Below is a listing of stories focusing on the work and achievements of Learning Sciences' faculty and students. For more SESP news, see the SESP News Center.
- Allan Collins Unveils New Book and Web Site about Rethinking Education
Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America, a new book by Allan Collins, professor emeritus of education and social policy, reveals how new technologies are changing education.
10/29/2009 - Symposium Assesses State of Science Education Today
SESP professor James Spillane will be the rapporteur at the Third Annual Lecture on Science and Technology on October 22 that will consider how policy, research and funding affect science learning.
10/13/2009 - SION: New Group Explores Organizations, Presents Symposium
Professors Jeannette Colyvas and James Spillane, with other Northwestern faculty members, co-founded Social Interaction and Organizing at Northwestern. An inaugural symposium will be held on October 16.
10/08/2009 - Carol Lee Contributes to Carnegie Council's Call to Make Adolescent Literacy a National Priority
Adolescent literacy should be at the heart of education reform, according to a new Carnegie Council for Advancing Adolescent Literacy report, A Time to Act, coauthored by SESP professor Carol Lee.
09/23/2009 - Professors Taylor and Figlio Address Teachers at AP Institute
Professors David Figlio and Edd Taylor were the keynote speakers for the sixth annual Advanced Placement Summer Institute at Northwestern from July 21 to 31.
07/21/2009 - David Rapp Wins Teaching Award
Associate professor David Rapp recently won the 2009 teaching award from the Undergraduate Psychology Association.
06/09/2009 - High School Scientists Gather to Showcase Their Work
A science project showcase for Chicago high school students was hosted by the Meaningful Science Consortium on May 26.
06/03/2009 - Stimulus Funds to Put High School Grads in Science Lab
Stimulus funds will support two recent high school graduates and two high school science teachers to engage in research in the oncofertility laboratory of Dr. Teresa Woodruff.
06/02/2009 - Scholars Debate Spatial Thinking and Science Learning at Conference
Scholars from across the nation explore spatial thinking in relation to science learning at a May 5 conference, “Spatial Thinking and Science Learning,” sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences.
05/05/2009 - SESP Ranks Number 7
Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy (SESP) ranks number seven in the nation, according to the new 2010 ranking of graduate schools of education by U.S.News & World Report.
04/23/2009 - Faculty, Students Present at American Education Research Association Conference
At the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA) from April 13 to 17 in San Diego, 52 Northwestern University faculty members and graduate students will give presentations.
04/02/2009 - Carol Lee to Give Distinguished Educator Series Lecture on April 29
Professor Carol Lee is one of the nationally prominent educators slated to lecture in Pace University’s Distinguished Educators Series, “The Pedagogy of Success in Urban Schools.”
04/01/2009 - Karen Fuson's Math Curriculum Excels, New Study Finds
A mathematics curriculum authored by SESP professor emeritus Karen Fuson came out on top in a new large-scale study of early mathematics programs.
03/12/2009 - Tiffany Simons Chan Becomes First Kinship Fellow
Tiffany Simons Chan, a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences program, is the first recipient of the Kinship Environmental Education Fellowship.
02/24/2009 - Uri Wilensky's BugHunt Game Launches for Darwin's Birthday
An online computer game that mimics Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, created by SESP professor Uri Wilensky and researcher Michael Novak, was launched on February 12 in celebration of Darwin’s birthday.
02/12/2009 - Camillia Matuk Organizes Campus Darwin Exhibit
As a Darwin Fellow with the One Book One Northwestern initiative, learning sciences doctoral student Camillia Matuk is organizing a campus-wide exhibit in honor of Charles Darwin’s birthday.
01/26/2009