Jen Matos: La Familia and other secrets to Latinx student success
Dr. Matos will share how Latinx parents, a well-kept secret ingredient, assist with the academic success of Latinx students at all educational levels.
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Fellowships for Education Studies Students and Alumni
Come learn about national fellowships relevant to Education Studies students and alumni!
Free
Simply because people refuse to see me: Black Lives Matter and equity in education. A historical perspective
In this presentation, Professor Yohuru Williams will connect the Black Lives Matter movement to historical racial justice struggles with special attention to disproportionality in education.
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Academic Forum
Interested in learning more about the College of Education Studies? Come meet some of our faculty at the Academic Forum!
Jarvis R. Givens: The Fugitive Life of Black Teaching: A History of Pedagogy and Power
This event will be held at the College of Education Studies building at 164 Mount Vernon Street in Middletown, CT. Professor Givens offers the term "fugitive pedagogy" to characterize African ...
Careers in Education Journalism
The need for top-notch coverage of education is more pressing than ever. What does it take to work as a journalist covering the complex issues in education today? How can ...
Careers in Education Policy: Jessica Bowen ’11 & Sarah Rosenberg ’06
The field of education is more than classroom teaching. It involves concerned people across the country researching and setting policy to guide decision makers and educators at the local, state ...
Florencia Anggoro: Designing Cognitive Supports for Children’s Science Learning
Understanding the structure of scientific theories (e.g., the heliocentric model of the solar system, evolution by natural selection, particle theory of matter) is fundamentally a process of relational learning: mapping the ...
Kat Schrier and Matthew Farber: Transforming Our World Through Games
Zoom Registration Required Games can have a powerful impact on learning--but there are limitations. In this conversation, Dr. Kat Schrier and Dr. Matthew Farber will explore how play may (and may not) help ...
Judith Kafka: The Twisted Histories of U.S. Schools and Prisons
Professor Kafka will examine the historic relationship between schools and prisons in the United States, not as a “pipeline” from one to the other, but as interdependent institutions. Using two ...
Careers and Graduate Study in Education Alumni Panel
Join recent Wesleyan graduates in a discussion of the pathways they have taken in education, including teaching, grant-funded non-profit work, Master of Arts in Teaching graduate programs, residency programs, policy ...
