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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Gaining a new perspective
January 21, 2016
This Winter Session, CEHD offered two Study Abroad programs, providing students the opportunity to integrate coursework with unique experiences in a global environment. See how students developed increased cultural sensitivity in South Africa, and integrated art and architecture into math lessons in Turkey.
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Inspiring Jewish agencies to integrate people with disabilities
January 20, 2016
Jewish Community Services agencies tend to segregate people with disabilities, isolating them from fully participating in their community life. To address this, the Ruderman Family Foundation (RFF), under the direction of Steven Eidelman, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Human Services Policy and Leadership in Human Development & Family Studies, established …
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Creating improved observational protocol for writing instruction
January 12, 2016
With the attention that the Common Core State Standards give to writing, and the writing requirements in the new Smarter Balanced Assessments, many teachers and administrators are concerned about their approach to writing instruction. “As an elementary principal, and later, as Director of Curriculum and Instruction, I frequently observed primary …
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Predicting and addressing difficulties with fractions
January 12, 2016
In 2010, the Center for Improving the Learning of Fractions (CILF) was established at the University of Delaware. As part of a $10 million center grant from the Institute of Education Sciences, Nancy C. Jordan, professor of learning sciences in UD’s School of Education; Lynn Fuchs, Vanderbilt University; and Robert …
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Residential program for students with intellectual disabilities
January 4, 2016
The Center for Disabilities Studies was awarded funding by UD’s Professional and Continuing Studies to support a summer program for high school students with intellectual disabilities. As an extension of the Career and Life Studies Certificate (CLSC) program, this a one-week residential program will help students set goals, explore career …
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Our students make a difference
December 14, 2015
CEHD students enroll in our college because they want to make a difference in the lives of people around the world. Learn how our students have had an impact this year–feeding the hungry, increasing inclusiveness and improving childhood education.
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Making education fast, fun, cheap, useful
December 8, 2015
Robert L. Hampel, professor, history of education, is crafting a book that will provide an historical overview of education in the United States. Titled Fast, Fun, Easy, Cheap and Useful: A History of Shortcuts in and around American Education this book is designed for audiences beyond fellow historians of education, to caution readers …
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Contributions for the VanDornick Scholarship
November 30, 2015
Contributions are being accepted for the newly created Barbara G. VanDornick Scholarship, created to honor Barbara’s dedication to UD’s teacher education students. The fund will help supplement teacher tests and certification costs.
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Student Spotlight: Daniel Owen
November 30, 2015
Daniel Owen Career and Life Studies Certificate Student Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas Classification: Second Year in Career and Life Studies Certificate (CLSC) program Completion Date: May 2016 Extra Curricular Activities: Best Buddies WVUD: Two Guys and a Sound System Podcast: Tune the World Out SCPAB: Take the Mic Avid Concert-Goer Shadowed baker at Caesar Rodney Dining Hall …
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