Starting this winter 2014 semester, a new general education course will be offered through the McKay School of Education.  ScEd 250, Literacy and Learning for the Disciplines, which fills the letters GE credit, was developed by Dr. Roni Jo Draper, a professor in the Department of Teacher Education. This course will take a cross-disciplinary perspective on understanding a wide range of “texts.”
The class will emphasize approaches to reading, comprehending, and …

David Wiley joined a group of education innovators, including staff members from The New York Times, in mid-September to discuss the question “What is the future of education on a global online scale?” This dialogue was portrayed on The New York Times’ Schools for Tomorrow conference website as “bold and urgent.” In this third annual conference on the topic, speakers and audience members discussed the advancement of global online education …

 
Scott Ferrin, a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations in the McKay School of Education, will speak at the university-wide devotional on Tuesday, December 10, at 11:00am.
The devotional will address the gifts of being a child. “Heaven is made up of children, so I want to discover the gifts that make us all child-like,” Ferrin explained. He will also talk about the gifts of Christmas, highlighting children.
This …

Outstanding educators conduct research and teach/serve their students with the motivations of improving education and helping students progress. Sometimes notable work is recognized publicly. Two faculty members in the Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education (CPSE) recently received distinguished awards at BYU’s annual University Conference. Tim Smith, CPSE department chair, was honored with the Karl G. Maeser Research and Creative Arts Award, and Melissa Heath, of the counseling psychology …

There was a time in Dr. G.E. Kawika Allen’s undergraduate career where his studies weren’t exciting to him.  Allen wanted to heal people but found the traditional route of medicine with anatomy and biology classes did not interest him as much. Searching for a new academic niche, he discovered counseling psychology and decided to become a doctor who healed individuals emotionally and mentally.
Years after that pivotal decision, Allen now brings …