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College of Education’s Making A Difference Project (M A D)

The M A D Project is an educational philanthropic initiative whose purpose is to encourage and enhance a culture of philanthropy throughout the College of Education's community. Through the M A D Project, we are answering the call from alumni and students to provide meaningful connections to the College and the communities it serves. In addition to receiving monetary donations for college-related community activities, M A D provides opportunities for volunteer service in educational and other community settings.

Institute on Disabilities Fall 2009 Lecture Series: “The Geo-Politics of Disability”

Institute on Disabilities at Temple University College of Education presents Fall 2009 Lecture Series “The Geo-Politics of Disability”

September 09
On the Margins of Citizenship: Intellectual Disability and
Civil Rights in Twentieth Century America

Allison C. Carey, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
Shippensburg University
Wednesday, September 9, 2009: noon to 1:30 P.M.
1810 Liacouras Conference Suite, Liacouras Walk, Temple University Main Campus

Dr. Carey will examine the discourses of rights and citizenship for people with intellectual disabilities as well as the sociopolitical factors that too often diminish the effectiveness of their ability in securing choice and self-determination. FREE and open to the public REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

For information and accommodations contact:
Brian Zimmerman 215-204-1356 (voice/TTY); email: brian.zimmerman@temple.edu

Upcoming in the Lecture Series:

October 21
The Aesthetics of Human Disqualification

Tobin Siebers, PhD,
V. L. ParringtonCollegiate Professor,
Professor of English Language and Literature, and Professor of Art and Design,
University of Michigan

Dr. Siebers will focus on three case studies from the art world: the “degenerate art” of the Nazi period, the appearance of Marc Quinn’s Alison Lapper Pregnant in Trafalgar Square, and the use by Newsweek magazine of medical photographs from the Mütter Museum to illustrate “A Century of Medical Oddities.” In his discussion of the aesthetics of human disqualification, Dr. Siebers claims that symbolic processes of representations depend on aesthetic criteria that require further clarification and critique, especially with respect to how individuals are disqualified, that is, how they are found inferior, in need, incapable, diseased, etc.

November 18
Krip-Hop Nation:
Disability in African American Music

Leroy Franklin Moore, Jr.
Scholar in Residence at POOR Magazine: writer, poet, community activist and feminist,
San Francisco

Mr. Moore will present the music, lives, struggles, and achievements of Black Blind Blues and Disabled Hip-Hop artists to highlight the racism, ableism, and economic environment that surround minority disabled artists. With a focus on success stories and hope, the presentation will describe the strategies of racialized artists with disabilities and offer examples on how to include the work of these artists, their books, and CDs in classrooms, in media, and in organizations.

For more information about the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University:
www.disabilities.temple.edu
iod@temple.edu
215-204-1356 (voice/tty)

Wachovia Presents Temple University College of Education With $70,000 For Innovative Transition into Teaching Program

PHILADELPHIA- Wachovia Bank, a Wells Fargo Company, has announced a $70,000 grant to Temple University’s E=mc2 transition into teaching program. The announcement was made by Hugh Long, Wachovia’s Regional President for Pennsylvania and Delaware, during a recent ceremony for the first teachers to graduate from the program.

The money will be used for ten, $7,000 scholarships for students enrolled in the E=mc2 curriculum. E=mc2 stands for Educating Middle-grades Teachers for Challenging Contexts. The program is designed to train midcareer and early retiree mathematics and science professionals as middle-grade teachers for high-need schools. E=mc2 provides a streamlined certification process to teach middle school students in Pennsylvania.

“The backbone of any school system is its teachers, and Wachovia’s support of E=mc2 speaks directly to both teacher development and student development,” said Long. “This program is a grand slam, it provides schools and students with additional qualified teachers in subjects where they are needed most, and ultimately helps cities like Philadelphia and companies like Wachovia, by creating a better educated workforce.”

“We are very excited about Wachovia’s grant, as it will help us to supply qualified teachers in the critical-needed areas of math and science, in three specific school districts: Philadelphia, Chester-Upland and Harrisburg,” said C. Kent McGuire, Dean of Temple University’s College of Education. “We want to thank Wachovia for their generosity in providing these scholarships and look forward to seeing next year’s E=mc2 graduates take their place in classrooms across the city and state.”

For immediate release: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
For more information, contact:

James Baum (Wachovia)
215-670-3955

Denise Clay (Temple)
215-204-6522

"Speaker Series: Advanced Learning Environments for Twenty First Century STEM Learners: Dr. Sean Brophy"

Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Location: TECH Center, room 111
Time: 1.00pm-2.30pm

Research, development and performance in industry increasingly require a workforce that can adapt to change and collaborate well with others. Advanced methods of instruction are required to prepare learners to succeed in the 21st century. This presentation will introduce new instructional approaches for undergraduate engineering education that prepare students’ knowledge of engineering fundamentals, computational tools, designing for innovation and being productive in teams. Examples of current practice and design of innovative learning spaces will be provided as illustrations. For example, Purdue University has a new learning environment structured to increase the engagement between students and instructors through design activities. Also, a new model of distance learning through serious games is being explored for aerospace design. These instructional methods are founded on current theories of learning and instruction. The presentation will also provide frameworks for facilitating the transfer of these ideas into various learning environments.

Dr. Sean P. Brophy is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He is an instructor in the First Year Engineering course and several graduate courses related to understanding engineering thinking and how to support it with cognitive devices. Previously he was a co Leader of the Learning Science Theme for an Engineering Research Center called VaNTH. His experience with bioengineering educators has pioneered new instructional approaches to learning technical content and promoting adaptive thinking.

This is the second in a continuing series of seminars, co-sponsored by the College of Education, the College of Engineering, the College of Science & Technology, and the Teaching and Learning Center. This series works to bring to campus the best researchers in the teaching and learning of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). We aim for this series to bring together Temple faculty and staff interested in STEM teaching and learning for productive dialogue and to seed new collaborations.

Institute on Disabilities at Temple University Presents a new lecture series "The Geo-Politics of Disability"--Cutting Edge Disability Studies.

The third and final lecture of this semester will be on Wednesday, November 19 from Noon - 1:30 p.m. at the 1810 Liacouras Walk Conference Room. Nirmala Erevelles, Associate Professor of Education & Instructional Leadership in Educational Leadership,Policy, and Technology Studies, University of Alabama will present Unspeakable Offenses:Untangling Race and Disability in Discourses of Intersectionality.

The omission of race in Disability Studies and disability from Critical Race Studies has disastrous consequences for disabled people of color caught in the violent interstices of multiple differences. Learn about a 13 year old African American girl who is functionally illiterate and her mother's combat with an uncaring Special Education bureaucracy that threatens to expel the girl from middle school.

Free and open to the public. Lunch will be served.

For information & accommodations:
Brian Zimmerman
Tel: 215-204-1356
brian.zimmerman@temple.edu

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