Orion Watson ‘20 was awarded a position at this summer’s Teaching Experiences for Undergraduates in science! The National Science Foundation funds a seven-week immersive program for 24 undergraduates interested in teaching in STEM fields at the secondary level.
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In this uncertain time, we can celebrate accomplishments like this one. Congratulations, Maddie Hasson!
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Sara Caplan was one of five students who received Paul Nyhus Travel Grants from the history department to travel and do research around the world—from Shanghai to Winnipeg—for independent research projects.
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Four Bowdoin Teacher Scholars started their semesters on January 2nd, three weeks before Bowdoin students and professors were back in class. Teacher Scholars teach full time alongside their mentor teacher, in the classroom five days a week. Here is a quick introduction to this semester’s Teacher Scholars!
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As Anthony Abraham Jack, assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, delivered the biannual Kenneth V. Santagata Memorial Lecture, the crowd in Kresge Auditorium clung to his every word.
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With support from the Office of Inclusion and Diversity, two seniors recently flew to Hawai’i to attend a three-day conference on how to encourage more people to pursue STEM careers.
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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.
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.