College of Education

Eastern Michigan University

Issue No: 80
April 5, 1993

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TACK PRODUCES FACULTY JOB SATISFACTION: WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN PERIL

Faculty Job Satisfaction: Women and Minorities in Peril, by Martha W. Tack and Carol L. Patitu (Miami U, Ohio) has recently been released.  This work is Report Four of the 1992 ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Reports, published by George Washington University. 

Tack and Patitu discuss the coming shortage of higher education faculty, with emphasis on the roles of women and minorities as this shortage develops.  Stressors and satisfiers in the work place are discussed, again with emphasis on differences related to women and minorities.

COLTON AND SPARKS-LANGER HAVE MAJOR ITEM ON "REFLECTION" IN JTE

Amy Bernstein Colton (National Board for Teaching Standards) and Georgea Sparks-Langer are represented in the Jan.-Feb. 1993 issue of the Journal of Teacher Education with their "Conceptual Framework to Guide the Development of Teacher Reflection and Decision Making." 

Continuing a line of research begun some years ago and reported on frequently in major outlets, Sparks-Langer and Colton synthesize the work of other researchers and provide EMU and Ann Arbor Schools examples.

IN THE MEDIA

It's not often that an EMU COE faculty member's work makes the Chronicle of Higher Education, but in the March 31 issue, the work of Jennifer M. Beller and Sharon Kay Stoll (U of Idaho) is reported.

In a survey of 13,000 high school and college students, Stoll and Beller have found that "athletes were more likely than non-athletes to make moral decisions based on what other people told them, or what felt good, rather than on how other people might be affected and on their responsibility to society."

Who Says It Is Cheating: Anybody's Guide to Sport Ethics by Stoll, Beller, et al., has recently been released.

Lives on the Edge, by Valerie Polakow, was the subject of the lead article in the "Connection" section of the April 4 Ann Arbor News.  Polakow's recent book is published by the U of Chicago Press.

FACULTY NOTES

James Robert Palasek was the keynote speaker at March 28 ceremonies of the EMU chapter of Golden Key National Honor Society.  Palasek is an honorary member of the chapter, as is Tom Bushey.

Gloria Neve represented the MI AHPERD at the recent respresentative assembly of the AAHPERD in Washington.  Neve also participated in a parade that advocated the inclusion of health and physical education in the core curriculum.  She also spent time "on the hill" with members of the state congressional delegation in a related lobbying effort.

Over 6000 persons attended the recent conference of the MI Association for the Education of Young Children in Grand Rapids, including a number of EMU students and alums.  Karen Paciorek was Conference Committee Chair.  Presenters included Judy Williston, Karen Paciorek, and Leah Adams.  Adams was elected chair of the SIG for Teacher Education.

Jennifer Beller was a presenter at the AAHPERD convention in Washington in a workshop on "Tips and Tricks for Teaching Critical Thinking: Process to Practice."  She also presented (with S.K. Stoll) on "Effect of a Longitudinal Teaching Methodological and Classroom Environment on Both Cognitive and Behavioral Moral Development."  Beller also presented on "Ethics and Sport: Oxymoron or Reality."

SECONDARY MATHEMATICS PROGRAM APPROVED BY NCTM AND NCATE

NCATE has recently informed the COE that the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has found the teaching major in mathematics for secondary teachers to be in compliance with NCTM standards. 

Remaining programs not in compliance with professional association guidelines include elementary education, physical education, and school psychology.  

ALUMS DO WELL IN MILKEN AWARDS

Recent issues of several professional journals have included full-page ads announcing the names of the 120 1993 Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards.  In addition to other benefits, the award carries a $25,000 prize.  At least two (Anita Clark, Tom Fleming) of the 1993 awardees are EMU alums.

SECOND ANNUAL COE "CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE!" SET FOR APRIL 21

Martha Tack again chairs the COE's "Celebration of Excellence!"  The event will be held in three sessions--9:00-9:20, noon-12:20, 4:30-4:50--on April 21.  Activities will be in and near the EMU One Room Schoolhouse.  Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend any of the three sessions.

A wide variety of recognitions of excellence among students, staff, and faculty will be included.

ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE CONFERENCE SET FOR MAY 14 AT EMU

Sponsored by the COE and the Historical Society of Michigan, the "Inaugural One-Room Schoolhouse Conference" will be held at EMU on May 14.  Former dean W. Scott Westerman, Jr. will give the keynote address.  Jerry Robbins, Tom Gwaltney, Donna Schmitt, and Lois (Mrs. John) Porter are also on the program.

Sessions will be held that include conversations with former and present teachers in one-room schoolhouses.  Other topics include historical preservation, documentation, living in a former schoolhouse, and the one-room schoolhouse as a museum.  Tours of the EMU "Town Hall School" will be available during the day-long event.

OPPORTUNITIES

"Technical Assistance Grants to Promote Voluntary Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act" are available through the U.S. Department of Justice.  Application deadline date is May 14.  Contact Barbara Richardson at ORD for additional information.

The National Science Foundation seeks proposals for its Young Scholars Program.  The YSP addresses students in grades 7-12 concerning possible careers (including teaching) in science, mathematics,

and technology.  Contact Barbara Richardson at ORD for additional information.  Application deadline date is May 14.

NSF also seeks proposals for the Instructional Materials Development Program to address investigative, hands-on science and mathematics instruction.  Deadline dates are May 15 and November 15.  Contact Michelle Barnes at ORD for additional information.

An RFP will be forthcoming sometime in the future from the U.S. Department of Education concerning "Field Testing and Demonstration of New or Improved Assessments of K-12 Student Academic Performance."  For additional information contact Barbara Richardson at ORD.

MI institutions of higher education (IHE's) are eligible to apply for the 1993-94 Eisenhower Mathematics and Science education grants.  An IHE may apply for funding on behalf of a proposed cooperative project involving K-12 and non-school agencies.  A joint pre-proposal meeting with K-12 Eisenhower local formula grant contacts will be held on May 13 (9-3) in the State of Michigan Law Building Auditorium, 525 Ottawa, Lansing.  Additional information is available from Flora Jenkins, 517-335-0406.   

PLANNING AHEAD

April 5-6--Passover begins at sundown, April 5.

April 8--1994-95 Fulbright Scholar Awards Workshop, 3-4:30, Alumni Room, McKenny.

April 14--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.

April 15--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny; Teacher Placement Day, Career Services Center.

April 15-16--Increasing student retention--focus on teaching and learning, MI Tech, Houghton.

April 16--Deadline for applying for Central and Eastern European Citizens Network Initiative.

April 20--COE Community Advisory Committee meeting, 6:30, Tower Room, McKenny.

April 21--COE Celebration of Excellence!, tent near one-room schoolhouse, 9 a.m., noon, 4:30 p.m.

April 23--conference on minority teachers, Lansing, Harley Hotel.

April 28--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny; Teleconference: "Revitalizing Science Education" 12-5, 311 Library.

April 29--Coffee with the Dean sessions: 8:30-9:15, Boone; noon-12:45, Rackham; 3:30-4:15, Warner.

April 29-30--National Education Commission on Time and Learning, regional hearings, CEC.

April 30--state-wide Young Educators Society (YES) convention, McKenny.

May 1--SRATE Journal manuscript deadline.  ATE Distinguished Dissertation in Teacher Education nomination deadline.

May 3--Deadline for ACTION proposals for drug prevention programs.

May 6--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.

May 12--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.

May 13-15--Ethnicity Conflict and Cooperation: The Role of Bilingual Education and Ethno-Development, EMU.  Contact Phyllis Noda for additional information.

May 14--Inaugural Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Conference, 8:30-5:30, McKenny Union and Town Hall School.  Applications due for Disabilities Technical Assistance grants, NSF Young Scholars Program grants.

May 15--NSF Instructional Materials grant applications due.

May 20--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.

May 26--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.

May 28--Coffee with the Dean sessions: 8:30-9:15, Rackham; noon-12:45, Warner; 3:30-4:15, Boone.

June 1--Deadline for manuscripts to JTE on "Teacher Education and the Academic Disciplines."  SRATE conference papers due.  ATE convention presiders nominations due.  ATE convention program proposals due.  AACTE convention proposals due.  Applications due for grants under "Drug Use and Abuse in Minority and Underserved Populations."

June 3--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.

June 7--Applications due for grants for instructional materials related to future teachers of math, science, and engineering.

June 9--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.

June 11-12--CMU conference on "Innovations in Education 1993."

June 17--UCTE meeting, 3:30 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.

June 23--COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Gallery I, McKenny.

June 30--Coffee with the Dean sessions: 8:30-9:15, Warner; noon-12:45, Boone; 3:30-4:15, Rackham.

July 3-11--Russian/US Exchange, Moscow/St. Petersburg.

July 15--Distinguished Clinician in Teacher Education award nominations due.

August 1--Deadline for manuscripts to JTE on "The Changing Role of Teacher Educators."  Distinguished Research in Teacher Education award nominations due.  Deadline for applications for Fulbright Scholar Program.

August 1-3--"Men and Relationships" conference, WISD.  Featured speaker:  Michael Messner, author of Men's Lives, and Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity.  EMU Faculty:  Dale Rice.

August 9-13--"School Discipline and Classroom Management" conference, Wayne County RESA.  Featured speakers:  Trevor Gardner, Sheryl Kereluik; EMU Faculty: Alison Harmon, Trevor Gardner. "Transforming Your Public Schools" conference, WISD.  Featured speakers: Joseph Vaughan, U.S. Dept. of Education; EMU Faculty: Georgea Sparks-Langer, James Berry, Kathleen Stacey.