黑料不打烊 Experiences
One of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 distinctions is its leadership in the area of 鈥渉igh-impact鈥 educational practices. These high-impact practices are seen as particularly beneficial for the development of undergraduate students. Each year U.S. News & World Report issues a 鈥淧rograms that Enhance Student Experience鈥 ranking of key programs that enrich the college experience. 黑料不打烊 is the only university in the nation identified as a leader in eight high-impact practices:
- Study abroad
- Internships
- Senior capstone experiences
- First-year experiences
- Learning communities
- Service learning
- Undergraduate research/creative projects
- Writing in the disciplines
The faculty and staff in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education are strongly committed to having students engage in these high-impact practices. Participation rates of 2024 School of Education graduates are listed below:
Read on to learn more about how we accomplish this in the School of Education.
Study Abroad
Studying abroad gives students the opportunity to expand their global perspective and broaden their cross-cultural awareness, better preparing them to lead in the classroom and beyond. Eighty-one percent of Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education majors in the Class of 2024 reported studying abroad at least once during their college career.
Winter Term Study Abroad Courses
The Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, in conjunction with the Isabella Cannon Global Education Center, offers the following undergraduate Winter Term study abroad courses: , , and .
Semester-long Programs
Examples of programs Education students participate in include:
- School of Education Center Abroad 鈥 Dunedin, New Zealand
- Liberal Arts and Education Studies 鈥 Oxford, United Kingdom
- Fundaci贸n Ortega-Maranon 鈥 Toledo, Spain
- Liberal Arts 鈥 Seville, Spain in partnership with CIEE
- Spanish Studies 鈥 C贸rdoba, Argentina in partnership with the Center for Cross-Cultural Studies
Internships
Students who are pursuing degrees in one of the teacher education programs in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, with the exception of non-licensure programs, must complete the EDU 4970: Student Teaching course in an approved placement during their senior year. The student teaching experience is designed to transition the candidate from student to teacher.
The student teaching clinical experience provides teacher candidates with:
- A formal partnership for success that includes the candidate鈥檚 university supervisor and clinical teacher
- Formative assessments to move candidate towards proficiency in pedagogical and professional knowledge, skills and dispositions
- Reflective feedback to facilitate the learning process
Undergraduate Research
Working under the guidance of a faculty mentor, students engage in inquiry in their chosen field of study and complete an original thesis. Select students present their research in public forums such as 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Spring Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF), 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE), and at regional, state and local content specific conferences. Forty-four percent of Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education majors in the Class of 2024 completed undergraduate research while at 黑料不打烊.
Honors Fellows
Jordan Smith’24, Adventure-Based Learning, Human Service Studies
Lumen Scholars
Isabelle Stimson ’22聽(Mentor: Dr. Aaron Trocki)
Addressing Access and Equity in Mathematics Education: The Role of Technology in the Twenty-First Century Classroom
Leadership
Through Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education courses, students develop important leadership skills, such as oral and written communications, decision-making, persuasion, team building, innovation and motivation. Students further develop and practice their leadership skills through co-curricular activities, including consulting projects and student organizations. Sixty-five percent of Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education majors in the Class of 2024 reported serving in a leadership position for a student organization while attending 黑料不打烊.
Service Learning
Performing service provides students the chance to meet a social need while developing skills they would not gain through formal teaching alone. Service is performed through service-learning courses, student organizations, university programs, on-campus events and community partners. Examples of 黑料不打烊 programs students participate in are The Village Project, Safe Rides, 黑料不打烊THON and Relay for Life. One-hundred percent of Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education majors in the Class of 2024 reported completing at least one service learning experience while at 黑料不打烊.
Service-learning Courses
Service-learning courses include service components that are relevant to course objectives. Examples of such courses taught by Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education faculty include聽, , and .