UW–Madison’s Mitchell Nathan is taking part in a virtual workshop on Jan. 19 that’s being hosted by the Santa Fe Institute and is titled, “Education, Equity and Technology.” Nathan is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor with the School of Education’s highly regarded Department of Educational Psychology. “It’s often said that making lasting changes in education is …
What a year it has been! Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, we faced challenges that few could have envisioned. Despite 2020 being such a unique year, our School of Education has retained its sense of optimism — and a belief in big ideas. As 2020 draws to a close, let’s take …
By Janet L. Kelly, WCER Communications The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced at its Paris headquarters on Monday, Nov. 16, the findings of an international education study unique in its scope and research methods. Launched to identify teaching practices used around the world, Global Teaching InSights: A Video Study of Teaching, also called the TALIS (Teaching …
Each fall, UW–Madison welcomes and celebrates new and recently promoted faculty of color at a reception hosted by the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion and the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty. This year’s virtual event recognized nearly 85 new faculty and 36 faculty promoted to associate professor or …
A new online MS in Educational Psychology, Learning Analytics option, offered through the UW–Madison Department of Educational Psychology, will help graduates improve teaching, learning, and educational policy by harnessing the power of big data to tackle a broad range of challenges. Graduates of the program will be equipped to help improve individual student learning, raise …
The School of Education’s Sarah Short is among UW–Madison and other experts being featured in the Center for Healthy Minds’ “The World We Make” virtual event series, which will take place Oct. 5-9. Short is an assistant professor and the Dorothy King Chair in Educational Psychology with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. Short also is …
By Lynn Armitage, WCER Communications UW–Madison’s Sadhana Puntambekar will collaborate with national researchers on establishing one of five artificial intelligence (AI) institutes and education hubs. A $100 million initiative of the National Science Foundation, the centers are the single most significant federal investment to date in exploring how AI can benefit the United States’ quality of life, …
Examining new ways to help students more easily learn mathematics is nothing new for education researchers. The drive to innovate is constant and has been ongoing for decades. One area of study that has garnered close attention in recent years, however, is the role our bodies — and particularly our hands — play in changing …
The Wisconsin State Journal utilized the expertise of three people with ties to the School of Education in an article about supporting both the academic and social-emotional needs of students when they return to school — whether it’s online, in person, or a hybrid of both — this fall. “The academic side is not separate …
A new School of Education faculty member, David Klingbeil, is a recipient the prestigious Lightner Witmer Award for early career scholarship from Division 16 of the American Psychological Association. Klingbeil is an assistant professor with the Department of Educational Psychology. According to the association’s website: “Each year the Division of School Psychology presents the Lightner Witmer …