A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.
Juliet Barnett | article (author) "Three Evidence-Based Strategies that Support Social Skills and Play Among Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders" Early Childhood Education Journal, Aug. 2018
Arizona State University played a major role in the first-ever Summit on the Research and Teaching of Young Adult Literature, held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 13-16. Ten participants from ASU — faculty, alumni and doctoral students — presented 11 of the 40 keynotes and were featured in programs for authors, K-12 teachers and university scholars and administrators in attendance.
Michelene Chi was named the winner of the 19th David E. Rumelhart Prize in Cognitive Science. Often called “the Nobel Prize in Cognitive Science,” the award is presented annually to an individual or team making a significant contemporary contribution to the theoretical foundations of human cognition.
The annual iTeachELLs STEM Camp wrapped up last month and continued to offer invaluable professional development to enthusiastic educators. The camp, in its second year, is increasing both in popularity and in the richness of resources it makes available to educators.
Just because people aren’t talking about race doesn’t mean they aren’t really talking about race, Keon M. McGuire, assistant professor of higher and postsecondary education in Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College says. He’s referring to his experience with coded language during his time in Germany. For two weeks this summer, McGuire served as a visiting professor with the Institute for Special Education at Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany — an opportunity presented to him by Alfredo Artiles, dean of graduate education at ASU.
Maria Tatto, Southwest Borderlands Professor of Comparative Education at ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, has been named an honorary research fellow at the University of Oxford.
Aligned with ASU’s commitment to assume fundamental responsibility for the overall health of the communities we serve, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is deeply engaged with communities throughout Arizona and beyond.
Our social embeddedness is reflected in the fact that MLFTC students contribute to more than 550 schools in the state. It’s also reflected in the way we pursue deep, long-term partnerships with districts, schools and community organizations.
In a column published on PolitiFact, Gustavo Fischman, MLFTC professor of educational policy, writes, "If you look at the measures of entrepreneurial activity after finishing high school and college, the health of the American-educated workforce is pretty good."
Incoming Arizona State University freshman Aquarie Doyle readily admits she didn’t have an idyllic childhood.
The product of a broken home, her parents were both teens when she was born. Doyle’s father ended up leaving for good when she was 7, and Aquarie was raised by her single mother and other assorted relatives.
Doyle found refuge at school and comfort in her kindergarten teacher, Mary McClain of Phoenix’s Esperanza Elementary School.
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.
Rebecca Barber | article (co-author) "A canine identity crisis: Genetic breed heritage testing of shelter dogs" PLOS ONE, Aug. 2018