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 Message
from the dean:
Greetings,
Accreditation visits are simultaneously stressful and exhilarating. Miami just hosted a five-day visit by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and I'm pleased to tell you that the preliminary report is unprecedented. Not only did we meet every NCATE standard, but there was not a single area of improvement noted. Not one.
This is a first for Miami and for Ohio. In fact, the NCATE team leader, who has led reviews for years, said she's never seen anything like it in her entire career.
Other School of Education, Health and Society programs subject to accreditation include athletic training, dietetics, and social work. Every accreditation process forces us to step back and evaluate what we're doing. Ultimately, such introspection helps us take stock of what is working and what needs to be changed. So while NCATE accreditation (and our other accreditations) are undeniably prestigious, it is our students who ultimately benefit the most from the process.
Fondly,
Carine M. Feyten, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor of Foreign Language Education
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 The
School of Education, Health and
Society has a new strategic plan
to guide its decision making. President
David Hodge has praised the document
as a "powerful foundation for the
school."
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 "Read kids, real learning, exciting stuff." That sums up a project designed to demonstrate to students
the value of learning and teaching
from first-hand historic sources.
The effort led to the discovery of
a fingerprint belonging to Abraham
Lincoln.
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Miami students visiting the African nation of Malawi spent time volunteering at an orphanage, where they met a young teacher who so impressed them that they pledged to help him obtain a master's degree. He's now pursuing that degree in Oxford.
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 A former kindergarten teacher turned professor has won outstanding dissertation awards from two separate professional organizations for research that challenges presumptions that teachers often make about the actions of young children as either "good" or "bad." |
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 The
emphasis on technology in the School
of Education, Health and Society
is producing results. Take Robin
Purdy. She entered a national podcast
competition designed to demonstrate
the advantages of learning a new
language. Her effort took first
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 A
health studies student is the recipient
of a national leadership award from
the Black Student Leadership Conference.
The award includes a $500 prize.
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 Miami
alum James Smith has been named president
of Northern State University, a liberal
arts college in Aberdeen, S.D. Smith,
who will assume the duties of president
July 1, earned his Ph.D. from Miami
in 1988 and his B.S. in elementary
education in 1979.
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 Nel
Noddings, a nationally known philosopher
of education and educational theorist
who spoke at Miami in January, commented
on the energy and commitment she encountered
during her visit.
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We are a collegial community of learners, specifically focused on the development of leaders for education, families, health and social service agencies, and local communities. We are stewards of our public responsibility to create knowledge and strategies to improve our complex global society. We strive to be exemplars of practices that are democratic, nurturing, and responsive to diverse learners and contexts.
-- from the School of Education, Health and Society Vision Statement
We invite you to learn more about the School by visiting our web site: www.muohio.edu/EHS
207 McGuffey Hall
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-6317
If you have suggestions or comments, email EHS@muohio.edu
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