Gary E. Arnoldson of the McKay School of Education will present a Brigham Young University campus devotional address, “The M&M’s of Missionary Minded Members,” Tuesday, May 14 at 11:05 a.m. in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium.
Arnoldson became controller for the McKay School of Education in 2010. He oversees all of the school’s financial transactions in order to ensure that the resources are being used properly, in accordance with university policy …

An effective mentor contributes much to the success of a first-year teacher. According to new research from the McKay School, this influence can be attributed to the development of trust.
Professor Pam Hallam and graduate student Felipe Chou from the Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations recently published research showing that trust and proximity are important in an effective mentoring model. Over three years they compared the mentoring models of two …

Did you know the Santiago Chile Temple is built on the site of an old Church high school? Did you know Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were school board members in Kirtland?
People know The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints runs private colleges and universities such as BYU; however, many people are not aware the LDS Church has had its own K-12 schools and academies since the 1800s. For …

Today more than a million K-12 students are enrolled in online classes. In higher education, nearly one third of all students are taking at least one online course. With the advances in online learning, education is becoming available to a rapidly increasing number of individuals. But there are inherent problems with online learning, particularly the challenge for online instructors to connect with students they do not encounter face to face. …

In an office on the third floor of the McKay building, two professors from the special education program remember a former student. “Joe was a very personable guy and a sharp student,” Darlene Anderson recalls.  “He’s going to make a great difference in the field of special education,” Michelle Marchant says.
Joseph Lambert, a former student of the CPSE undergraduate special education program who graduated in 2007, is already gaining a …

“Have you ever looked up from the end of a book and couldn’t remember who you were or where you were? Have characters in a book and their troubles ever felt real to you?” This is how children’s author Kate Coombs began her presentation “Getting the Right Books Into Readers’ Hands” to future educators at a recent BYU Reading Council meeting at the McKay School.
Coombs, who has taught in an …

“My life is a gift; my life has a plan.” These simple lyrics from a primary song were the title of a powerful devotional address given by Michelle Marchant, a professor in the McKay School .
Marchant shared an experience from a recent stake conference where a man asked if he might have “the wrong patriarchal blessing.” She was startled by his question but then reflected on times in her life …

 
During speech, vocal cords vibrate faster than the naked eye can see— nearly 120 times per second for males and 230 times per second for females. With that amount continual motion, vocal cords can dry easily and need to be moisturized to work effectively. Kristine Tanner from the Department of Communication Disorders in the McKay School has been studying vocal cord hydration since she was a doctoral candidate. Tanner recently …

We expect schools to be loving and caring environments, but according to Melissa Newberry, teacher preparation programs don’t prepare teacher candidates to handle the effects of the inevitable emotionally taxing situations. Newberry, a professor of adolescent development in the McKay School Teacher Education Department, worked with colleagues from Australia to edit a new book titled Emotions in Schools: How Understanding the Hidden Curriculum Influences Relationships, Leadership, Teaching and Learning. The …

Why can some teachers easily incorporate technology into the classroom while other teachers struggle? The answer may be related to the teachers’ individual beliefs. Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich, an assistant professor of Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University, spoke at an IP&T seminar about the use of technology in classrooms and some barriers that can affect it.
Ottenbreit-Leftwich found that students use technology the same way professionals do: to communicate, collaborate, and solve …