Most of us have a generalized understanding that something called globalization has been happening for several decades (or centuries, depending on your historical yardstick), and that it involves the acceleration of the movement of people, capital, goods and ideas around the world.
So what does it mean for a college of education to think and act globally? For Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, it means operating on three broad fronts.
Third-plus generation students — those born in the U.S. to U.S.-born parents — attend better-resourced schools compared to first- and second-generation students from immigrant families. But analysis reveals that these students who attend schools that do not serve immigrants are more likely to demonstrate lower academic achievement than their peers who do. In other words, attending school with immigrant student peers may actually improve the academic performance of third-plus generation learners.
Over 70 years ago, James A. Banks was on an Arkansas farm, picking cotton. In a segregated community, he walked five miles to school while a bus took the “white kids.” Early on, Banks was aware of the inequality and inequitable opportunities available to him and developed a strong commitment to social justice issues.
Nothing gives Arizona State University freshman Larissa Lopez greater satisfaction than giving back to society.
That’s why the 18-year-old wants to teach elementary school students when she graduates from the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College in four years.
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is partnering with AmeriCorps to recruit sophomores and juniors as mentors for first-year students. The $160,000 grant aims to increase MLFTC undergraduate students’ engagement in college and university activities, knowledge of services and resources, awareness of financial options, and academic support, says Erica Mitchell, executive director, Student Services.
Read about and watch the video of Dean Carole Basile talking about MLFTC's team-teaching model.
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Steve Graham was named the winner of the 2019 E.L. Thorndike Career Achievement Award by the American Psychological Association. The Thorndike is among the most prestigious awards given to living educational psychologists for their career-long achievements and contributions to the field. The APA says Thorndike winners “...
IgnitED Labs — located at Tempe, Polytechnic and West campuses — are hands-on, creative spaces filled with new and emerging technologies that aim to assist Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College students, staff and faculty members with teaching and learning. Tempe and Polytechnic labs are open now, and the West lab will be open mid-September.