Author: Kerri Elizabeth Richardson

Loeb Fountain in front of Beering Hall

STEM educators converge on Purdue campus for annual conference

The 8th annual Indiana STEM Education Conference took place on January 12 at Purdue University, sponsored by Purdue’s Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM (CATALYST), the College of Education, 1st Maker Space, Amplify, Comcast, Get More Math, LEGO Education, Keep Indiana Learning, STEM Synergy, NearSpace Education, Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, STEM Education Works, Tallo, and TinkRworks.

Nathan Walker, Sydney Yim

Two Education undergraduates named Academic All-Big-Ten honorees

Two College of Education undergraduates were among the 89 Purdue student-athletes named for their excellence in the classroom as Academic All-Big Ten honorees for­­ the fall 2022 sports season. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten, student-athletes must be enrolled...
Kathryn Obenchain

Seminar shifts future educators from ‘thinking like a student’ to ‘thinking like a teacher’

Four new seminar courses for Social Studies Education (SSED) students will better prepare these “Boilermaker Educators” with innovative training in teaching the content of the various disciplines that make up social studies in middle and high schools.

(l to r) Timothy Newby, Adrie Koehler, and Luke Bennett

College’s response to teaching during pandemic improves teacher effectiveness

The College’s free Online and Blended Teaching Badge Repository (GEER 2023) hub is a set of digital resources including badges that have been developed to allow teachers and other users to demonstrate their skills, knowledge, and competency in teaching within blended and online environments.

Students work in the CREATE lab

CREATE: “All teachers need to know about assistive technology”

To provide high quality instruction for each and every student, College of Education students and faculty need access to both pre-made assistive technology and customized assistive technology solutions. The College’s Center for Resources and Equipment for Assistive Technology in Education (CREATE) opened for Purdue Education faculty and students in the Fall of 2021 to help meet this need. 

Over 500 to attend Purdue’s Indiana STEM Education Conference

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — More than 500 teachers and education professionals from across the state will attend the Indiana STEM Education Conference on January 12, 2023. The annual conference runs from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 12) in...