Category: Research

Masta receives Sloan Foundation grant to study Indigenous scholar involvement

Stephanie Masta, associate professor of Curriculum Studies, received a $125,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study the history of Indigenous scholar involvement in two national education associations. The one-year project is titled, “The Role of Indigenous Scholars...

Lynn Bryan, executive director of CATALYST, and a student seated at a table and smiling for a photo. On the table in front of them is a wooden wind turbine model.

ICHE awards STEM Teacher Recruitment Grant for 4th time to College’s CATALYST

For the fourth time, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE) awarded a STEM Teacher Recruitment Grant to the Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM (CATALYST) for innovative programming in the Purdue University College of Education. The...

Jingyuan Zhang teaching about disabilities at the Purdue CDF Freedom School® Program. She is seated in a chair in front of a group of children who are seated on the ground. In her hands are two books titled

Education PhD student creates disability awareness program for elementary students, teachers

A program created by a Purdue University College of Education doctoral student helps teach young children how to better understand difference and diversity - specifically, fellow classmates with disabilities. The program also supports general education teachers and students by teaching...

Education, Nursing faculty collaborate on Dept. of HHS grant to improve graduate nursing education

Faculty members from the Purdue University College of Education, the School of Nursing and the College of Health and Human Sciences have received a U.S. Department of Health and Human Sciences Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant...

Three LDT students standing outside of the Hanna Center smiling at the camera.

Using AR to promote learning at local after school program

A team of Purdue educators are using augmented reality (AR) to promote environmental sustainability among underrepresented students at a local after school program in Lafayette, Indiana. William R. Watson, professor of learning design and technology (LDT) in the College of...

Rural Teen Writing Contest celebrates diverse rural cultures

A Purdue University College of Education professor is holding the second annual Literacy In Place Rural Teen Writing Contest to give rural high schoolers the opportunity to tell their stories. Purdue alumna Dr. Chea Parton, visiting assistant professor in the...