The School of Learning and Teaching in the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development will host a series of graduate student research forums to help students meet each other, discuss their research interests, and learn more about faculty scholarship.
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National Board Certification is a voluntary advanced professional certification for educators, and identifies teaching excellence through a performance-based, peer-reviewed assessment. It is designed to develop, retain and recognize accomplished teachers and to generate ongoing improvement in schools nationwide.
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One of the most important tools preservice teachers can develop to make sense of classroom experiences is what Cochran-Smith and Lytle (2009) define as a critical inquiry stance.
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Educators have long recognized the power of poetry to inspire an enduring passion for language in children. But over time, poetry instruction for beginning readers has declined in favor of other teaching methods. Now, some scholars are trying to revive it. In an article, “Why Poetry for Reading Instruction? Because It Works!” published in the […]
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Sandra Caron, professor of family relations and human sexuality, and Deborah Mitchell, retired UMaine police sergeant, presented their research, “A qualitative analysis of interviews with women who experienced sexual assault and who told no one,” at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality in Montreal, Nov. 8–11.
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For some, the term “hazing” brings to mind images of college fraternity antics, pranks and jokes. Increasingly however, countless headlines have exposed some of the horrible and sometimes lethal consequences of hazing in both secondary and post-secondary education settings.
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Two University of Maine literacy professors have a new book that aims to make golfers into “students of the game.” The Golfer’s Workbook is part of the National Writing Project’s Writing Athletes series.
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PennLive cited a 2008 University of Maine study in the article, “Hazing backlash has college fraternities under siege across America.”
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Communication technology plays a major role in the relationships between teens and their nonresident fathers, new research from a University of Maine professor finds.
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A new study led by University of Maine professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan on the prevalence of college hazing and students’ attitudes about hazing behaviors provides fresh insights to inform prevention efforts.
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