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 …
UW–Madison’s Christopher Kirchgasler is an author of an article published in the August 2020 issue of Comparative Education Review, titled “ ‘Girl’ in Crisis: Colonial Residues of Domesticity in Transnational School Reforms.” Kirchgasler is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The article, which Kirchgasler co-authored with Karishma Desai of Rutgers University, …
During the course of the academic year, we’ll be sharing out Q&As completed by our newest faculty members in an effort to introduce them to our campus and School of Education communities. Name: Baron Kelly Title: Professor, Department of Theatre and Drama. He holds a joint appointment with the Division of Continuing Studies’ Odyssey Project. Hometown: New York …
During the course of the academic year, we’ll be sharing out Q&As completed by our newest faculty members in an effort to introduce them to our campus and School of Education communities. Name: Megan Reilly Title, including department and school: Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre & Drama, School of Education Hometown: Nashua, New Hampshire Educational/professional background: MFA, Theatre …
During the course of the academic year, we’ll be sharing out Q&As completed by our newest faculty members in an effort to introduce them to our campus and School of Education communities. Name: Carlyn Mueller Title: Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education Hometown: I’m originally from McLean, Virginia, which is right outside of Washington, D.C. Educational/professional background: BA …
The School of Education’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (OEDI) is hosting a Black Student Affinity Open Dialogue Discussion on Sunday, Oct. 4, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., via the Zoom online platform. The goals for the open dialogue include: Interested students should RSVP by Friday, Oct. 2, to receive further information, including the Zoom link …
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 …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications The Madison Education Partnership (MEP) will release a report by the end of August detailing what worked and what didn’t at the close of a two-year project to help teachers in the Madison Metropolitan School District’s four-year-old kindergarten (4K) program strengthen the depth and rigor of its instruction, especially in math. The …
UW–Madison’s Kathryn Moeller is the author of an article published in the journal Educational Researcher, titled “Accounting for the Corporate: An Analytic Framework for Understanding Corporations in Education.” “Corporations have become one of the dominant institutions of our time with extensive power and influence over educational systems around the world,” writes Moeller. “In size and profit, many …
The UW–Madison School of Education is welcoming 16 new faculty members to campus during the upcoming 2020-21 academic year, which is one of the largest cohorts to sign on with the School since its founding in 1930. “What makes our School so unique and outstanding is the depth and breadth of outstanding faculty members across …