Playful Design
May 27, 2016
Early childhood education students partnered with mechanical engineering students to design developmentally-appropriate toys for young children. As a result of this successful collaboration, some toys have been identified as potential products for a toy manufacturer.
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Unique experiences for CEHD students
May 26, 2016
UD’s World Scholar and UD in DC programs Leaving home to attend college can be difficult for most students, but freshman Dominique Ceretti took this a step further. She enrolled in UD’s World Scholars Program, which allows incoming freshman to study abroad for their first semester of college. World Scholars …
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Recruiters clamor for UD graduates
April 21, 2016
Recruiters were out in force in April, interviewing hundreds of teacher candidates at Project Search, UD’s education job fair. “We’re trying to get the best candidates, so we come here every year. We meet quality students who are well-prepared,” said Hodgson principal Jerry Lamey.
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Spring events popping up everywhere
April 20, 2016
Faculty, alumni, students and their families are invited to attend CEHD’s upcoming events including: Project Search career fair, Steele Research Symposium, Celebration of Excellence, UD’s graduation ceremonies and Alumni Weekend.
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Dance in Denmark
April 19, 2016
Lucy Font, ETE major, combined her interest in dance with her professional aspirations of working with children in low-income environments. As an ArtsBridge scholar, she designed a curriculum integrating dance into math lessons. She was then invited to present her findings at Denmark’s 13th annual Dance and Child conference.
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Bookworms curriculum improves reading skills
March 30, 2016
Sharon Walpole, University of Delaware, and Mike McKenna, University of Virginia, developed “Bookworms,” a free, open-access, elementary ELA curriculum to increase students’ reading comprehension and vocabulary. Schools in Delaware and Georgia have successfully implemented this program.
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Grad Education program up to #35
March 24, 2016
CEHD’s graduate education program moved up two positions in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 Best Graduate Education Program. We achieved a ranking of 35th overall (out of 376 graduate education programs), and 25th among public institutions.
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March Update: 2016 ROAD CLOSURES on Academy St.
March 18, 2016
Access to Perkins Parking Garage will be limited March 28-April 1, to install gas lines. This will affect Academy Street, East Park Place and Courtney St. around the garage.
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Steele Symposium Call for Submission
March 17, 2016
This spring, CEHD celebrates the research of our undergraduate and graduate students at the 31st Steele Symposium. Students are encouraged to submit papers and posers that will be presented Friday, April 29.
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Strategies for stocking healthy foods
March 1, 2016
Allison Karpyn, CRESP, has received $70,000 funding from Healthy Eating Research to determine Minimum Stocking Levels and Marketing Strategies for Retail Food Stores. Over an 8-month period, Karpyn’s team will aim to: 1) understand the barriers and facilitators to implementation of the guidelines for Minimum Stocking Levels and Marketing Strategies of …
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Early Career Achievement Award
February 17, 2016
Steven Amendum, DCTE Faculty Scholar in the School of Education was presented with the 2015 Early Career Achievement Award by the Literacy Research Association. He was recognized for making “significant contributions to literacy research and education.”
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2015 Year in Review
February 2, 2016
CEHD is dedicated to addressing the challenges faced by schools, children and families at home and around the world. To learn how our students and faculty helped to make a difference in 2015, we invite you to watch our 2015 Year in Review video.
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