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SUMMARY:Dissertation Defense Announcement Ph.D. in Education Program: Mariel O'Brien "Using Simulations and Log Data to Examine Students' Exploratory Learning Processes of Lunar Phases and Eclipses: Implications for Learning the Sun-Earth-Moon System"
DESCRIPTION:This event will be held virtually and in person. The presentation will take place in the GSE building located at 10 Seminary Place\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, in Room 314. \nTo attend this event virtually and for more information\, please contact academic.services@gse.rutgers.edu. Please submit requests at least 48 hours before the event. Requests received less than 48 hours in advance may not be accommodated in time. \nScience education has moved toward engaging students in the practices of science\, including asking questions\, developing and using models\, planning and carrying out investigations\, analyzing and interpreting data\, and constructing explanations\, as articulated in the NGSS (2013). The NGSS includes topics in astronomy\, including some of the most universally observed yet misunderstood phenomena – lunar phases and eclipses. Because the interactions that produce these phenomena cannot be observed directly from Earth\, students frequently develop alternative conceptions that conflict with scientifically accepted explanations. Traditional tools such as textbooks\, physical models\, and kinesthetic activities are static\, not to scale\, and do not allow students to manipulate the variables involved\, limiting support for NGSS practices. \nWhile lunar phases and eclipses both arise from interactions within the Sun-Earth-Moon (sEm) system\, they are distinct phenomena\, occurring over different timeframes and are driven by different causal variables. Both are addressed within a single NGSS Performance Expectation\, yet no instructional order is specified. This raises the question of whether understanding one phenomenon supports students’ exploration and learning of the other\, and whether a preferred order better supports development of a coherent mental model of the sEm system. \nThis study used a mixed-methods approach to examine whether the order in which middle school students investigated lunar phases and solar eclipses using Inq-ITS’ interactive simulations influenced their inquiry processes and their mental model development\, as measured by inquiry competency scores\, fine-grained interactions within the simulations\, and written explanations. \nQuantitative analyses indicated that the order of the two topic activities did not significantly affect students’ performance on NGSS-aligned inquiry practices. However\, qualitative analysis of students’ interaction sequences and written explanations revealed multiple pathways of conceptual growth\, within and across topics\, including a progression from surface-feature-based reasoning to mechanistically grounded\, spatially integrated explanations of the sEm system. These findings point to the value of simulation-based environments and the log file data they generate for characterizing\, assessing\, and supporting students’ understanding of astronomical phenomena\, and have implications for how lunar phases and eclipses are sequenced and scaffolded in middle school science instruction.
URL:https://gse.rutgers.edu/event/dissertation-defense-announcement-ph-d-in-education-program-mariel-obrien-using-simulations-and-log-data-to-examine-students-exploratory-learning-processes-of-lunar-phases-and-eclipses-implic/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
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SUMMARY:Learning Sciences Lunch and Learn with Dr. Ravit Golan Duncan
DESCRIPTION:Connect with colleagues during this in-person presentation at the GSE (Room 124). Lunch will be provided! \nCan’t attend in person? Join us remotely via Zoom! \n\nResearch in genetics education has shown that students and adults espouse problematic deterministic and essentialist views that contribute to racial bias. Thus far instructional antidotes have focused on countering these views by promoting more complex understandings of population and multifactorial genetics. While such countering is necessary\, it is insufficient and that in addition we need to focus instruction on the socio\, political\, and historical dimension of human genetics. In this talk I will describe a new high school unit developed to engage students with the multifactorial and sociopolitical basis of diabetes and its racial health disparities. \n\nBio: \nRavit Golan Duncan is a professor of Learning Sciences with a focus on Science Education at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Dr. Duncan has several lines of research that focus on epistemic practices\, justice-oriented teaching\, and learning progressions. She spends much of her time designing instructional materials that are aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards and that also promote meaningful and consequential learning for students. At the GSE Dr. Duncan coordinates the Biological Sciences Certification Program and is Department Chair of Learning & Teaching. \n\n\nRecordings of the Lunch & Learn presentations are typically made available on the Rutgers GSE YouTube Channel. Be sure to check back regularly for any talks you may have missed or want to see again! \nView the Lunch & Learn flyer
URL:https://gse.rutgers.edu/event/learning-sciences-lunch-and-learn-with-dr-ravit-golan-duncan/
LOCATION:Graduate School of Education (10 Seminary Pl) – Room #124\, 10 Seminary Place\, New brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learning Sciences Lunch & Learn Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Dr. Kevin L. Clay's "I Guess This Is Activism?"
DESCRIPTION:BOOK LAUNCH: I GUESS THIS IS ACTIVISM? by Dr. Kevin L. Clay\nYouth\, Political Education\, and Free-Market Common Sense\nEvent Details: Sept. 18\, 2026\nReception– 5:30pm | Panel – 6:00pm \nLocation: Rutgers Graduate School of Education\n10 Seminary Place\, Lecture Hall 124\, New Brunswick\, NJ \nAbout the Book\nIn I Guess This Is Activism? Kevin L. Clay presents an eye-opening account of his experience with Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) as an Upward Bound educator. Grounded in Paulo Freire’s tradition of critical pedagogy\, YPAR has been championed by community-based educators and scholars in the United States as an approach for supporting critical consciousness development and social change with working-class Black and Latino youth. Clay\, however\, questions whether YPAR can effectively prepare youths to subvert the systems reproducing their material conditions under neoliberal capitalism. Exposing the political and pedagogical limits of YPAR’s progressive education model\, he reveals how omnipresent neoliberalism undermines youths’ radical potential when political education is not prioritized in youth activism. \nI Guess This Is Activism? engages Black radical thinkers\, including Ella Baker and Fred Hampton\, to reveal the faulty assumptions implicit in YPAR’s program. Looking deeply into how he and his students navigated questions of community problems and social change at the twilight of the Obama presidency\, Clay demonstrates how\, in the absence of political education on the structures of race\, class\, and capitalism\, youth activism is always eclipsed by the common sense of the free market. \nAs working-class Black and Latino youth inherit a society deeply shaped by neoliberal dogma\, I Guess This Is Activism? delivers a much-needed reexamination of YPAR and visions for the future of youth activist education. \nEvent Speakers & Participants \nAUTHOR: Dr. Kevin L. Clay \nMODERATOR: Dr. Karishma Desai \nDISCUSSION RESPONDENTS: \n\nBianca Baldridge\nMichelle Fine\nBeth Rubin\nKrystal Strong
URL:https://gse.rutgers.edu/event/book-launch-dr-kevin-l-clays-i-guess-this-is-activism/
LOCATION:Graduate School of Education (10 Seminary Pl) – Room #124\, 10 Seminary Place\, New brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T163000
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SUMMARY:Dissertation Proposal Announcement Ed.D. Program: Cesar Rainho "Do Teacher Evaluations Matter? A Quantitative Analysis of the Danielson Framework for  Teaching and Student Achievement"
DESCRIPTION:High-quality teachers have been shown to increase student success; however\, teacher quality varies widely. Teacher evaluation systems are designed to monitor and promote teacher quality and provide meaningful measures of teacher performance. However\, questions remain regarding the accuracy and validity of teacher evaluations and the extent to which evaluation ratings are associated with student achievement. \nThis quantitative study will examine the relationship between teacher evaluation scores from a common teacher evaluation system\, the Danielson Framework for Teaching\n(DFFT)\, and student achievement. Specifically\, this study examines Domains II and III of the 2022 Danielson Framework for Teaching (DFFT) and student achievement in grades 9–12 English Language Arts (ELA) at Franklin High School. The study will also examine whether relationships between teacher evaluation scores and student achievement differ between ratings generated using the 2011 and 2022 versions of the DFFT. Student achievement will be measured using benchmark assessments and standardized NJSLA results. Descriptive statistics will be used to examine the distributions of teacher evaluation and student achievement scores and differences across selected demographic and grade-level groups. \nPearson correlations will be conducted to determine the strength and direction of relationships between components of Domains II and III and student achievement. Multiple regression analyses will then examine the extent to which teacher evaluation scores predict performance on benchmark and standardized assessments. Additional regression analyses will assess whether the relationship between evaluation ratings and student achievement differs between the 2011 and 2022 DFFT rubrics. \nFindings from this study may contribute to understanding the validity and utility of teacher evaluation data\, particularly when evaluation results are used to inform professional growth and high-stakes personnel decisions. The study may also provide insight into whether revisions incorporated into the 2022 DFFT produce evaluation ratings that more meaningfully reflect instructional effectiveness and address concerns regarding equity and potential bias in teacher evaluation. \nTo attend this event virtually and for more information\, please contact academic.services@gse.rutgers.edu. Please submit requests at least 48 hours before the event. Requests received less than 48 hours in advance may not be accommodated in time. 
URL:https://gse.rutgers.edu/event/dissertation-proposal-announcement-ed-d-program-cesar-rainho-do-teacher-evaluations-matter-a-quantitative-analysis-of-the-danielson-framework-for-teaching-and-student-achievement/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ed.D. Dissertation Proposal
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T110000
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SUMMARY:GSE 4+1 Programs: Online Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Learn how you can become an educator and make a difference with New Jersey’s #1 Graduate School of Education. \nOur Teacher Education Programs offer a direct route to teacher certification\, optimizing time and finances while delivering comprehensive training. \nFor Rutgers undergraduates\, our tailored 4+1 (formerly Five-Year) program ensures the quickest\, most economical path to a teaching degree. \nFor those with a bachelor’s degree aspiring to become educators\, our post-baccalaureate program equips you with knowledge and credentials in 21-24 months\, fostering classroom confidence. Specialized tracks like Elementary Education\, Secondary Education\, and add-ons like Special Education or ESL\, are designed to align with your strengths and passions. \nRegister today! \nCan’t make it to this info session? Email Ken Tufo Jr.\, Student Counselor\, at ken.tufo@gse.rutgers.edu.
URL:https://gse.rutgers.edu/event/gse-41-programs-online-info-session/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Five-Year Teacher Education & Post-Bacc Information Sessions,Information Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T130000
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SUMMARY:Learning Sciences Lunch and Learn with Dr. Luis Morales-Navarro
DESCRIPTION:Connect with colleagues during this in-person presentation at the GSE (Room 124). Lunch will be provided! \nCan’t attend in person? Join us remotely via Zoom! \n\nIn this presentation\, Dr. Luis Morales-Navarro proposes a five-step model after expert algorithm audits that\, when incorporated into learning activities\, can support young people in auditing algorithms. He will share several examples of audits conducted by teenagers in which they uncovered inequitable behaviors in the generative model that powers TikTok filters and ChatGPT-generated college and career advice. He will also highlight how teachers\, with the advice of teenagers\, played a key role in the design of AI auditing lessons. Finally\, he will discuss opportunities to build on longstanding science education ideas and practices in the design of AI learning activities and to involve teachers and learners in the design of AI literacy activities. \n\nBio:\nLuis Morales-Navarro is a postdoctoral researcher at Aarhus University in Denmark. His research brings together perspectives from human–computer interaction and the learning sciences to study how youth can participate in the design and evaluation of AI/ML systems. Previously\, he researched and designed tools and environments for learning computing at New York University\, the Studio for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University\, the Processing Foundation\, Fundación Omar Dengo\, and Apple’s Human Centered Machine Intelligence group. He was a Penn AI Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania\, where he completed his Ph.D. \n\n\nRecordings of the Lunch & Learn presentations are typically made available on the Rutgers GSE YouTube Channel. Be sure to check back regularly for any talks you may have missed or want to see again! \nView the Lunch & Learn flyer
URL:https://gse.rutgers.edu/event/learning-sciences-lunch-and-learn-with-dr-luis-morales-navarro/
LOCATION:Graduate School of Education (10 Seminary Pl) – Room #124\, 10 Seminary Place\, New brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learning Sciences Lunch & Learn Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T183000
DTSTAMP:20260915T013440
CREATED:20260902T142817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T143155Z
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SUMMARY:Because of Teachers | Open House
DESCRIPTION:For Rutgers Undergraduate Students\nTuesday\, October 13\, 2026\, 4pm – 6:30pm (3:30pm check in)\n  \n\n\n\nWhether you’ve always wanted to teach or are curious about what it takes\, come get an honest\, behind-the-scenes look at a career in education.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat to Expect: \n\n\nReal Talk from Real Educators: Hear from current teachers and faculty about what day-to-day teaching is actually like.\nFast-Track Your Career: Discover how our accelerated 5-year program helps you earn your bachelor’s & master’s degree fast!\nHigh Demand\, Fast Hiring: See why GSE graduates are consistently preferred by employers in NJ.\nMake a Real Impact: Learn how our alumni advance social justice and equity in the classroom.\nPlus! Free giveaways and food!\n\nClick here to REGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://gse.rutgers.edu/event/because-of-teachers-2026/
LOCATION:Graduate School of Education\, 10 Seminary place\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T200000
DTSTAMP:20260915T013440
CREATED:20260902T183612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T192451Z
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SUMMARY:College Student Affairs Ed.M. Virtual Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Interested in learning more about the College Student Affairs Ed.M. program? Join us for a Virtual Information Session on Thursday\, October 22 at 7:00 pm EST! \nDuring virtual information sessions\, attendees will learn more about the College Student Affairs (CSA) program at Rutgers University. The session will cover important topics including: \n\nCSA curriculum\nInternship and field placement opportunities\nFree tuition at the NJ in-state rate for full-time students\nApplication process\n\nAttendees will also have the opportunity to meet current CSA faculty\, students\, and professionals and ask any pressing questions. \nRegister Today! \nCan’t make this one? Another session is available on Wednesday\, November 11th!\n \nThe Ed.M. in College Student Affairs program at the GSE is designed to prepare students for employment at various colleges and universities to fulfill professional positions in areas such as student advising\, service learning\, residence life\, student activities\, disability services\, cultural centers\, and more. Students in the program can expect a combination of classroom instruction\, project-based learning\, field experiences\, internships\, and individualized instruction. \nThis program can be completed with full-time or part-time enrollment\, varying in the number of total credits required from 30-39 based on experience and employment history. Students in the full-time program are required to hold graduate internships as part of completion of the program. Students in the part-time executive management track are required to maintain full-time employment in a student affairs (or related) position.
URL:https://gse.rutgers.edu/event/college-student-affairs-information-sessions/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Information Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261028T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261028T143000
DTSTAMP:20260915T013440
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SUMMARY:Civically Engaged District Project - Professional Development Day
DESCRIPTION:Interested in helping students find their civic voice? Applications are open for the 2026-2027 Civically Engaged District Project’s (CED) Educator Cohort. \nYouth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is an active\, student-centered approach to civic learning that builds student engagement while meeting public school civics mandates. The CED Project offers a two-part professional development series at Rutgers–New Brunswick to help you bring YPAR into your classroom. \nAs a cohort member\, you’ll: \n\n\nLearn the whys and hows of YPAR \n\n\nGet support from experienced mentors \n\n\nAccess ready-to-use curricular resources and planning tools \n\n\nJoin the growing network of Civically Engaged Districts \n\n\nEarn up to 12 PD hours plus a $50 travel honorarium \n\n\nHave the option (if selected) to participate in the Youth in Action Summit \n\n\nHear directly from NJ educators and students about their YPAR experience\, or visit our website to learn more. See the full schedule in our flyer. \nSubmit an interest form today!
URL:https://gse.rutgers.edu/event/civically-engaged-district-project-professional-development-day/
LOCATION:NJ
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T200000
DTSTAMP:20260915T013440
CREATED:20260902T184828Z
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SUMMARY:College Student Affairs Ed.M. Virtual Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Interested in learning more about the College Student Affairs Ed.M. program? Join us for a Virtual Information Session on Wednesday\, November 11th at 7:00 pm EST! \nDuring virtual information sessions\, attendees will learn more about the College Student Affairs (CSA) program at Rutgers University. The session will cover important topics including: \n\nCSA curriculum\nInternship and field placement opportunities\nFree tuition at the NJ in-state rate for full-time students\nApplication process\n\nAttendees will also have the opportunity to meet current CSA faculty\, students\, and professionals and ask any pressing questions. \nRegister Today! \n \nThe Ed.M. in College Student Affairs program at the GSE is designed to prepare students for employment at various colleges and universities to fulfill professional positions in areas such as student advising\, service learning\, residence life\, student activities\, disability services\, cultural centers\, and more. Students in the program can expect a combination of classroom instruction\, project-based learning\, field experiences\, internships\, and individualized instruction. \nThis program can be completed with full-time or part-time enrollment\, varying in the number of total credits required from 30-39 based on experience and employment history. Students in the full-time program are required to hold graduate internships as part of completion of the program. Students in the part-time executive management track are required to maintain full-time employment in a student affairs (or related) position.
URL:https://gse.rutgers.edu/event/college-student-affairs-ed-m-virtual-information-session/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Information Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270210T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270210T143000
DTSTAMP:20260915T013440
CREATED:20260710T151444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260710T151444Z
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SUMMARY:Civically Engaged District Project - Professional Development Day
DESCRIPTION:Interested in helping students find their civic voice? Applications are open for the 2026-2027 Civically Engaged District Project’s (CED) Educator Cohort. \nYouth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is an active\, student-centered approach to civic learning that builds student engagement while meeting public school civics mandates. The CED Project offers a two-part professional development series at Rutgers–New Brunswick to help you bring YPAR into your classroom. \nAs a cohort member\, you’ll: \n\n\nLearn the whys and hows of YPAR \n\n\nGet support from experienced mentors \n\n\nAccess ready-to-use curricular resources and planning tools \n\n\nJoin the growing network of Civically Engaged Districts \n\n\nEarn up to 12 PD hours plus a $50 travel honorarium \n\n\nHave the option (if selected) to participate in the Youth in Action Summit \n\n\nHear directly from NJ educators and students about their YPAR experience\, or visit our website to learn more. See the full schedule in our flyer. \nSubmit an interest form today!
URL:https://gse.rutgers.edu/event/civically-engaged-district-project-professional-development-day-2/
LOCATION:NJ
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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