Alison Wallace and Ellen Brisch, faculty from the Biosciences Department who teach the first- and second-semester introductory biology courses, participated in a study to introduce socio-scientific issues through writing activities to large lecture classes as a way to learn biological concepts involving cancer. Their collaborators are Dr. Meena Balgopol (who taught at MSUM 2008-2009) and Dr. Paul Laybourn, both currently […]
Dr. Renee Harmon, assistant professor in Educational Leadership is a contributing author in the recent publication “New directions in earth system governance research,” published in Earth System Governance. The Earth System Governance project is a global research alliance that explores novel, effective governance mechanisms to cope with the current transitions in the biogeochemical systems of the planet. A decade after […]
David Kupferman, School of Teaching and Learning, recently published a chapter with his colleague Andrew Gibbons, Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand), in the edited book Innovations in Narrative and Metaphor. Kupferman’s chapter, titled “Flow My Tears, the Teacher Said: Science Fiction as Method,” offers an argument for science fiction as a critical tool for questions concerning education. Philip K. […]
Sungok “Reina” Park, the School of Teaching and Learning, published a research paper entitled “Developing preservice teachers’ sensitivity and confidence: a service-learning experience at a homeless shelter” in the Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education (Volume 40, 2019). This article discusses how MSUM early childhood preservice teachers developed sensitivity toward and confidence in working with children who are homeless through […]
Stephenson Beck (NDSU) and Keri DeSutter’s (School of Teaching and Learning) manuscript titled “An Examination of Group Facilitator Challenges and Problem-Solving Techniques During IEP Team Meetings” has been accepted for publication in the journal Teacher Education and Special Education. The journal is published in association with the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children