News

Broadening our horizons

Oct. 19, 2017

For the first time in the history of our college, students in the elementary teacher preparation program have the opportunity to do a portion of their student teaching abroad. We currently offer programs in Norway and China and are making plans to add a Spanish-speaking country to our offerings as soon as spring 2019. Travel broadens our outlook on the world, its people, and education. See the details for studying in Norway...

Community agencies actively recruit our interns

Oct. 17, 2017

Our Literacy, Learning, and Leadership majors represent a large portion of the undergraduates successfully adding internships to their college experience in preparation for their careers. We hosted a variety of community agencies at the College of Education Internship and Opportunity fair. Undergraduates were able to network and investigate internship opportunities by meeting...

Legacy Award 2017

Oct. 13, 2017

Walter Doyle, interim head of the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies, has been awarded the American Educational Research Association's 2017 Legacy Award in its teaching and teacher education division. The award honors significant and exemplary contributions from leaders in the field.

In a letter announcing the award, Pam Grossman, dean of the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education, cited...

Fall 2017 visit from Nanjing Xiaozhuang and Nantong Universities

Oct. 5, 2017

Experience comes before explanation, students learned as part of the Experience, Patterns, Explanations presentation by Professor Kristin Gunckel.
The value of inquiry was emphasized in this lesson on science teacher preparation. Gunckel is taking part in Teacher Education for Excellence Study-Tour program, a collaboration with Nanjing Xiaozhuang and Nantong Universities. This program offers cultural experience and formal...

Save the date! Adolescent, Family, and Community Literacy: Mobilizing Strength-based Pedagogies

Oct. 3, 2017

Upcoming in March 2018 is Patty Anders’ retirement conference. Plan to bring a story, anecdote, memory, or joke to share, as a “Roast and Toast” in honor of Patty will kick off the events on March 8, 2018.

The conference, “Adolescent, Family, and Community Literacy: Mobilizing Strength Based Pedagogies,” invites teachers, community workers, and researchers to collaborate as a thought collective to connect theory and practice...

Arizona Teachers Academy

Sept. 27, 2017

The College of Education is proud to be part of a new initiative launched to bring more qualified K-12 teachers into Arizona's classrooms by providing teachers with a tuition scholarship. 

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey announced the Arizona Teachers Academy, which is offered at each of Arizona's public universities. Students in the program who teach in Arizona will have their tuition waived through a year-for-year tuition scholarship....

Upward Bound grant supports and empowers underserved students

June 5, 2017

For the first time, the UA will be able to offer the federally funded Upward Bound program. Supporting low-income and first-generation students, the College of Education is partnering with Tucson Unified School District to train high school students in academic preparation, field research and financial literacy. Read the UANews Article by La Monica...

Celebrating our Lindsey Interns

April 21, 2017

Paul Lindsey joined us in Worlds of Words on April 14th to honor the students named as Lindsey Interns for the 2016-17 school year. Lindsey Interns, at the graduate and undergraduate levels, build leadership and management skills through real-world experiences with public outreach programs.The interns each shared a bit about their service to the Tucson community and what it has meant to them.

Pictured (from left to right)Colin...

Turner recognized as leading expert in mathematics teacher education

April 3, 2017

Associate Professor Erin E. Turner was honored with the Distinguished Scholar Award, one of just three such awards across campus each year. The award acknowledges outstanding mid-career faculty who are leading experts in their fields. One of the reasons Turner received the award was due to the transformative innovations she has advanced in mathematics teacher education with the support of major national grants and noted publications. The...

Students attend the National Collegiate Leadership Conference

March 14, 2017

In February, twenty-five COE students, most from the Literacy Learning and Leadership major, attended the 2017 National Collegiate Leadership Conference. This annual conference is student-run and offers leadership skill building and training to the hundreds of students who attend from all over the U.S. Navigate with Purpose was the conference theme, woven through the various workshops and networking events. Amanda Tachine, an alumna...