By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant to a project undertaken by a team of researchers including Dr. Sumreen Asim, assistant professor of technology education at IU Southeast. Collaborative Research on Integrated STEM Self-Efficacy: A Study of Elementary Preservice Teachers Including Noyce Scholars is the name of the …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Last October, Dr. James Hollenbeck, professor and coordinator of secondary education, presented two papers and led a vigorous discussion on e-learning at the 48th Annual Conference of Chemistry Teachers with International Participation in Sofia, Bulgaria. At the time, Bulgarian educators were seeking new ideas for reform amid demographic contraction in rural …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Jaime Donally, technology integration specialist and author of Learning Transported, visited IU Southeast for a day of learning with School of Education students, faculty and staff, and guests from partnering school corporations. Donally’s visit was sponsored by IU Women’s Philanthropy and the School of Education, and was hosted by Dr. …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Dr. Sumreen Asim, assistant professor of elementary science and technology education, has received the 2020 Distinguished Award for Innovative College Science Teaching from the Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, Inc. (HASTI). According to Asim, the award recognizes the innovative work of integrating technology in science methods coursework for IU Southeast’s …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Beliefs. They frame our identity and shape our horizon. They can limit, imprison, defeat us. Or they can give form to our dreams and motivate us to pursue them. A pre-occupation with beliefs figures strongly in the life and work of Sumreen Asim, assistant professor of elementary science and technology …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Dr. Sumreen Asim, assistant professor of education in the areas of elementary science and technology, has received top honors for her presentation at the Clute International Conference on Education (Science Track) held earlier this month in Maui, Hawaii. Asim’s contribution, “The Expanding Elementary Teacher Candidates’ Beliefs Enrolled in a Technology-Infused …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Sumreen Asim, assistant professor of education in the area of science and technology, received top honors for her poster presentation at the 2018 conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), held March 26-30 in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1990, SITE is an international association of individual …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—It was smiles all around at the official kickoff reception for IU Southeast’s Growing Tomorrow’s STEM Teachers (GTST) project, at the Graduate Center in Jeffersonville, Ind. The event brought together the ten selected grant recipients, School of Education faculty, representatives of local school corporations, and community and business partners—key players …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Dr. James Hollenbeck, professor of education and a science specialist in secondary and post-secondary education, has received the Distinguished Award for Innovative College Science Teaching from the Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, Inc. (HASTI). HASTI was created in 1969 as a state affiliate of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Dr. James Hollenbeck, professor of science education at IU Southeast and Fulbright Research Chair to Canada this past fall, is on the road again, this time to China, where he will spend two weeks teaching Chinese students about American educational practices at the invitation of Chinese colleagues in the field. …
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