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UW-Madison School of Education Online News - September 2004
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IN THIS ISSUE - SEPTEMBER 2004
SCHOOL OFFERS NEW CERTIFICATE IN PSYCHO-SOCIAL FACTORS IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Understanding how non-academic issues such as gender, race, class, and self-concept affect the classroom performance of young people is the goal of this brand new certificate program. Developed by the School's Department of Counseling Psychology and Office of Education Outreach, the program is specially designed for K-12 teachers, principals, counselors, school psychologists and social workers.
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RESEARCH: LINKING ASSESSMENT TO INSTRUCTION
It's no news to teachers that students perform best on tests that assess subject matter they've had a chance to learn. Until recently, however, educators have had little ability to examine the relationship between the content of assessments and the content of instruction. New tools developed by the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum (SEC) project offer a practical way to do that. State education specialists joined researchers at the School's Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) on the SEC project, which is the feature article on WCER's website.
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RESEARCH: LATINO YOUTH & THE PATHWAY TO COLLEGE
The Pew Foundation recently released Professor Alberto Cabrera's report, "Latino Youth & the Pathway to College," co-authored with Scott Swail and Chul Lee. The manuscript examines the experiences of Latino 8th graders preparing for postsecondary education, and compares their experiences to those of their White peers. Cabrera is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and the senior researcher at the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE). The report is available on the Pew Hispanic Center website (see second entry under "June 23, 2004").
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ART PROFESSOR'S WORK FEATURED IN SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
A collectors'-quality blanket designed by sculptor Truman Lowe commemorates the opening on September 21 of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, D.C. Lowe, a professor in the Department of Art, has worked with the Smithsonian Institution since 2000 to develop a permanent collection of North, Central and South American Indian contemporary art, and currently serves as the collection's curator. The commemorative blanket honors Lowe's mother, whose traditional ribbon work was the inspiration for its design. Limited quantities are available for purchase online via the Smithsonian's website.
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GLASS LAB AND SCULPTURE FOUNDRY START THE SEMESTER IN NEW DIGS
Classes in glassworking have been held in the same Randall Street "temporary" facility since the program was first developed by Harvey Littleton in the early 1960s. And for many years the sculpture foundry has existed in a Quonset hut behind the Education Building on Bascom Hill. Now both Art Department programs share a home in a newly created 10,866-square-foot space that's part of a University warehouse near the Kohl Center. The University and the state of Wisconsin invested more than $1 million to remodel the facility and purchase state-of-the-art equipment. You can learn more about the art glass program on its website.
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QUONSET HUT BITES THE DUST
What had stood for nearly 60 years was felled in nearly 60 minutes when the Quonset hut (Q15) behind the Education Building on Bascom Hill was razed on August 16. The structure was the last remaining of 15 Quonset huts erected on campus following WWII, when the University's enrollment doubled with an influx of GI Bill students. Q15 served as an engineering lab in the 1940s, and later as the Department of Art's metal-sculpture foundry lab. The foundry has been moved to a newly remodeled facility in a University warehouse near the Kohl Center.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATORS ABOUND
Once again, the School's Office of Education Outreach is offering a full schedule of workshops and conferences for educators, as well as correspondence courses in education and educational psychology. Coming this fall are workshops on assessment, the second annual Conference on Democracy Education, and a series on Arts, Curriculum and Community, to name just a few programs. You'll find more information about outreach offerings, including a PDF file of the brochure, "Professional Development Opportunities for Educators: Meeting the New Wisconsin Teacher Licensure Requirements," on the office's website.
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DANCE PROGRAM KICKS OFF BUSY FALL SEASON
Students from the Dance Program will be featured in a special evening of music, drama and dance to celebrate the opening of Madison's Overture Center for the Arts on September 20. Then on September 24, the Dance Program will open its fall season on campus with a free public lecture by avant-garde dance innovator and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer at 3:30 p.m. in Lathrop Hall. A complete schedule of fall programs is available on the Dance Program's web calendar.
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CCBC PRESENTS 7TH ANNUAL CHARLOTTE ZOLOTOW LECTURE - OCT. 6
Linda Sue Park will deliver this year's lecture, "The World as Seen Through Purple Eyes," on Wednesday, October 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater. Ms. Park is the author of several works of historical fiction for children and teenagers, including A Single Shard. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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EQUITY-DRIVEN PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP AND POLICY ANALYSIS CONFERENCE - NOV. 18
The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (formerly Educational Administration) is sponsoring a day-long conference that features sessions on "Technology and Leadership," "Pathways to College," and "Trends in K-12 School Finance," to name just a few. The meeting also includes a luncheon address by Arnold Mitchem, president of the Council on Educational Opportunity, as well as an evening presentation by Michael Kirst, professor of education and business administration at Stanford University. Registration information and a downloadable brochure are available online.
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WEB GEM: VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE CAMP RANDALL MEMORY
On fall football Saturdays, all roads lead to Camp Randall. And whether you're near or far, you can join the UW Athletic Department's search for the six greatest memories in Camp Randall Stadium history.
Vote online for your favorite memory
HAVE YOU MOVED OR CHANGED YOUR NAME?
You can easily update that information via the School's website. And we'll make sure that your University records are updated as well as ours. See "Staying in Touch" on the School's alumni web page.
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