Education and Human Development

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Emily Davison: Outstanding Graduating Student

Emily Davison of North Waterboro, Maine is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Education and Human Development. She is majoring in athletic training with a minor in child development and family relations. The UMaine Presidential Scholarship recipient also received the 2023 Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association Joseph Abraham Scholarship and 2022 Maine Athletic Trainers’ […]

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UMaine CCIDS receives nearly $500K Maine DHHS grant to help adults with disabilities

With a $499,970 grant from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services Office of Aging and Disability Services, the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS), will conduct a model demonstration project of intensive evidence-based behavioral intervention to help adults with disabilities who are currently subject to restrictive behavior management […]

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Volin to receive AERA award for co-led education research project

The American Educational Research Association will present its 2023 Outstanding Conference Submission Award for the project, “Interrogating consequential education research: Exploring social networks connecting communities with a university environmental service-learning program.” Team members on the project from the University of Connecticut include John Volin, now University of Maine executive vice president for academic affairs and […]

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Bond co-writes article about play for Inside Higher Ed

Niya Bond, Ph.D. candidate in higher education at the University of Maine, co-wrote an article for Inside Higher Ed about the importance of play in learning. The article explained that Bond has created a video about the vision she has for the teaching and learning journey that she will share with students of her online […]

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BDN cites UMaine research about Bangor schools

The Bangor Daily News reported that Bangor school leaders and teachers are setting goals after evaluation research by the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development that showed some Bangor students experience school differently based on their gender, race, socioeconomic status and whether they require additional academic support.

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Thirty-one faculty members receive tenure and/or promotion

At the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias, 31 faculty members have received tenure and/or promotion this spring. The annual announcement recognizes outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarship and research, and community engagement. Tenure for 21 of the faculty members was approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees on March […]

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Phys.org shares UMaine study about teacher burnout

Phys.org reported on a new University of Maine study that suggests the personal protective factors of resilience and compassion satisfaction, and the professional factor of working in a positive school climate are key to mitigating burnout among teachers.

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Study asks what personal and professional factors help mitigate teacher burnout

A new study from two University of Maine researchers suggests that the personal protective factors of resilience and compassion satisfaction, and the professional factor of working in a positive school climate are key to mitigating burnout among teachers.  Compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress and burnout have long been identified as commonplace in so-called helping professions […]

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BDN shares UMaine Learning With AI initiative

The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine launched Learning With AI, an initiative to help faculty and students adapt to an educational landscape transformed by generative AI like ChatGPT and DALLE. “The evolution of AI tools over the past six months has been unprecedented. This has led to an urgent need for […]

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