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Helping Youth Gain Real-World Skills Using Virtual Reality

Nov. 04, 2018

Elizabeth Gabriel Nov. 4, 2018 Many teenagers’ fascination with virtual worlds online can result in isolation from natural and cultural environments, says College of Education Curriculum and Instruction doctoral students Wenting Ellen Zou and Hsiao-Ping Hsu. “Yet education is in constant change and technology plays a vital role in changing the ways…

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Advice from the Experts

Oct. 30, 2018

K-12 students chime in with some advice for new teachers to help them connect with their students.

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Kristin Neff Discusses the Yin and Yang of Self-Compassion in The New York Times

Sep. 28, 2018

Educational Psychology Associate Professor Kristin Neff shares ways that survivors of assault can practice self-compassion in light of the Kavanaugh-Blasey testimonies.

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EPP Doctoral Student Awarded Ginny Looney Servant Leader Award

Sep. 27, 2018

Educational Policy and Planning doctoral student Chloe Latham Sikes was awarded the Ginny Looney Servant Leader Award.

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Educational Psychology Alumni Co-Author Book to Help Parents Manage Their Children’s Digital World

Sep. 27, 2018

Educational Psychology alumni Mike Brooks, Ph.D '99, and Jon Lasser, Ph.D. '99 have co-authored a book that helps parents find a balance between technology and families.

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Educational Psychology Alumni Co-Author Book to Help Parents Manage Their Children’s Digital World

Sep. 27, 2018

Educational Psychology alumni Mike Brooks, Ph.D '99, and Jon Lasser, Ph.D. '99 have co-authored a book that helps parents find a balance between technology and families.

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Toste gets STAMP of Approval as a 2018 Provost’s Teaching Fellow

Sep. 06, 2018

Special Education Assistant Professor Jessica Toste will join the 2018 cohort of Provost's Teaching Fellows as the first Special Education fellow.

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Kinesiology and Health Education Alumni Win Teacher of the Year Awards

Aug. 31, 2018

Two Kinesiology and Health Education have earned Teacher of the Year awards from the Texas Association for Health and Physical Education, Recreation and Dance,

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How Young Is Too Young for Teachers to Encourage Students’ Voice in Their Own Curriculum?

Jul. 31, 2018

After earning her Ph.D., Guadalupe Chavez '15, took her own experiences as a second language learner back to her classroom to give agency to kindergarteners.

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The College of Education Mourns the Passing of Terry Todd

Jul. 10, 2018

A Tribute to Terry Todd, Ph.D.January 1, 1938—July 7, 2018 Terry Todd was a writer, academic, journalist, champion lifter, coach, sport promoter, director of the Arnold Strongman Classic, and founder, with his wife, Jan Todd, of the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports at the University of…

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