Education & Society

FSU College of Education to host COE Preview Week

Published: October 19, 2020 | 11:24 am | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

The FSU College of Education is hosting COE preview week, an opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the college's graduate and certificate programs. (FSU College of Education)

Florida State University’s College of Education is hosting COE Preview Week, a virtual graduate programs open house. At this event, prospective students will be able to learn more about the college’s graduate programs and certificate programs from faculty, admissions staff and students. They’ll also be able take a virtual tour of FSU’s campus, as well as the Stone […]

USAID-Florida State University partnership set to boost teacher training systems in Zambia

Published: October 15, 2020 | 2:38 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski, an associate professor with the Learning Systems Institute and director of the USAID Transforming Teacher Education Program. (Florida State University)

The Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University will lead a five-year, $15 million project sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve pre-service teacher training in Zambia. LSI faculty, in collaboration with partners School-to-School International and the University of Zambia, will work with 12 universities and colleges of education in […]

FSU FIREFLIES aims to keep the future of education sciences bright

Published: October 12, 2020 | 11:05 am | Posted in: Education & Society

As the need for highly trained educators continues to grow, so too grows the need for a new generation of education scientists seeking to inform those practitioners. Aiming to address this need, Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) Professors Nicole Patton Terry and Sara Hart of Florida State University have launched a new interdisciplinary research training program in […]

FSU College of Education to launch new online master’s program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Published: October 8, 2020 | 3:49 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

The Center for Postsecondary Success (CPS) is housed with the College of Education. (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University’s College of Education is launching an online master’s program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) starting in spring 2021. The program will prepare students for careers in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL), language assessment, teacher training, materials development, program administration, […]

FSU’s Interdisciplinary Center for Athletic Coaching partners with Women’s Football Alliance

Published: October 5, 2020 | 4:01 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

Tim Baghurst, professor and director of FSU COACH. (FSU College of Education)

Florida State University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Athletic Coaching, known as FSU COACH, has formed a new partnership with the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA), a competitive women’s tackle football league. Through the partnership, FSU COACH will serve as the official coach education provider for the WFA’s new Coaches Alliance. “Coach education and development is an important […]

FSU researcher argues the growth of cronyism threatens American prosperity

Published: September 8, 2020 | 2:57 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Randall G. Holcombe is the DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University.

Cronyism between the economic political elite is a threat to national prosperity, a Florida State University researcher argues in a new book. Randall Holcombe, DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics, says that keeping those with economic power from obtaining political power is necessary to maintain the economic progress the world has seen since the beginning of […]

FSU Panama City offers IBM Skills Academy professional development courses

Published: September 4, 2020 | 3:38 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The Florida State University Panama City College of Applied Studies is partnering with IBM Skills Academy to launch technology-based training courses designed to provide additional professional skills to students, alumni and community members looking to advance their careers and excel in the job market. Upon successful completion, students will be able to obtain digital certificates […]

Study finds that COVID-19 is hitting older Black and Latinx persons hardest

Published: August 31, 2020 | 10:52 am | Posted in: Education & Society, Health & Medicine, News

Assistant Professor Patricia Homan and her co-authors found COVID-19 is disproportinately hurting communities of color. (FSU Photography Services/Bruce Palmer)

A study co-authored by a Florida State University researcher has found COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting people of color in the United States.   Patricia Homan, assistant professor of sociology and associate at the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy at FSU, said she and her fellow researchers found that the difference between how COVID-19 affects […]

While young students draw on FSU’s coloring book, parents can draw on FSU’s experts during COVID-19 pandemic

Published: April 23, 2020 | 3:25 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

As millions of moms and dads in COVID-19’s stay-at-home Florida wonder what to do next, Florida State University education experts are offering resources to help parents-turned-teaching-assistants make good choices. With activity books loaded with educational bits, videos and guides on reading instruction and a massive database of tested teaching resources, FSU has plenty that parents […]

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