Hans van der Mars, MLFTC professor and program coordinator of Physical Education, knows it will take a lot of time for the U.S. education system to really embrace physical education again, but it’s making progress.
Unfortunately, it took a significant rise in obesity among children and youth for PE to get increased attention. Van der Mars says policymakers continue to define education almost entirely by “what goes on just above the neck.” The body is seen as an appendix, he comments.
In front of a sold-out crowd, the 2018 Founders’ Day Awards program honored members of the ASU community for the impact and excellence of their work March 21 in Tempe. The awards ceremony, hosted by the ASU Alumni Association, has been a signature event for the university for decades, and honors individuals who exemplify the spirit of the founders of the Territorial Normal School of Arizona, ASU’s predecessor institution.
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The night Greg Wojtulewicz (BAE '68, MAE '71) proposed to Doris Welsh (MAE '71) at the foot of University Bridge, the young couple ran across campus to tell her parents who lived at Broadway and Rural in Tempe. Both education majors, the newly engaged Arizona State University students had no idea of the legacy they were about to create. Now 50 years later, Doris and Greg take pride in the 11 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in their family — all from Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.
ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College placed No. 15 among 385 institutions surveyed in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of America’s graduate schools of education. Among public universities, the college was ranked No. 7. This year’s U.S. News & World Report survey solidifies ASU’s ascent to the top tier of colleges of education since 2012, when it ranked No. 35 in the survey.
If it's late March and you hear cheers and boos coming from Stuart Rice's office, don't be too alarmed.
Odds are that the Arizona State University graduate student and EdPlus creative designer is simply reacting to a recent donation made on Sun Devil Giving Day, his various mood swings coming as he tracks the contributions made either to his school — the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College — or another college following closely behind his.
Carole Greenes was selected to receive the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Since 2010, Greenes has served as director of Arizona State University’s Practice Research and Innovation in Mathematics Education (PRIME) Center, and as professor of mathematics education in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The classroom is noisy. One reason is the rambunctious PE class on the other side of the windows in one wall. The other is the excitement level of the girls in the classroom, sitting in twin desks and chatting nonstop. At least one, often both of the girls in each pair taps away on a smartphone or tablet. They frequently look at each other’s screens, point, sometimes laugh and constantly talk.
It’s safe — and sad — to say each of us has had some sort of experience with bullying, whether it be firsthand or indirectly. That said, Natasha O’Connell and Kimberlee Franco, both elementary education students at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College; as well as students of Barrett, the Honors College, say it can be the impetus for change.
The first of four strategic initiatives undertaken by ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College to carry out its mission asks, “How should we develop and deploy a 21st-century education workforce?”
The American Education Research Association, the leading organization for advancing knowledge about education and promoting the application of educational research, is holding its 2018 Annual Meeting April 13-17 in New York City.
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is proud to have more than 90 of our scholars presenting or speaking this year. See all the sessions below.