April 2008
Classrooms of Oppression
4/15/08 Education students at Texas A&M University will have the opportunity Wednesday (April 16) to witness forms of classroom oppression as shared through stories by the teachers themselves. "Classrooms of Oppression," an inaugural event, is an interactive experience that will attempt to challenge the ideas and perceptions of teacher prejudice that can be found in today's schools. "More than 130 undergraduate and graduate students are leading and volunteering for this event," said Ma ...
Hunger Project
4/12/08 Courtesy The Eagle Texas A&M University senior Sydney McKinney has fasted during mission trips, but she never has truly been hungry. The 22-year-old education major has never had to go without food because she couldn't afford groceries. And she never has experienced the dreadful feeling of wondering where her next meal will come from. "I think in our sheltered American lives that we kind of lose sight of the rest of the world," McKinney said. "We don't realize that people ...
Famine Project
4/10/08 Senior-level preservice teachers in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture joined together as part of Together We Learn (TWL) to participate in a community service famine project, "Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Hungry." Students spent a day volunteering at the Brazos Food Bank while participating in a 30-hour famine project. Prior to this, the students were educated on the facts of world hunger as well as the number of children in the Bryan/College Station community who may not g ...
ERC April Seminar
4/10/08 The State of Texas Education Research Center (ERC) at Texas A&M, housed in the College of Education and Human Development, will host the final event in its 2007-2008 seminar series from 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m. Monday (April 14) in Harrington Tower 301. Richard A. Duschl will present "Taking Science to School: Implications for Research and Practice." Duschl received his Ph.D. in science education from the University of Maryland at College Park. He is the newly elected president of ...
Tim Tingle
4/9/08 Tim Tingle, a sought-after speaker, storyteller and award-winning author of Native American fiction and folklore, will perform "Stories of Values and Cultures that have Shaped American Society" at 5:30 p.m. Thursday (April 10) in MSC 212. As a storyteller, Tingle brings the lore of the Choctaw Nation to life in lively historical, personal and traditional stories. He plays the Native American flute and often accompanies himself with an assortment of gourd rattles and drums. Voc ...
Spring 08 Career Fair
4/2/08 More than 165 school districts will be on campus Monday (April 7) to recruit Aggie teachers at the Spring Education Career Fair. More than 500 students are registered to attend the fair, which will take place in Reed Arena. Breakfast will be served to participating school districts beginning at 8 a.m. Students will be allowed to visit the booths from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Interview rooms also will be available for school districts wanting to conduct interviews on site. For more infor ...
Hill Jackson T-Camp
4/2/08 It has been said that when an Aggie graduates the most important thing they walk away with is not their diploma or Aggie Ring, but their connection to the Aggie Family. Transfer Camp, or T-Camp for short, is every transfer student's introduction to the Aggie Family. And the namesakes and counselors that make up T-Camp help welcome these students into the Aggie Family with enthusiasm and care. Valerie Hill-Jackson, clinical assistant professor in the College of Education and Human De ...
