Imagine being part of a process that allows you the freedom to solve a challenge with no predetermined “right” answer. If there were answers to choose from, they still would not be correct because you would be missing a key component — empathy — and your thinking would be severely limited.
A year ago, we announced we were reimagining our college of education. Big words, admittedly. But we also have to admit that our education system does not reliably do what we need it to do for nearly enough people and communities. So, a year later, it’s time to ask: What are we doing about it?
This semester, four Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College researchers are utilizing grants awarded by the Institute for Social Science Research at Arizona State University. The projects they submitted to ISSR were recognized for having particular significance to the social sciences, with the potential to benefit communities through contributions beyond education research.
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.
Leanna Archambault | article (co-author) "Responsible Innovation and Education: integrating values and technology in the classroom" Journal of Responsible Innovation, Sept. 2018
Arizona State University Associate Professor Craig A. Mertler is a man of action — and research.
Christine Kajikawa Wilkinson recently has received two honors recognizing her career that has been dedicated to education and leadership with an extensive history of community service.
Arizona Superintendent, Diane Douglas, proposed new standards developed by Hillsdale College, a private Christian college. However, not all members of the education community are on board. Our own Eileen Merritt, assistant professor shared her concerns with KJZZ.
High school math teacher Andrew Strom felt thrilled when he was recruited for an eight-week stretch working with Arizona State University engineering researchers this past summer.
Another feeling emerged once he began getting immersed in the researchers’ projects.
“It was very humbling because I realized I don’t really know anything,” Strom said with obvious humor.
But the thrill wasn’t gone. It was amplified.
Many people view education as fundamentally a local phenomenon, especially in the United States. Iveta Silova, professor and director of ASU’s Center for Advanced Studies in Global Education, part of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, says that view needs to be broadened. We need to be much more open to the world, she says. It’s changing all of the time, and so must we.
For the fourth consecutive year, Arizona State University has been named among the top producers of Teach for America corps members, according to 2018 rankings released by Teach for America, the national nonprofit that enlists recent college graduates to teach for two years in high-need urban and rural public schools.
In 2018, ASU climbed in the rankings to the top three, up from No. 4 in 2017, among large institutions included in the 680 contributing colleges and universities.