Appalachian State University Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership

A special congratulations to the ASU Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership Spring 2014 graduates! We are proud of your many accomplishments and the grand adventures that await you all! http://www.news.appstate.edu/2014/04/23/commencement-speakers/

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Call for Papers

59th Annual SAPES Conference

The South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society

The Lenoir-Rhyne University Center for Graduate Studies of

at

Asheville in Asheville, NC

October 3 - 4, 2014

Revitalizing Education: The Creative Task before Us

As we ponder the past and the many transgressions that now beset our work in the field of education, we must consider the future and the tasks that lie ahead of us. We must imagine what might be if we hope to dream of a better tomorrow for our children and the teachers that serve them. To that end, the South Atlantic Philosophy of Education society presents this call for papers for the 59th conference.

We invite proposals for papers to be submitted for presentation at the 59th SAPES meeting that address the conference theme, the organizing questions, and all other philosophical topics and questions that impact education and learning. The program committee welcomes proposals in the field of philosophy of education, social foundations of education, as well as related conceptual and theoretical work.

We particularly invite practitioners to join us to explore the theoretical aspects and implications of their work.

http://sapessociety.weebly.com/index.html

or at our page southatlanticphilosophyeducationsociety

Graduate students are especially encouraged to submit proposals.

Individual Paper Proposals:
Individuals should submit proposals that do not exceed 250 words via email attachment in Word or PDF format to: [email protected]
We also invite groups of presenters to submit proposals for panel sessions. In your submission, please identify a session chair, supply a description of the session's
theme, as well as a proposal of 250 words from each individual panelist. Be sure to label your proposal as a symposium.

Submission Deadline: June 1, 2014.
Proposals will be accepted and authors notified by June 30, 2014.

South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society SAPES was founded over a half century ago in order to promote the philosophic study of education, advance and improve teaching and scholarship in philosophy of education and cultivate relationships...

Friday, March 28, 2014

The Reich College of Education

Doctoral Program in

Educational Leadership

Invites you to the Dissertation Defense of

Carol Lefler Moore

"EXAMINING BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION OF INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE: A MIXED METHODS STUDY OF 6TH-8TH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHERS IN ONE RURAL DISTRICT"

Friday, April 11, 2014

Room 414 D

12:00p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Dissertation Committee

Krista Terry, Ph.D., Chair

Les Bolt, Ph.D.

Jeni Corn, Ph.D.

Congratulations to Emily Miller of Cohort 17! Emily is a co-editor of the new book, The Fifty State Systems of Community Colleges. The book will be released this month. This text serves as a superb resource for anyone interested in the roles of community/technical colleges in U.S. education, and it contains a chapter on each of the 50 states' community college systems. For more information about Emily's great accomplishment and for ordering information, please visit the following link: http://edl.appstate.edu/news/emily-miller-cohort-17-co-editor-new-book-fifty-state-systems-community-colleges-released-march

Emily Miller of Cohort 17 is co-editor of new book, The Fifty State Systems of Community... The Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership would like to congratulate Emily Miller (Cohort 17 and anticipated May 2014 graduate), Jim Killacky (former Program Director), and community college scholars Jan Friedel (Iowa State University) and Steve Katsinas (University of Alabama) for their new bo...

Congratulations to cohort 17 member and recent graduate, Dr. Lisa McNeal! Dr. McNeal recently co-published an article in the Winter 2013 edition of NC Perspectives: A Journal of the North Carolina Counseling Association. More information can be found here: http://edl.appstate.edu/news/lisa-mcneal-cohort-17-co-published-article-winter-2013-edition-nc-perspectives-journal-north-ca

Lisa McNeal of Cohort 17 co-published an article in Winter 2013 edition of NC Perspectives: A... One of our recent graduates, Lisa McNeal, just co-published an article in the Winter 2013 edition of NC Perspectives: A Journal of the North Carolina Counseling Association. McNeal and Gerri Miller's article "Social Justice Advocacy in a Multicultural Counselor Education Class" about iPads and soci...

On Friday, March 28, we will be hosting our annual Spring Symposium. The event will be held on the Appalachian campus in room 421 of the Belk Library and Information Commons, beginning at 9:30 am.

We welcome doctoral alums, faculty, students, and all friends of the program to join us for dialogue on the theme of "affirmative leadership in complex times." During the symposium, we will have a panel of speakers including current students and program graduates, sharing leadership insights from local and international perspectives. We will also honor the 2014 winner of the Alice P. Naylor Outstanding Dissertation Award.

To register, please RSVP with Courtney Baines ([email protected]) by March 17. Attendance will be limited to 50 participants.

Grant awarded to Cohort 21 member, Courtney Baines Smith

Congratualations to Courtney Baines Smith of Cohort 21 for recieving a Creating a Healthy, Just, and Sustainable Society Student Research Grant. Courtney's research project, "Learning Garden Teacher-Training: Effects on Teacher Knowledge and Attitudes" involves installing a learning garden at ASU's Child Development Center, hosting a training workshop for the Preschool teachers and assistants, and assessing how the workshop affects teacher knowledge and attitudes of using gardens as an interdisciplinary teaching tool for sustainability. She is hopeful that this research will help shed light on overcoming one of the obstacles of successful school gardens which is teacher knowledge and support. She is most excited about helping to bring the delights and benefits of a learning garden to Pre-K children

Courtney will be utilizing the help of students from the newly created Sustainability and Environmental Education Club (SEEC) and they will begin work in March, 2014. If you would like to donate time or materials to the garden, you may contact Courtney at

http://edl.appstate.edu/news/grant-awarded-cohort-21-member-courtney-baines-smith

Grant awarded to Cohort 21 member, Courtney Baines Smith | Doctoral Program in Educational... Congratualations to Courtney Baines Smith of Cohort 21 for recieving a Creating a Healthy, Just, and Sustainable Society Student Research Grant. Courtney's research project, "Learning Garden Teacher-Training: Effects on Teacher Knowledge and Attitudes" involves installing a learning garden at ASU's...

Current Doctoral Student Workshop Information: "Navigating the IRB Process" - Feb. 10, 2014 at 10AM in 1041 Anne Belk Hall - This workshop will provide information about the regulations that govern the participation of human subjects in research in the United States. Facilitators will describe the purpose of the IRB, the requirements for conducting research involving human subjects, and the types of IRB review. Focus will be on explaining the main sections of the application form and what makes a successful application. Faculty interested in human subjects-based research, including scholarship that involves students and classes at Appalachian State University, are encouraged to attend. See the following link for registration details: http://workshops.appstate.edu/detail.aspx?key=1004

As a new year invokes the images of goals and promises for the future, how do your research interests and professional development goals fit in with this resolve to improve? Best wishes from the Appalachian State University Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership as you embark on what will certainly become a productive and successful 2014!

Cama Duke, a graduating member the doctoral program, has been selected for induction into the Cratis D. Williams Society of Outstanding Graduates. Cama represents the top one to two percent of approximately 280 students in the Cratis D. Williams Graduate School's graduating class, and selection into this society is based on faculty recommendations, stellar academic performance, engagement in respective disciplines, and accomplishments achieved in research or scholarly projects. Cama is one of seven inductees that will be receiving this honor as a member of the Fall 2013 graduating class. On behalf of the doctoral program, congratulations on this outstanding honor, Cama!

http://www.graduate.appstate.edu/students/awards/honors.html

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