UMaine students get immersive experience in engineering education
In 2019, Maine adopted the Next Generation Science Standards for K–12 schools, which call for integrating engineering concepts and practices into science classrooms.
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Buchanan, Mills receive Faculty Research Award
Assistant professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction Rebecca Buchanan has received a 2020 Faculty Research Award from the University of Maine’s Faculty Research Fund program, which aims to support faculty in establishing or maintaining high quality research programs and other creative achievements.
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UMaine professors advance framework for developing socially conscious teacher leaders
In order to develop teacher leaders in preK–12 schools, three University of Maine faculty members suggest a career-spanning framework that emphasizes continuous inquiry, social justice, and an expanded notion of teachers’ roles in schools, communities and society.
Read moreBiddle, Sezen-Barrie among UMaine faculty members to receive tenure and/or promotion
The University of Maine has announced that 28 faculty members have received tenure and/or promotion, including two faculty members from the College of Education and Human Development.
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Maine Schools in Focus: I feel like I’ve had a bag over my head — New teachers explore issues of diversity, power and justice
Over 80 percent of teachers in the U.S. are white, despite an increasingly diverse PK-12 student population. This demographic imperative has prompted teacher education to respond in two diverging ways.
Read moreUMaine partners with EDC, Mount Washington Observatory and others on NSF-funded project to promote data science education
The University of Maine is partnering with the Education Development Center (EDC) in Waltham, Massachusetts, Mount Washington Observatory (MWO) in North Conway, New Hampshire, and additional partners to help eighth-grade students in rural Maine and New Hampshire learn scientific data analysis and modeling skills. The new WeatherX project is funded by a three-year, $1.19 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
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