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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The Bangor Daily News and Broadway World reported the Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research (MAIER) based at the University of Maine, is sponsoring a sensory-friendly performance of Some Theatre Company’s production of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Keith Anderson Community House in Orono.
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The Maine Department of Education recently shared a story in its online newsletter about an Old Town High School senior who overcame reading and writing struggles as a young student with the help of Reading Recovery.
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development will host the 8th annual Correll Early Literacy Conference on Friday March 22 at Wells Conference Center.
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U.S. News & World Report has again recognized the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development as having one of the best online graduate programs for education in the country.
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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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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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