Orientation 2010

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AERA 2010

Michigan Association

for Evaluation

Upcoming Confer-

ences

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Educators in South

Africa

SoTL

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TLC Conference 2010

Fall Classes

Students Feature

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C&I ORIENTATION 2010

Thirteen new master’s and doctoral students participated in this year’s Curricu-

lum and Instruction Orientation, held on the campus of Andrews University. Par-

ticipants from countries such as Australia, Cameroon, Canada, Philippines, Po-

land, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States joined with an equally diverse

group of participants in the Leadership and K-23/Higher Education Administration

programs for the co-sponsored event. The full day schedule, beginning at 8 a.m.

and ending at 4:30 p.m., provided multiple opportunities for interacting and

sharing experiences.

Each day started with a Daily Inspiration session. Led by various faculty mem-

bers, the Daily Inspiration session presented insights on shared program goals

such as service, learning, balanced growth, community, and diversity. Joint ses-

sions, designed to help participants get to know themselves and each other bet-

ter, involved IceBreakers, the STARPower Simulation, and the KOLB, VARK, and

Gregorc Style Inventories. These sessions were followed by breakout sessions

where participants were introduced to the specifics of each program, course plan-

ning, training in research skills, and much more. Finally, each day ended with a

forty-five minute exercise and stretching session led by Anna Piskozub, a certi-

fied fitness trainer, who also serves our School of Education as the Graduate

Services Coordinator.

Orientation is one of two residency requirements for the Online Curriculum and

Instruction Degree Program at Andrews University. The one week intensive is

comprised of two courses: EDCI525 Mater’s Orientation and EDCI725 Doctoral

Orientation. Orientation 2011 will take place July 18-22 on the campus of An-

drews University.

Orientation group picture: Back row: Miriam Fabriga, Barbara Karwacinki, Denise Shaver,

Faith-Ann MacGarrell, Jamie Alabata, Andrea Nagy, Olivia Spencer, Tamara Phillippe,

Gisele Kuhn, Gisela Schmidt, Beatriz Anyalebechi. Front row: Larry Burton, Joe azzopardi,

Tim Buttler, Christine Moniyung, and Samuel Adamou .

Michigan Association for Evaluation

Six members of the Curriculum & Instruction and Leadership programs attended the 15th Annual Conference of the

Michigan Association for Evaluation in Lansing, Michigan. Samuel Adaboh (C&I), Jezmin Garcia (C&I), Pretoria St. Juste (C&I), Lisa Mwesigwa* (LEAD), Mordecai Ongo (LEAD), Olivia Spence (C&I), and Elvetha Telemaque (C&I) travelled ear-ly Thursday morning, April 15, to participate in this year’s conference. This year’s theme, “Sharpening Your Evaluation Skills” supported association’s mission to provide a forum for discussion of evaluation as a science in both academic and public settings.

The Curriculum and Instruction Pro-

gram was well represented at this year’s annual convention of the American Ed-ucation Research Association Confer-ence at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. Five participants from the Cur-riculum & Instruct ion Program pre-sented pa-pers at vari-ous invited a n d r o u n d t a b l e s e s s i o n s : The Role of Faith in the Success of D i v e r s e STEM Stu-dents and Meeting the Needs of Diverse STEM Learners: The Power of Relationship (Larry Burton); Vi-sion and Teacher Burnout in a Parochial School System (Josephine Katenga and Wanli Xing); Factors predicting teacher-perceived levels of stress during complex curriculum change in a secondary school (Giny Lonser); and Bridging the Gap: A Model for Re-flection in Academic Service-Learning in First-Year Writing (Faith-Ann McGarrell). In addition to those who presented, several other C&I graduate students, alumni, former students, and School of Education faculty were in at-tendance: Dr. CC Nwosu, alumni; Em-manuel Atangana, former student; Jez-

min Garcia, current graduate students; Dr. Jerry Furst, Pro-fessor Emeritus. This year the confer-ence wel-comed over

13,000 participants from the United States and over sixty countries. Dialogue revolved around the theme Understanding Complex Ecologies in a Changing World. A variety of pro-gram formats such as the traditional paper presenta-tion, invited presentations, roundtable presenta-

tions, sym-p o s i a , d e m o n s t r a -tion sessions, poster presen-tations, and more provided participants with an intricate look at how learning takes place and is contex-tualized in across the range of human ex-perience. Next

year’s conference is slated for New Or-leans, Louisiana, April 8-12, 2011, with the selected theme Inciting the Social Imagination: Education Research for the Public Good. Proposals will be ac-cepted from June 1-July 15, 2010. Begin planning now to participate and attend.

The conference welcomed participants from

the United States and over sixty countries.

AERA 2010 Denver, Colorado

The Blue Bear at the Denver Convention Center

Pictures Above: Larry Burton, Giny Lonser, Faith-Ann McGarrell, Emmanuel Atangana, Wanli Xing, Jerry Furst. Front-Josephine Katenga, Jezmin Garcia, and CC Nwosu. Not pictures: Andrea Baldwin. Below: Jezmin and CC after church. Taken at the Life Connection Church, Denver, Colorado.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES

October 2010

ASCD—Oct. 29-31, Chicago

“Closing the K-12 gap”

March 2011

ASCD Annual Conf.—March 26-28

San Francisco, Calif.

“Bold Actions For Complex

Challenges”

April 2011

AAACS– April 5-8 New Orleans,

LA ”Curriculum and Emancipa-

tory Modes of Relationality &

Global Interdependence

AERA Annual Conf.—April 8-12

New Orleans, LA .”Inciting the

Social Imagination”

TLC Conf.—More info soon

Scholarship

of Teaching and Learning

Conference (SoTL) Indiana University, South Bend (IUSB) hosted

the 2010 Annual Midwest Re-gional Conference on the Schol-arship of Teaching and Learn-ing (SoTL). The conference is dedicated to supporting and advancing good practice in teaching and learning, a goal evident in this year’s theme: Good Practice in Action. Su-san Hattfield of Winona State University served as the key-note speaker, and presented several practical suggestions for improving teaching prac-tice. Hatfield is contributing author to The Seven Principles in Action, a framework that has been adopted by colleges and universities nationwide. Several members of the Curriculum and Instruc-tion program attended: Samuel Adaboh, Calvin

J o s h u a , Giselle Khun, K w a m e D e j o n g e -Moore, Pre-toria St. Juste, and F a i t h - A n n M c G a r r e l l .

Several other faculty members from various departments across campus also attended, under the auspices of the Office of the Provost of Andrews University.

Pictures: Above: Pretoria Gittens-St.Juste, Dina Sim-mons, and Giselle Khun consult their conference Sched-ules before heading off to the afternoon sessions. Below: C&I colleagues Kwame DeJonge-Moore and Giselle Khun smile under the magnolias on the IUSB campus.

SoTL Keynote

Speaker: Susan

Hatfield, Ph.D.,

Winona State

University

Four members of the Depart-

ment of Teaching, Learning & Curriculum (TLC) participated in the third triennial conference of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (IAACS) in Cape Town, South Africa, Sept. 6–10, 2009. The conference theme, “Rethinking Curriculum Studies,” generated a variety of papers and presentations on the impact of current social issues on curriculum development, design, theorizing and practice. This year’s location provided the opportunity for re-flective conversations on the im-pact of Apartheid on education in po s t -A pa rt he id South Africa. Pa-pers from the An-drews group re-flected the diversi-ty of topics ad-dressed. Larry Burton, professor of teacher education, presented “Reframing ‘traditional’: Relational pedagogy in STEM education.” Calvin Josh-ua, 2010 PhD graduate from the

School of Education, spoke on “Intercultural studies for clergy in the era of globalization.” Faith-Ann McGarrell, assistant profes-sor of curriculum and instruction, presented “Academic service-earning in first-year writing: Im-plications for practice.” IAACS convenes every three years with the intent to provide a space where conversations about curriculum and curricu-lum theorizing are shared and valued regardless of national or international borders, poli-cies, politics or government influences. Attendees included scholars in the field, teaching faculty, graduate students and

supporters. The first conference met in Shanghai, China, the se-cond met in Tampere, Fin-land, and the next conference is scheduled to

take place in Brazil, South Ameri-ca. Burton has attended all three conferences, while McGarrell and St.Juste have attended the last two conferences.

Educators travel to South Africa Third triennial IAACS Conference

Pictures: Above: Dr. Larry Burton, Ms. Pretoria St. Juste, and Dr. Faith-Ann McGarrell Below: Andrews delegates with international colleagues. From left to right: Mr. Jeff Turner, Dr. Faith-Ann McGarrell, Dr. Dudu Njosela, Dr. Calvin Joshua, Dr. William Doll, a major figure in curriculum studies--wearing the hat, Ms. Pretoria St. Juste, Dr. Larry Burton.

TLC Conference

When does an individual make the

decision to become a teacher? What types

of experiences influence such decisions?

These questions were significant to this

year’s Spring 2010 TLC Conference

which took place on Wednesday, April 7,

2010. The eighteenth TLC Conference

revolved around the theme, The Journey

to Becoming a Teacher: Conversations

on When and Why, emerged out of re-

search conducted by Dr. Lee Davidson,

the Keynote Speaker and the Chair of the Department of Teaching, Learning, and

Curriculum. Davidson’s interactive presentation engaged participants in discussion

of the research findings. Participants also took a survey based on the key research

questions, and their results were compared to the larger sample. A time of fellow-

ship and food followed this rich discussion. Approximately 45 participants from the

classes Philosophical and Social Foundations, Methods for Teaching Beginning

Reading, Elementary Mathematics Methods, Curriculum Design and Development,

and International Perspectives shared papers, projects, posters, and virtual presen-

tations.

Spring 2011 Courses

On campus

EDPC520 Life Span

EDPC525 Psy Exc

EDRM505 Research

EDRM712 Stat II

Online

EDCI684/884 Intnatl Curr.

EDCI730 Curriculum Theory

EDFN500 PHIL Fnd

EDFN688 IFL [1-2]

Dr. Lee Davidson addresses an intent group of TLC Conference

2009

Jenifer Daniel

Thelma Lawrence

2010

Calvin Joshua

Alan Williams

Sam Nkana

Marian Prince

Lynn Merklin

DOCTORAL

Name: Jezmin Garcia (PhD Student)

From: Born in Dominican Republic, lived in Puerto Rico

Family: Parents, Grandmother, and a brother

Studies: Undergrad Biology Sciences, MA Bussiness Administration

Hobby: Taking pictures. Check: www.flickr.com/photos/jezmin

MASTERS 2009

Heather Shank

2010

Charissa Boyd

Karlee Marschner

Curriculum & Instruction Program

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum

Bell Hall, Room 014—Andrews University

Berrien Springs, MI 49104-0114

Phone 800.471.6210 / 269.471.6700—Fax 269.471.6247

E-mail ci@andrews.edu

Web www.andrews.edu/sed/tlc

Name: Andrea Nagy (PhD Student)

From: Romania

Family: Parents and a brother, who is currently a student at AU

Studies: Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance, MA of Education

Hobby: Playing the piano and the organ, reading, hiking, traveling, and more.

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