Michael Childs
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Articles by Michael Childs
| May. 15 2012 |
UGA College of Education professor elected to NCAA ForumUniversity of Georgia College of Education professor Billy Hawkins, whose research during the past decade has focused on sport and race, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Forum for the Scholarly Study of Intercollegiate Athletics in Higher Education. |
| May. 14 2012 |
Community panel discussion to follow screening of ‘Bully’ at Ciné May 16In coordination with this week's screening of the new documentary film "Bully" at Ciné in Athens, the Public School Risk Institute and the University of Georgia College of Education will present a community panel discussion May 16 from 7-9 p.m. to help raise awareness of the need to make schools safer for all students. |
| May. 10 2012 |
UGA College of Education’s Race to the Top projects could have national implicationsTwo innovative programs developed in collaboration with a local school district-one improving preparation and support for new teachers and another providing professional development and support for early career principals- could serve as models for school districts across Georgia and throughout the nation, according to University of Georgia College of Education faculty members who helped create the programs. |
| Apr. 25 2012 |
UGA College of Education researchers seek more educators for teaching method studyResearchers in the University of Georgia College of Education are currently seeking third- and fifth-grade classroom teachers to participate in the second cohort of their Instructional Conversation teaching strategy study. |
| Apr. 18 2012 |
UGA College of Education associate dean named to trainers’ Hall of FameMichael Ferrara, associate dean for research in the University of Georgia College of Education, has been inducted as a 2012 member of the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association's Hall of Fame. |
| Apr. 17 2012 |
UGA College of Education offers workshop on teaching Spanish-speaking studentsThe University of Georgia College of Education is offering a one-day workshop designed to enhance a teacher's ability to understand and work effectively with Spanish-speaking students and their families on April 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center at the Georgia Center. |
| Apr. 17 2012 |
Five UGA College of Education faculty honored at AERA meetingFive University of Georgia College of Education faculty members-Donna Alvermann, Allan Cohen, Cynthia Dillard, Peter Smagorinsky and Jonathan Templin-were recognized for their work at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association recently held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
| Mar. 20 2012 |
UGA heat study guides new GHSA rules aiming to prevent exertional heat illness, deathsHigh school student-athletes need about 10-14 days to acclimate their bodies to the heat stress in preseason practices in late July and August each year and gradual acclimatization to these conditions can help minimize the risk of exertional heat illnesses, or EHI, according to a three-year study by University of Georgia researchers. |
| Mar. 12 2012 |
UGA to host national conference on evidence-based health March 30Kendall Ho, one of the top experts in the use of information technologies to accelerate the incorporation of the latest health evidence into routine medical practice, will be the keynote speaker at the third annual conference of the University of Georgia’s Institute for Evidence-Based Health Professions Education on Friday, March 30. |
| Mar. 8 2012 |
UGA College of Education professor to receive award for publicationJulie A. Luft, who joined the faculty in January as the inaugural Athletic Association Professor of Mathematics and Science Education in the University of Georgia College of Education, has been named a recipient of a national award for a paper chosen as the most significant published in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching last year while she was on faculty at Arizona State University. |
| Mar. 8 2012 |
UGA College of Education professor featured at National Press ClubUniversity of Georgia College of Education professor Sheneka M.Williams was one of three chapter authors featured in a discussion highlighting a new book edited by Richard D. Kahlenberg, a think tank scholar from the Century Foundation in Washington, D.C., at the National Press Club on March 7. |
| Mar. 5 2012 |
UGA College of Education professor Thomas Hébert’s book wins awardA book written by University of Georgia College of Education professor Thomas Hébert has won a 2011 Legacy Book Award from a Texas gifted education group. |
| Feb. 28 2012 |
UGA College of Education program honors three top Georgia school leadersTwo Clarke County School District administrators-Noris F. Price and Robert M. "Bud" Bierly-were recently recognized for their distinguished service to the field of supervision and leadership by the University of Georgia College of Education's educational administration and policy program. Price, associate superintendent of instructional services and school performance, and Bierly, assistant superintendent of human resources, each received a 2011 Johnnye V. Cox Award. |
| Feb. 27 2012 |
UGA College of Education professor cited for career in educational measurementAllan Cohen, director of the Georgia Center for Assessment and the Aderhold Professor of Research Methodology in the University of Georgia College of Education, has been named the recipient of a national award for his career contributions to educational measurement. |
| Feb. 23 2012 |
UGA hosts 43rd annual children’s literature conference and book awardsSome of the nation's top authors and illustrators of children's books will speak during the 43rd Annual Georgia Book Awards and Conference on Children's Literature, to be held March 23-24 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. |