Educational talks focus of fall series


Vol. 18, No. 7	Oct. 15, 1998

Educational talks focus of fall series

The School of Education is holding its annual colloquium series on diverse educational topics this fall and spring. All talks are open to the public and begin at 1 p.m. on selected Thursdays, in Room 207, Willard Hall Education Building.

The speakers in the fall series, organized by Roberta Golinkoff, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Educational Studies, are leaders in education research, schooling and human development from UD and other institutions.

The fall series includes the following speakers and topics

Oct. 15-William Stout, University of Illinois, equity issues in testing;
Oct. 29-Ralph Ferretti, education, cognition and instruction;
Nov. 5-Stacy Smith, Bates College, charter schools;
Nov. 19-Saul Hoffman, economics, teenage parents; and
Dec. 3-Deborah Kemler-Nelson, Swarthmore College, categorization in children.

A mini-series in the spring, entitled "Lessons from a Decade of Reform in Teacher Education," is being coordinated by Robert Hampel, education, and Frank Murray, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Educational Studies and Psychology. A doctoral seminar taught by Murray will accompany the mini-series.

For further information, contact Maryanne Bowers at 831-2321.