Articles

Professor Mary “Fong” Hermes and alumna Dr. Mel Engman of Queens University, Belfast received the annual Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Research Article Award for their work, “Land as interlocutor: A study of Ojibwe learner language in interaction on and with naturally occurring ‘materials,’” published in the Modern Language Journal (MLJ). The committee praised the […]

Associate Professor Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction is co-leading a week-long immersion experience for four Jamaican teachers as part of the Jamaica Exchange in Teaching (JET) program. The program is designed to build a sustainable partnership with the Ministry of Education in Jamaica where every year at least eight teachers from both countries […]

Marek Oziewicz, a Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Director of the Center for Climate Literacy, delivered an invited lecture on climate literacy at Pontificia Universidat Católica De Chile in Santiago. The lecture was part of the talk series “Sustainability Dialogues—Imagining Futures” hosted by Pontificia’s Sustainability Institute. Oziewicz spoke about the strategies […]

The University of Minnesota’s Center for Climate Literacy is excited to announce the launch of its inaugural Climate Literacy Teacher Leader Fellowship Program. The Fellowship will support seven committed teachers from the Metro area to develop and implement climate literacy curriculum in their classrooms. Fellows will gain a greater understanding of climate literacy education, contribute […]

A special issue of Critical Literacies in a Digital Age, Pedagogies: An International Journal is a 2023 recipient of the Divergent Publication Award for Excellence in Literacy in a Digital Age Research. This award recognizes the most outstanding  publications that bring to the forefront the importance and impact of 21st century literacies. Members of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction contributed to two articles in the […]

Bic Ngo, Rodney S. Wallace Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is the recipient of the AERA Division G (Social Context of Education) 2022 Mentoring Award. This award recognizes a scholar who has made distinguished contributions in the mentoring of undergraduate and PhD students, as well […]

Three C&I alumni were recognized by the College of Education and Human Development at the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony on November 18. The awards honor alumni who have brought distinction to their professions and communities, with recipients spanning a diverse range of academic disciplines and career paths. Yet, all are community builders and leaders […]

DirecTrack to Teaching student in the mathematics track, Andrea Vargas Mungaray, discusses how community connection and support are the keys to creating growth in the classroom. What drove you to enroll in the DirecTrack to Teaching program? I think the pandemic has been really illuminating and has allowed me to see how important community is […]

Associate Professor Lesa Clarkson in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction has received a 2021 UMN Sustainable Development Goal Research grant presented by the University’s Global Programs and Strategy Alliance. The award is part of the alliance’s systemwide initiative focused on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), granting around $120,000 to seven research projects in alignment […]

Blanca Caldas Chumbes, an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction has received two early career awards: The 2021 Early Career Award from The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Bilingual Education Research Special Interest Group (SIG), and the 2020 Douglas Foley Early Career Award from the Council of Anthropology & Education (CAE) of […]