A year's worth of data collected in four childcare centers in Maine is showing intriguing results about the kinds of environments that best foster scientific tendencies in very young children.
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In the past decade, dual-language school programs in Dallas, Texas, have spiked as more people embrace bilingual education. This summer, Lauren Elliott ’20 is researching which programs are most effective for Hispanic students, and why.
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In the nationwide movement to enhance the status of one of our society’s essential, and undervalued, professions—teaching—the Bowdoin Teacher Scholars program is ahead of the curve.
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Language is not a fixed construct. It lives and breathes and evolves with the people who speak it, with cultural practices, and the passage of time.
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Olivia Bean ’17 has been awarded a five-year Knowles Teaching Fellowship, worth about $150,000, which supports early-career science and math teachers.
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The faculty members, who come from across the academic spectrum, have been promoted from associate to full professor based on their excellence in teaching, distinction in research, and service to the College.
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The Harry S. Truman Scholarship is the premier graduate fellowship for aspiring public service leaders in the US.
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Students headed to Washington, DC, over the spring break on the second Bowdoin Public Service Initiative. The program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to delve into topics around government and public policy work.
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Professor of Education Charles Dorn argues that we can’t understand what’s going on with colleges and universities today until we examine their history and how society has viewed them over the course of time.
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Music, theater, dance, art, literature: they're all here in this new spring calendar. Here's a sample of some of the treats on offer throughout the campus over the next few months.
Read moreStudents are able to coordinate studies in education with the liberal arts curriculum in a variety of way—including research, community-engaged study, and teacher preparation.