The transition from in-person to online learning required by the coronavirus pandemic left the education community rushing to find ways to meet the needs of all learners. Many Mary Lou Fulton Teacher College faculty members pivoted quickly to bring the benefits of their research to bear on empowering teachers to manage this new education landscape.
Associate Professor Leanna Archambault was the guest for the July 7 “Ask an Expert” segment on KCBS radio in San Francisco. Listen as she spends 20 minutes with host Stan Bunger, answering questions about online education and the challenges confronting teachers and administrators this school year.
“The Friz” has stepped off the bus and is off on another adventure.
Last week the world mourned the passing of celebrated children’s book author Joanna Cole, whose “The Magic School Bus” series inspired and entertained generations of learners.
The prolific and award-winning writer died on July 12 at the age of 75 from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Formerly a grade school teacher, Cole sold an astounding 93 million books in her lifetime.
Common Core Mathematics Standards and Standards for Mathematical Practice
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College adds faculty with expertise in social justice, privilege, oppression, and race and colorism, among others.
Geoffrey Borman, Foundation Professor: Borman comes to MLFTC from University of Wisconsin – Madison where he was a professor, researcher and the director of the University's Postdoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training Program. His area of expertise is K–12 education policy, applied statistics and research methods.
Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College hosted the first in a series of trainings engaging Moroccan educators about Next Education Workforce models.
When the pandemic hit, parents and educators panicked over how children would get an education. Most schools and classes moved online. Overnight, parents transformed themselves into teachers and teachers transformed the way they taught. And together, everyone scrambled for resources and the online education marketplace flourished.
Arizona State University offers more than 800 fully accredited undergraduate and graduate degree programs — not to mention more than 270 minors and certificates — and that number is growing this fall.
From sports business to political philosophy to venture development, these new programs will equip students with the knowledge and hands-on learning to thrive in their future careers. Here are some of the new options for fall 2020.
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American studies
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles and conference papers written by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Next month, Assistant Professor Mildred Boveda is launching the virtual learning community, “Starting from Complexity, Engaging Black Women’s Literature and Epistemologies,” funded through MLFTC’s Office of Scholarship and Innovation. The monthly book club will focus on reading and discussing literature by Black women — poetry, essays, novels and nonfiction — in an effort to understand how the work can inform education research, policy and practice.
Here, Boveda shares her inspiration and hopes for the project.