News Feed CEHD All http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/rsscehdall/ en CEHD 2006 120 Mason Faculty Members Take Basketball to India http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-11-11-Mason-Faculty-Members-Take-Basketball-to-India/ Craig Esherick
Craig Esherick ]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:35:56 -0500 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-11-11-Mason-Faculty-Members-Take-Basketball-to-India/ Ruming Guan So You Think You Can Teach? http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-10-12-so-you-think-you-can-teach/
Victor Lena completed the Career Switchers Program and left his job as an electrical engineer to teach middle school. Photo by Lori A. ]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:41:43 -0400 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-10-12-so-you-think-you-can-teach/ Thayne Bohman Vision Series: Margo Mastropieri http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-10-5-Vision_Series_Margo_Mastropieri/ This presentation will describe how research with exceptional populations can advance our understanding of all human learning and cognition and may contribute to the development of a theory of learning and instruction.

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:33:01 -0400 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-10-5-Vision_Series_Margo_Mastropieri/ Yaditi Student Mentors Teach Game Design http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-06-15-Student-Mentors-Teach-Game-Design/ The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project led by George Mason University, College of Education and Human Development faculty, Kevin Clark and Kim Sheridan, is featured on the George Lucas Foundation's Edutopia website as part of the Digital Generations project.

]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:01:08 -0400 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-06-15-Student-Mentors-Teach-Game-Design/ Thayne Bohman Fourth Generation Educator http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/4thgeneration/ When Christopher Johnston attends the Graduate School of Education's convocation next week, he'll be wearing 47-year-old regalia — the cap and gown his grandfather wore when he was getting an honorary doctorate as president of Concordia Teachers College (now Concordia University) in River Forest, Ill.

< ]]> Wed, 06 May 2009 11:12:51 -0400 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/4thgeneration/ Ruming Guan Faculty Experts Discuss Obesity Research http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-3-4_Faculty_Experts_Discuss_Obesity_Research/ An online game might be the secret weapon for winning the war against childhood obesity.

]]> Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:58:55 -0500 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-3-4_Faculty_Experts_Discuss_Obesity_Research/ Thayne Bohman Commonwealth Honors Outstanding Faculty http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-1-27-Commonwealth-Honors-Outstanding-Faculty/ The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) has announced that two Mason faculty members are among the 12 being honored in the commonwealth's annual award program.

The Outstanding Faculty Awards are the Commonwealth of Virginia's highest honor for faculty at Virginia's public and priv

]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:49:50 -0500 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-1-27-Commonwealth-Honors-Outstanding-Faculty/ Ruming Guan The Economics of Inauguration: An Interview with Mason Tourism Expert Daniels http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/The-Economics-of-I2009-01-21-nauguration-An-Interview-with-Mason-Tourism-Expert-Daniels/ Associate Professor of Tourism and Events Management Maggie Daniels has conducted extensive fieldwork in tourism planning and policy, supply resource promotion and event management as it relates to local and regional economic development.

She partners with agencies in the Washington, D.C., metropolita

]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:42:44 -0500 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/The-Economics-of-I2009-01-21-nauguration-An-Interview-with-Mason-Tourism-Expert-Daniels/ Ruming Guan Mason Professor Chronicles African Americans in Sports http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-01-21-Mason-Professor-Chronicles-African-Americans-in-Sports/ When Mason professor David K. Wiggins talks passionately about the intersection of race, nationalism and politics, it is sometimes difficult to believe he is discussing sports.

]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:30:54 -0500 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2009-01-21-Mason-Professor-Chronicles-African-Americans-in-Sports/ Ruming Guan Expecting Longer Lives With Greater Risk, Reward http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2008-11-21-Expecting-Longer-Lives-With-Greater-Risk-Reward/ Down Syndrome Generation First to Outlive Parents

Like many people her age, Jennifer Holden wants to be on her own. But for the 20-year-old Springfield woman, crossing streets can be frightening. Keeping track of money is difficult.

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:27:29 -0500 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2008-11-21-Expecting-Longer-Lives-With-Greater-Risk-Reward/ Ruming Guan Sport Management Program Prepares Sport Leaders of Tomorrow http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2008-10-20-Sport-Management-Program-Prepares-Sport-Leaders-of-Tomorrow/ For many college students, watching ESPN is the closest they’ll ever get to sporting giants such as the Washington Redskins, Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Pirates and NFL Players Association.

]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:59:01 -0400 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2008-10-20-Sport-Management-Program-Prepares-Sport-Leaders-of-Tomorrow/ Ruming Guan Dear Mr. President: Mason Experts Offer Immigration Policy Advice to Incoming Administration http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2008-10-09-Dear-Mr-President-Mason-Experts-Offer-Immigration-Policy-Advice-to-Incoming-Administratio/ In a weekly series running from now until the election, the Mason Gazette will present the views of expert Mason faculty on various important campaign issues. This week's focus is on immigration policy.

]]> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:50:40 -0400 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2008-10-09-Dear-Mr-President-Mason-Experts-Offer-Immigration-Policy-Advice-to-Incoming-Administratio/ Ruming Guan Caught in Burmese Cyclone, Professors Counsel Those Helping with Relief Efforts http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2008-9-21-Caught-in-Burmese-Cyclone-Professors-Counsel-Those-Helping-with-Relief-Efforts/ When Fred Bemak and Rita Chi-Ying Chung arrived in Yangon, Burma, on May 1, they had no idea that Cyclone Nargis had shifted in the Bay of Bengal and was now headed directly for the impoverished country.

]]> Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:20:51 -0400 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2008-9-21-Caught-in-Burmese-Cyclone-Professors-Counsel-Those-Helping-with-Relief-Efforts/ Ruming Guan ACT NOW in MATH Program Helps Improve Mathematics Teacher Preparation http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2008-9-15-ATH-Program-Helps-Improve-Mathematics-Teacher-Preparation/ According to a report published earlier this year by the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, a sharp falloff in mathematics achievement in the United States begins when students reach middle school and algebra course work commences.

The report also shows the need for improving mathematics teacher pre

]]> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:07:25 -0400 http://cehd.gmu.edu/http://cehd.gmu.edu/about/news/stories/2008-9-15-ATH-Program-Helps-Improve-Mathematics-Teacher-Preparation/ Ruming Guan