News & Events

News

September 2009

• James Lehman, C&I department head and professor of educational technology, is part of a team that is developing a new program to prepare computer science teachers for high schools. Dubbed CS4EDU, the project is funded by a 3-year National Science Foundation grant and includes faculty in Computer Science (Susanne Hambrusch - PI, Chris Hoffmann, Tim Korb) and Education (A. G. Rud, Aman Yadav). More
• Anatoli Rapoport, assistant professor of social studies education, is hosting 26 EFL (English as a Foreign Language) and Social Studies teachers from 10 countries (Argentina, Bangladesh, Colombia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan) at Purdue for 6 weeks beginning late in September. This program is part of a Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program grant that Dr. Rapoport received from the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX).
• Phillip VanFossen, James F. Ackerman Professor of Social Studies Education, has been chosen to be a fellow in the Academic Leadership Program sponsored by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). This program is an intensive experience to develop the leadership and managerial skills of faculty who have demonstrated exceptional ability and administrative promise. Professor VanFossen is the director of the James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship, associate director of the Purdue Center for Economic Education, and assistant head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Read more.
• Brenda Capobianco is Co-PI of a newly funded NSF IGERT grant entitled "IGERT: The Solar Economy." The grant PI is Rakesh Agrawal, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and other project Co-PIs are Wally Tyner (Agriculture Economics), Hugh Hillhouse (Chemical Engineering), and Robert Birkmire (Physics, University of Delaware). The grant will prepare graduate students to work in emerging solar economy fields of study.

August 2009

• The department welcomes two new jointly appointed faculty members. Levon Esters is a new assistant professor in agriculture education, jointly appointed in Youth Development and Agriculture Education and C&I. Nathan Mentzer is a new assistant professor in engineering/technology education, jointly appointed in Industrial Technology and C&I.

July 2009

• Purdue’s new licensure program with a focus on teaching English language learners was approved by the state of Indiana. The English Language Learning (ELL) licensure program will provide pre-service and in-service teachers with the professional preparation needed to add English as a New Language to existing teaching licenses. The main focus of the program is the development of current and appropriate skills to effectively accommodate the needs of English language learners (ELLs) in mainstream classrooms. The program will use a hybrid-course delivery format, with courses offered online and face-to-face in different semesters, to address the needs of teachers who are from diverse regions within Indiana. Program requirements include 12 credit hours of course work, participation in a professional conference, and completion of an electronic portfolio. For questions about this new program, contact Dr. Luciana C. de Oliveira, ELL Licensure Program Director, at luciana@purdue.edu or (765) 494-2358. To submit an application, go to https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=purduegrad.

April 2009

• JoAnn Phillion, faculty member in curriculum studies, is being promoted to Professor effective with beginning of the 2009 fall semester.
• David Eichinger, associate professor of science education and biology, is the recipient of the department's Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award.
• Nadine Dolby, associate professor of curriculum studies, is the recipient of the department's Outstanding Faculty Discovery Award.
• JoAnn Phillion, associate professor of curriculum studies, is the recipient of the department's Outstanding Faculty Engagement Award. Professor Phillion was also the recipient of an Innovative Program Award from the Office of International Programs.
• Cindy York, graduate student in educational technology, was the recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award from both the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the College of Education. In addition, she received a 2009 Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award.

March 2009

• The National Council on Teacher Quality (www.nctq.org) released a report, What Indiana's Education Schools Aren't Teaching About Reading, highly critical of the state's preparation of teachers to teach reading. However, Purdue University's programs (at West Lafayette, Calumet, and North Central) constituted 3 of the 6 programs (out of a total of 41) that were cited as ensuring that all elementary teaching majors have adequate exposure to the science of reading.
• Dan Shepardson, a professor of curriculum and instruction and earth and atmospheric sciences, and colleague Dev Niyogi, an assistant professor of agronomy and earth and atmospheric sciences, have developed Activities for Conceptualizing Climate and Climate Change with funding from a grant from the National Science Foundation's Geoscience Education program. The program was unveiled earlier this month at the annual Hoosier Association of Science Teachers conference in Indianapolis. The activities can be accessed at the Indiana State Climate Office at http://iclimate.org/ccc. More... 

February 2009

• Yvonna Lincoln, distinguished professor of higher education and Ruth Harrington Endowed Chair of educational leadership at Texas A&M University, discussed "Qualitative Research in Today's Educational Research Climate" in the C&I Distinguished Lecture Series on Friday, February 27, 2009.

September 2008

• Anita Roychoudhury, associate professor of science education, is the PI of a grant funded by the National Science Foundation that will investigate how middle and high school students learn about global warming and climate change. The grant,  "Making Sense of Global Warming and Climate Change: Model of Student Learning via Collaborative Research," also involves C&I faculty members Dan Shepardson and Brenda Capobianco as well as Dev Niyogi (EAS) and Andy Hirsch (Physics). More...
• Scott Schaffer is the Purdue PI of a grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant, "Collabrotative Research: Validating Assessment Procedures and Interventions for Enhancing Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Ethical Awareness in Undergraduate Project Teams," is also involves C&I couretesy faculty member Bill Oakes (ENE) and investigators from Lehigh University, Michigan Institute of Technology, and Illinois Institute of Technology.

August 2008

• C&I faculty members, Mary Nakhleh and Tim Newby, were inducted into Purdue's Book of Great Teachers. Inductions into the Book of Great Teachers, which occur only once every 5 years, honor faculty members with at least 10 years of service at Purdue for outstanding teaching. Honorees names are inscribed on the Book of Great Teachers plaque which hangs in the west foyer of the Purdue Memorial Union.

July 2008

• Bill Watson, assistant professor of Curriculum and Instruction, has created a new Purdue Center for Serious Games and Learning in Virtual Environments with seed funding from the Discovery Learning Center. The new center is a place for faculty and graduate students to collaborate on their work with virtual environments and video games that can be used as learning environments. For more information, see the available Purdue Exponent article.

June 2008

• Jill May, professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the literacy and language program, received the 2008 Anne Devereaux Jordan Award from the Children's Literature Association (ChLA) at the organization's 35th annual conference. The award "is intended to honor the lifetime achievement of an individual whose scholarship and service have had a significant impact on the field of children's literature."  

May 2008

• Phil Van Fossen was named Outstanding University Professor for 2007-08 by the Purdue chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the International Honor Society in Education.
  
• Peg Ertmer has been selected as one of three senior resource faculty members for the 2008-09 Teaching for Tomorrow Awards Program, sponsored by the Office of the Provost.
  
• Jennifer Richardson was recognized by ITaP (Information Technology at Purdue) for the development of a high-quality distance education course in 2007.

April 2008

• Lynn Bryan (science education) and Phil Van Fossen (social studies education) are being promoted to the rank of Professor effective with the beginning of the 2008 fall semester. Sarah Mahurt (literacy and language education) is being promoted to the rank of Clinical Professor. Brenda Capobianco (science education), Jennifer Richardson (educational technology), and Scott Schaffer (educational technology) are each being promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure. Their promotions were ratified by action of the Board of Trustees in April.
  
• JoAnn Phillion, a faculty member in the curriculum studies program, was selected as the recipient of the 2008 College of Education Dean's Award for Outstanding Faculty Scholarship. Professor Phillion has an outstanding record of publications and was recently elected to the Professors of Curriculum, an international honorary academy. Professor Phillion also was the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding Faculty Discovery Award for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
  
• Donna Enersen, a continuing lecturer who teaches graduate qualitative research courses, was selected as the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
  
• David Eichinger, jointly appointed faculty member in Curriculum and Instruction and Biological Sciences, received an Excellence in Teaching Award from Purdue Student Government.
  
• Minchi Kim, assistant professor of educational technology, is the recipient of a 2008 Robert C. Anderson Award from the University of Georgia recognizing excellence in research by a recent graduate of the University of Georgia Graduate School.
  
• Aliya Rahman, graduate student in curriculum studies, was the recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award from both the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the College of Education. In addition, she received a 2008 Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award.

March 2008

• First Opinions—Second Reactions: Reviews of Recent Children’s and Young Adult Literature is a new electronic journal published by Purdue University Press and co-edited by Professors Janet Alsup and Jill May. The journal is designed as a forum for teachers, scholars, and students to learn about new books and integrate them into their curricula or scholarly works. The journal publishes not only reviews of books for children and young adults, but also the "reactions" of teachers and scholars to these reviews after the materials have been introduced to students at various instructional levels. Thus, the journal seeks to create a dialogue among those who are interested in the study and classroom teaching of children’s and adolescent literature. Each issue revolves around a topic or issue relevant to contemporary children’s and young adult literature. The inaugural issue of First Opinions—Second Reactions is available online at http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/fosr/.

August 24 - Fall classes begin

September 18 - C&I Faculty Meeting, 1:30pm, BRNG 3276

October 7 - Allan Collins lecture, 4:00pm, LWSN 1142