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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When she was in high school, Grace Pouliot decided that she wanted to be a University of Maine Black Bear.
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The Kennebec Journal quoted University of Maine faculty members Courtney Angelosante, a special education lecturer, and Jim Artesani, associate dean in the College of Education and Human Development, in an article about measures to improve safety and happiness in schools.
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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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A greater understanding of the serious and often long-lasting effects of complex risk factors has led to the development of systems-oriented models of prevention and intervention in schools.
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Lt. Col. Jon Velishka takes another sip of coffee. When giving a 9 a.m. lecture to University of Maine graduate students on complex issues of national security and foreign policy, it helps to be well caffeinated.
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Development and evaluation of a first-of-its-kind remote learning platform providing people who are blind or visually impaired (BVI) nonvisual access to STEM-related graphical information is the focus of a $748,000 National Science Foundation grant to the University of Maine.
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As a research assistant with University of Maine’s Immersive Mathematics in Rendered Environments (IMRE) lab, Camden Bock helps develop virtual reality software for teaching math to kids. As a Ph.D. student in STEM Education, he’s researching how these new tools are used in in PreK-12 schools across Maine.
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Volleyballmag.com recently published an article co-written by Richard Kent, professor of literacy education at University of Maine and David Gallagher, a literacy professor at Mount Saint Mary College (New York), about creating team notebooks for volleyball teams at all levels.
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