education
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Education professors explore women’s impact on Enlightenment
Two of Cornell’s faculty members explored how a learning theory could be the missing piece to understanding how women advanced Enlightenment thought.
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Alumni at a Glance: Shannon Carty ’13
After graduating from Cornell with degrees in education and geology Shannon Carty ’13 started teaching and went on to get a master’s of science degree in applied behavior analysis.
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Bossom combines love of travel, teaching
Leah Bossom ’17 found her career path at Cornell College while teaching and participating in Alternative Spring Breaks abroad.
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Professor Heinrich researches cultural clashes in the classroom
A Cornell College professor just wrapped up a three-year project to research the story behind one Iowa public school’s struggle to deal with diversity and cultural differences following the initiation of a controversial federal program.
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Fulbright sending Chicoine to Thailand
Madison Chicoine ’16 is ready to take the experience she gained at Cornell College to Thailand, where she will teach English through the Fulbright program.
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2016 education graduates placed in international and US jobs
Cornell College education graduates are finding success as they leave behind their title as a college student and become teachers in their own classrooms.
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Chicoine ’16 off to Thailand on Fulbright Program
Madison Chicoine ’16 will spend a year in Thailand teaching English on a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant fellowship. She becomes the 12th Cornellian in the past 11 years awarded a Fulbright.
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State renews approval of Cornell College teacher education program
The Iowa State Board of Education has renewed its approval of the Cornell College Education Department’s teacher education program.
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Eight courses heading off campus
Dozens of students in eight different courses will spend Block 6 off campus, going as far afield as the Bahamas, Belize, Rome, and New Zealand.
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Fields passionate about teaching and service
Jacob Fields will address educational inequality head-on by teaching at an elementary school in Brooklyn as part of Teach For America.
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Cornell College offering online education courses
This summer Cornell College will offer its first online-only courses: Foundation of Literacy and Literacy in the Content Areas—Elementary, taught by Professor of education Kerry Bostwick, and History of American Education taught by Assistant Professor of education Kate Kauper.
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Future teachers gain classroom experience
During the second week of Block 3, 23 students from two education courses spent a full week assisting and observing in local classrooms.
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Conversations about Teaching
New Technology: Successes and Struggles by Michelle Herder, assistant professor of history. Professor Herder will discuss an assignment from her first block class which used Neatline, an online service which allows users to create and annotate interactive maps. Thursday, Oct. 31, 11:30 a.m. in Cole Library, Room 108.
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Six courses traveled to tropical field stations in February
Fifty-seven students joined their Cornell professors for courses in the Bahamas and Belize during block 6. Cornell courses have traveled to the Gerace Research Center in the Bahamas for years, and 2013 marked the third annual trip to a field station in Latin America.
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Education faculty members win research award
Education faculty members Kerry Bostwick and Jill Heinrich and former Cornell College Librarian Jean Donham were awarded the Iowa Association of College and Research Libraries’ 2012 Research Award. The IACRL grants one award every two years for original scholarship and was presented in May at the Association’s spring conference held at Luther College. The award was given for their article “Mental Models of Research: Generating Authentic Questions” which was published in the Journal of College Teaching.
Education professors explore women’s impact on Enlightenment 
Alumni at a Glance: Shannon Carty ’13 
Bossom combines love of travel, teaching 
Professor Heinrich researches cultural clashes in the classroom 
Fulbright sending Chicoine to Thailand 
2016 education graduates placed in international and US jobs 
Chicoine ’16 off to Thailand on Fulbright Program 
Eight courses heading off campus 
Fields passionate about teaching and service 
Future teachers gain classroom experience 
Six courses traveled to tropical field stations in February