In the fall of 2014, the education department is offering an opportunity for education majors to shadow teachers in urban classrooms through the CitySquare program. CitySquare is a faith based organization located in downtown Dallas that "exists to fight the root causes of poverty by partnering with those in need". Their goal is to empower ... [Read More…]
Education department to add new master’s degree
The Department of Teacher Education will add a Masters degree option, beginning Spring 2013. The Faculty Senate affirmed a M. Ed. in Teaching and Learning Monday. The department will host four interest meetings for undergraduate students next week. Dr. Dana Pemberton, department chair, said the new graduate level degree has been in the works for ... [Read More…]
Instructor, students create iPhone app
After several years of research and development, an education-based app created by ACU faculty and students is now available for all Apple devices. Mitzi Adams, instructor in ACU's Department of Teacher Education, worked alongside three other ACU students to develop an application called "Count On It." Adams applied her 25 years of teaching ... [Read More…]
Students lead workshops at conference
Five students from the Department of Teacher Education led a workshop presenting science experiments at the Conference Advancement of Science Teaching/Science Teachers Association of Texas annual conference in Dallas last November. "All five of us had to create a physical science experiment," said Kristi Damon, senior education major from ... [Read More…]
The new College of Education and Human Services will include three departments, school of social work
By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief Three departments and a school formerly in the College of Arts and Sciences will move next year to be part of the university's newly created College of Education and Human Services, administrators said Wednesday. The departments of Education; Exercise Science and Health; Communication Sciences and Disorders and ... [Read More…]