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The Department of Curriculum and Instruction is ranked 5th in the nation, according to 2010 US News and World Report. The faculty address critical issues of learning, teaching, and social justice at global and local levels. The department emphasizes preparation and continuing professional development of early childhood, elementary and secondary teachers and teacher educators. Faculty and students are committed to seeking deep interconnections among theory, research, and practice.
Announcements
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction welcomes our new department head, Fouad Abd El Khalick.
Tettegah re-appointed as Program Director by the National Science Foundation
Sharon Tettegah, a faculty in the Math Science and Technology Division, has been re-appointed as a Program Director to the National Science Foundation's Education and Human Resource Directorate. She continues her work in the Lifelong Learning Center Cluster, Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings.
Faculty Awards, May 2011
Congratulations to our faculty members who won awards for the 2010-2011 school year:
- Dr. Mark Dressman - Dean's Breakthroughs Initiative Prize for Faculty
- Dr. Sarah McCarthey - Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (advising)
- Ms. Sonya Irving - Outstanding Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants
- Barbara Hug - Campus Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
Faculty members Mark Dressman and Rochelle Gutierrez promoted to Professor
Mark Dressman's research investigates the underlying cultural, philosophical, economic, and historical assumptions that shape research and practice in the teaching of literacy across a wide range of textual modes.
Rochelle Gutierrez's research focuses on the structural and pedagogical factors involved in equity for marginalized students, especially African American and Latina/Latino students.
Meet our new postdoctoral fellows!
Welcome to four new Postdoctoral Fellows who are working on the project, "Assessing Complex Performance: A Postdoctoral Training Program Researching Students Writing in Digital Workspaces." Sarah McCarthey, one of the PIs on the grant says, "This is one of the most exciting projects I have ever worked on. The contributions of four Fellows with expertise in writing and technology will be a major asset to our work on assessment, complex performance, and pedagogy in the domain of writing." Read more...
IES-Funded Postdoc Training in Mathematics Education Research provides fellows with a rich set of experiences and skills needed to conduct mixed-method and quantitative research that will improve U.S. mathematics teaching and learning with diverse populations.