EDS Academic Affairs 2007-2008 Exemplary Staff Employee of the Year Nominees

Congratulations to Anna Lu, Sarah Moulton, and Melissa Wolf for being nominated for the Academic Affairs 2007-2008 Exemplary Staff Employee of the Year. Here are pictures of the award ceremony on June 17th, 2008.

UCSD’s Doctor of Education: Teaching and Learning
2007 Graduates

Education Studies salutes its second set of graduates from the UCSD Doctor of Education in Teaching and Learning program. This doctoral program is geared toward professional educators and it provides the opportunity for students to conduct programmatic research within their current workplace. The program provides the research methodology and advanced knowledge necessary to address fundamental questions about teaching and learning to improve access to quality education for all students. Each of our graduates is a unique and innovative contributor to education.

From left to right: Dr. Claire Ramsey (adviser), Dr. Paula Levin (adviser), Dr. Michael Hargrove, Dr. Marcia Sewall, Dr. Joanne Price, Dr. Susan Scharton, Dr. Randall Souviney (EDS Director), Dr. Barbara Edwards, Dr. Alison Wishard Guerra (adviser). Not pictured: Dr. Tom Humphries (adviser)

EDS doctoral dissertations are available online.

We are proud to announce that one of our very own Education Studies MA graduates, Dr. April Maskiewcz, is the 2006 recipient of the Jean Fort Dissertation Prize.

This award, established in honor of Jean Fort, UCSD's longtime Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, is awarded annually to a Ph.D. recipient of unusual intellectual breadth whose doctoral research has met the highest standards of academic excellence and may make a significant contribution on an issue of humanitarian or public concern.

A Spring 2006 Ph.D. graduate in the joint doctoral program of Math and Science Education, Dr. Maskiewcz’s dissertation entitled, “Re-thinking Biology Instruction: The Application of DNR-based Instruction to the Learning and Teaching of Biology” examines how the principles of DNR-based instruction in Mathematics can be applied to the learning of biology within the context of ecology. Through clinical and teaching interviews, and a 10-week teaching experiment, she documents the evolution of students' understanding and identifies the types of situations that provoked in them an intellectual need to develop the desired ways of understanding and thinking. Her dissertation is a contribution to the scholarly discourse in education on learning in biology and puts her at the forefront of the development of theory for re-conceptualizing biology instruction.

Out of a record number of applicants, we are proud to have one of our members of the growing Education Studies family as the winning recipient and look forward to being a part of the exciting road that lies before her. Congratulations, Dr. April Maskiewcz!

EDS offers a Mathematics Emphasis Certificate for students with strong interest in teaching mathematics at the elementary school level. If you would like more information about this Math Emphasis Program, please contact: Caren Holtzman at 858-534-1685 (choltzman@ucsd.edu) or Giselle Van Luit at 858-534-2958. This program is pending UC system-wide approval.

Attention Multiple Subject Students,

Due to the recent No Child Left Behind Legislation (NCLB), policies regarding the Subject Matter Preparation Program (SMPP) have changed. Please contact Maryjane Chinn, SMPP advisor, at (858) 534-7297 or mchinn@ucsd.edu if you have any questions.

Details regarding the Subject Matter Examination Requirement for Multiple Subject Credential Candidates are included in the Coded Correspondence which is available on the Commission's website: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/codcor.doc/030025/030025.html

Attention to All,

We have established a Joint program of graduate study leading to the Degree of Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership at the University of California, San Diego and California State University, San Marcos.

The faculties of Education Studies at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the College of Education at the California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM) are offering a Joint Education Doctorate (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership. This program addresses advanced study of academic administrative leadership and research skills that will foster evidence-based decision making in local schools and colleges. The student cohort consists primarily of regional preschool through grade 12 (P-12) and post-secondary educators who have demonstrated leadership potential in their respective institutions. Ed.D. students conduct research on professional practice embedded within their own institutional work. Their research topics address specific local problems that also have national implications for teaching and learning, school reform, and professional development. Inquiries may be addressed to Director Randy Souviney at rsouviney@ucsd.edu.

Ed. D. Admission Information