The University of Kentucky College of Education and the nation’s largest and most preeminent civil rights organization are launching a groundbreaking collaboration. NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson, NAACP Chairman Leon W. Russell, UK Provost David Blackwell, and UK College of Education Dean Julian Vasquez Heilig have signed an agreement to develop … Read More
Undergraduate students interested in working as a STEM Education research fellow have just a few more days to apply. The application deadline is Friday, May 22. Molly Fisher, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of STEM Education, was awarded a three-year renewal of a $378,159 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) … Read More
Are you a University of Kentucky faculty member or student designing a research study? Want to know how to be sure it has adequate sample sizes to determine the minimum meaningful effect size? Register for a free, online talk by Dr. James Peugh, research associate professor and quantitative psychologist at … Read More
Fayette County Public Schools students began earning credit at home through the state’s non-traditional instruction (NTI) program this week, in an effort to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. Researchers at the University of Kentucky College of Education are using video-conferencing technology to connect with students from a Lexington … Read More
Helping science teachers find new ways to reach students is at the core of a National Science Foundation grant Dr. Lin Xiang received last semester as part of her work with the Alliance for Science Educators. The grant was awarded to a lead institution, California State University, East Bay, and … Read More
Dr. Narmada Paul is passionate about helping students gain the skills and motivation needed to make a difference in their communities. She believes that teaching students to be responsible citizens in the digital world is one way to encourage civic engagement in learners. “A lot of civic engagement is already … Read More
Drs. Beth Rous, Victoria Sherif, and Kathryn Chapman are currently implementing a national survey focused on leadership beliefs and practices of U.S. early childhood program and public preschool administrators. Initial findings indicate a gap between administrator beliefs in the importance of leadership-based practices (e.g., mentoring teachers, listening to staff concerns, … Read More
The Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) awarded Professor Brian Bottge in the Department of Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education a supplemental grant to design a hybrid form of assessment that combines an oral questioning component with a technology-based platform. The need for the new assessment surfaced in two … Read More
Mark Abel, associate professor of exercise physiology in the UK College of Education Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, conducts research to enhance the safety, health, and occupational performance of structural firefighters. As a former firefighter, he understands the demands of the job. As a researcher, his lab is identifying … Read More
Lyudmyla Ivanyuk, a doctoral scholar at the University of Kentucky College of Education, won the Literacy Research Association’s 2019 J. Michael Parker Award for contributions to adult literacy research. She will graduate this month with her D.Ed. in Literacy Education. Ivanyuk’s study focused on understanding how context and genre shape … Read More