughout the pandemic, members of our School community went above and beyond to meet the many challenges. After a year-and-a-half of remote work and …
UW-Madison’s School of Education is welcoming faculty and staff back to campus with its typical Welcome Back Bash event on Thursday, Sept. 2. The event will be held outside on the North Plaza of the Education Building from 12:30 to 2 p.m. It’s an opportunity to celebrate the start of the upcoming 2021-22 academic year, connect …
By WCER Communications WCER researcher Andy Garbacz has received a grant of $4,000,000 from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) for a five-year project designed to test the efficacy of a family-school partnership intervention for elementary school students with social, emotional, or behavior concerns. Specifically, Garbacz’s project will measure results of the partnership intervention when school-based specialists …
UW–Madison’s Robert Enright was a guest on BYUradio’s “The Lisa Show,” where he discussed an approach to helping individuals with narcissism. Enright holds the Aristotelian Professorship in Forgiveness Science with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology and is a licensed psychologist. He is also the cofounder of the International Forgiveness Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to sharing …