Tag: adolescent education
Jennifer Schmidt and Lee Shumow wrote the book – literally – for teachers seeking the best ways to motivate high school students to learn and love science. Now the educational psychology professors from the NIU College of Education are turning their attention to after-school and summer projects that enroll underserved and underrepresented youth. Schmidt and...
On a Friday evening a couple weeks ago, my wife and I were out for a leisurely dinner at a popular Italian restaurant near where we live. We were sitting at the back of the restaurant by a window at a table for two; love those two-person tables. The restaurant was crowded but the ambiance...
Video provides a unique opportunity for creating shared experiences for students to reflect upon and discuss in the classroom. So says Lee Shumow, a Distinguished Teaching Professor in the NIU College of Education’s Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations. Shumow will present “Through the Lens of Experience: Using Video to Help Young Professionals Develop,”...
The Digital Convergence Lab and a team of NIU students, faculty and staff are preparing to unveil their newly developed video game, Picodroid. The game, developed for NIU STEM Outreach, was designed to teach basic concepts in chemistry and physics to middle and high school students. A by-invitation-only demonstration will be held today on campus....
Alfred W. Tatum, an NIU alum and former professor in the Department of Literacy Education, will return Tuesday, Sept. 27, as the featured speaker in the College of Education’s Fall 2011 Community Learning Series. Tatum, who now teaches in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), will speak...
As high school science teachers return to their classrooms to begin a new school year, scholars from NIU are urging them to talk more to girls. Otherwise, the College of Education researchers warn, the United States will struggle to meet its scientific and technological ambitions for the future. Science teachers spend 39 percent more class...
The 2011 spring seminar series of NIU’s Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy will cover topics related to language development and transitions to literacy. Transitions in language and literacy development reflect a general theme of research that cuts across multiple CISLL affiliates. This seminar topic was chosen in hopes that it would give...
NIU faculty members will meet Wednesday, Nov. 10, with leaders of Rockford Public School District 205 to learn about NIU’s current activities in Rockford and about priorities for the Rockford schools. The meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center. Large, urban school districts...
Jacquelynne Eccles of the University of Michigan will present a talk titled, “What Are We Doing To Our Young People? Designing Appropriate Educational Contexts for Adolescents,” from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center. Eccles is the McKeachie-Pintrich Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Education and...
