IUP Curriculum & Instruction Doctoral Program

09/03/2022

Congratulations, Dr. Crystal Machado 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Congratulations to Dr. Crystal Machado, a professor in our department of Professional Studies in Education, for being recognized as an Affordable Learning Champion by Affordable Learning PA! Dr. Machado has used open educational resources in her courses for over ten years, allowing students to access these materials online for free without having to worry about copyright restrictions. She has planned and coordinated numerous workshops for faculty members at IUP, promoting the use of these resources.

08/31/2022

Dear C & I students and alums,

Welcome to the start of the new academic year!

Whether you are beginning, continuing or finished your doctoral journey, we are delighted you are part of the C & I family.

Wishing you all the best along each step of your journey!

07/06/2022

05/17/2022

Lizoon Nahar and Farheen Mahmood presented a poster at the Society of Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference in San Diego in April 2022. The poster title was "Virtual Laboratory in Secondary Science Education in Bangladesh: Learners’, Teachers’, and Institutional Perspectives."

05/11/2022

Asmaa Radwan, doctoral candidate of Curriculum and Instruction, and Crystal Machado, Department of Professional Studies in Education, presented a coauthored paper at the Society of Information Technology and Teacher Education conference in San Diego in April 2022. The paper, titled "Using VoiceThread to Develop Preservice Teachers’ Ability to Learn, Design and Facilitate an Asynchronous Presentation," presents the results of a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Project.

At the Society of Information Technology and Teacher Education conference, doctoral candidate Asmaa Radwan and Professor Crystal Machado copresented a paper on using VoiceThread to develop preservice teachers’ ability to learn, design, and facilitate an asynchronous presentation.

05/09/2022

Curriculum and Instruction doctoral candidate Lizoon Nahar and Crystal Machado, Department of Professional Studies in Education and Curriculum and Instruction, conducted a roundtable session at the Society of Information Technology and Teacher Education conference in San Diego in April 2022. The paper is titled "Enriching Science Classes with Virtual Laboratories: Lessons Learned from Self-motivated Science Educators."

Lizoon Nahar and Crystal Machado conducted a roundtable on VSL at the Society of Information Technology and Teacher Education conference.

04/01/2022

Congratulations to Lizoon Nahar, Curriculum & Instruction doctoral candidate, for qualifying to move forward to the finals for the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition as part of the IUP Scholars Forum. The 3MT Finals will take place Wednesday 4/6 at 1 pm in Toretti Auditorium, KCAC. Please feel free to come and join us in the KCAC as we cheer her on!

03/29/2022

Congratulations to Dr. Sara Lobaugh who successfully defended her dissertation titled “Instructional Coaching: The Perceived Relationships Between Instructional Coaching, Efficacy, and School Climate”

Congratulations Dr. Lobaugh 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

We wish you good luck in your future endeavors!

03/22/2022

Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Williams for her successful defense of her dissertation,
L2 MOTIVATION AND FALLING LANGUAGE ENROLMENTS IN U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION: A MIXED METHODS CASE STUDY

Her committee members were Dr. Kelli Paquette (chair), Dr. Marjorie Zambrano, and Dr. Kelli Jo Kerry-Moran

Congratulations, Dr. Sarah Williams 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

03/22/2022

Hello C & I students,

March 30th marks the opening of registration for most graduate students for the Summer and Fall 2022 semesters (some special groups may have an earlier registration date). You will need three things to complete your registration: an alternate pin number, registration instructions, and a listing of classes.

Please check your IUP email for these items.