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Pitted Spring 2009 (PDF) SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY O F PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SPRING 2009 NEWS Passion, Pursuit, and Progress: Reflections on Achievement SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY O F PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF EDUCATION From the Dean SPRING 2009 NEWS A New Generation with Plenty to Do Passion, Pursuit, and Progress: Reflections on Achievement Throughout this issue, you will learn good thing, this, too, poses challenges measure the ability to communicate Overall, the combination of longtime about many of the school’s recent accom- for our education system. Learning complex information, appreciate the beauty colleagues and those who have joined plishments. As I reflect on these successes, involves attaching new ideas to existing and intricacy of an effective political us recently gives me confidence and a I feel an overwhelming sense of pride. knowledge and experience. When a argument, or resolve a conflict that might sense of revitalization. As you will see I have always been proud to be a part teacher and a student share little in arise in a business discussion or a school from reading this issue, the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School the way of experiences, building new board meeting. Filling in a multiple-choice and students have made significant knowledge in the mind of that student test form imposes an additional cognitive contributions already to addressing many Table of Contents of Education, but now, more than ever, load that, for some children, can degrade Cover Story: I realize what a truly special place it is is a special challenge for the teacher. of the issues the field of education faces Passion, Pursuit, and Progress: to be. The new colleagues who have Indeed, we have not seen a truly multi- their ability to perform well. currently. The School of Education will Reflections on Achievement ....................4 joined us recently have added so much cultural education system previously continue to be a major contributor, both Features.....................................................8 to the overall capabilities of the school in the history of education. We have, I can give my car hundreds of voice com- in the training of educators and in the School News ...........................................10 mands, but a child still has to fill in mul- development of improved approaches Faculty and Staff News...........................15 and help to ensure that Pitt will be a major however, seen systems that worked if Alumni News...........................................24 force in the improvement of education in the student assimilated fully into the tiple-choice forms to take a test. Within to education. Our work is needed, and, In Memoriam ...........................................27 the decades to come. I am closer to the teacher’s culture. That was the case in a few years, I will be able to search for as a collective faculty, we are up for information relevant to a particular the challenges. PUBLISHER end of my career than the beginning, so my grandparents’ generation, but that Alan Lesgold it is reassuring to see that the University Alan Lesgold is not what can or should happen today. situation on the Internet by inputting a EXECUTIVE EDITOR So, developing principles and approaches paragraph description of that situation, Jere Gallagher I love has great expectations beyond any but children will still be filling in multiple- COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER time I am able to stay here. But there is of the situations in which they found to effective education across cultures is Stacey Hallock another especially important reason to themselves. The next crisis of excess another grand challenge for our School choice forms. Innovative development ART DIRECTOR personal debt also will come about of Education. We already are addressing of less intrusive and richer testing tech- Rainey Dermond be happy about the pool of talent that nologies represents another challenge Alan Lesgold, Professor and Dean PRODUCTION COORDINATOR the School of Education has amassed. because of a lack of understanding it partly through our partnership with Chuck Dinsmore of how much one has to pay for how the Pittsburgh Public Schools to operate for the School of Education. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS For educators, these truly are “times that long to retire a given amount of debt. Pittsburgh Milliones 6–12, University R. Todd Erkel Niki Kapsambelis try men’s souls,” as Thomas Paine once Millions of health crises come about Preparatory School. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT said. All around us, we see signs that because people cannot read or Sarah Jordan Rosenson individual prospects and even the fate of follow simple instructions and do not Our society wants schooling to be more the larger community rest upon education. understand the meaning of messages accountable. People want to know that The financial crisis we face occurred in they receive from health care providers. their substantial investment in schools is The University of Pittsburgh, as an educational institution and as part because people at every level, from The bottom line? We live in times that paying off. Unfortunately, the approaches an employer, values equality of opportunity, human dignity, and racial/ethnic and cultural diversity. Accordingly, the University prohibits and will not engage in discrimination or harassment on individual consumers to bankers to federal require more substantial and more univer- we take to measuring the results of the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity regulators, felt they had to engage in sal education. That is a challenge for education are limited. We can measure or expression, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era. Further, the University will continue to take affirmative steps to support and advance these values consistent activities with implications they did not our School of Education. recall of factual knowledge and whether with the University’s mission. This policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs understand. Yes, the loan aggregations someone can solve a problem and get and activities. This is a commitment made by the University and is in accordance with federal, state, and/or local laws and regulations. were complex, but millions of people Our society also has become, to our the “right” answer. That’s done easily For information on University equal opportunity and affirmative action programs and complaint/grievance procedures, please contact the made mistakes on mortgages because credit and to our long-term advantage, and cheaply with multiple-choice tests. University of Pittsburgh; Office of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion; 412 Bellefield Hall; 315 South Bellefield Avenue; Pittsburgh, PA 15260; 412-648-7860. they were not capable of making sense a truly multicultural society. While a But we don’t do as well when we must Published in cooperation with the Department of University Marketing SCCommunications.HOOL UMC65138-0409 OF EDUCATION www.education.pitt.edu SCHOOL OF EDUCATION www.education.pitt.edu 2 SCHOOL OF EDUCAT ION www.education.pitt.edu SCHOOL OF EDUCAT ION www.education.pitt.edu 3 FEATURES FEATURES HPA also is working to reduce minority ­­Passion, Pursuit, and Progress: health disparities through programs such as a state-funded grant that brings Reflections on Achievement clinical research programs to Hill House Association in Pittsburgh’s largely African Integrating theory and practice a top priority American Hill District neighborhood. The 2007–08 academic year was marked department is expanding its opportuni- health are not given the same priorities as On Pitt’s Oakland campus, the department by a strong interdisciplinary approach ties outside the classroom to strengthen other academic courses by administrators is offering physical activity challenges across all departments in the University this tie between theory and practice. and school boards,” he says, adding that to University employees. of Pittsburgh School of Education, with Internships, for example, now last a some schools don’t recognize the increas- an emphasis on bringing the cutting-edge full term and are completed full time, ing evidence that healthy and active “At the end of the day, what we want research of faculty and students into the as opposed to the part-time stints of children have an easier time learning. is to develop a situation where, when community while also strengthening part- years past. The requirement for research the research is done, there is something nerships that supplement the University’s or practical clinical experience in the “The challenge is getting through the left behind that can be sustained by curriculum with real-world experiences. master’s program expanded to six credits politics of the [public] schools,” Jakicic the community. We’re working on that this year, up from the previous three- says. “It’s not that people [don’t] want translational research,” Jakicic says. From early child care centers to community credit requirement. And more graduate- to do the right thing; it’s that the process colleges and universities, from classes level courses are now evidence based, is dated.” Bringing teaching English as a second language which adds to the credibility of the to classes that help children fight obesity, information, he says. At the same time, those who promote professionalism the School of Education is at the forefront the department’s mission also must to child care of shaping the way people learn and how Consequently, the department is getting build buy-in among parents, who have Other Pitt departments also are working educators teach. In all departments, the more and earlier interest in its doctoral to encourage physical activity with to bring the University’s expertise to bear school is busily adapting its offerings program from applicants with higher kids after they leave school. on the real world. During the summer of to meet the changing needs of an educa- Graduate Record Examination scores. 2008, the Department of Psychology in Edu- tional landscape that is always in flux.
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