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The faculty of the Department of Education includes experts who can provide information on a wide variety of topics, including child development, reading comprehension, history of education, collective memory, the psychology of adolesence, philosophies of education and the education of black children and youth in the United States.
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Living in the city
Urban America focus of national conference at WUSTL
Nov. 9,
2009 -- Washington University in St. Louis will host a national conference on "America's Urban Infrastructure: Confronting Her Challenges, Embracing Her Opportunities" Nov. 19 and 20 in the Danforth University Center. The event, hosted by a consortium of nine WUSTL schools, departments, centers and programs, is free and open to the public.
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Free play
Children can learn on the cheap this summer
May 28,
2009 --
Want to take your children somewhere fun and educational this summer but money is tight? No problem, says a children's play expert at Washington University in St. Louis. Your answer might even be as close as your own backyard. Video available.
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Science education
Missouri high school science achievement tied to quality teachers, study finds
April 21,
2009 -- While public officials aim to establish Missouri as an attractive place for emerging life sciences companies to start, a study by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis indicates that high school science proficiency in the state, especially among high-minority and poverty populations, is greatly dependent on having a core group of certified teachers who are highly qualified to teach courses in their content area.
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Robert Koff
Director, Center for Advanced Learning
Robert Koff is the director of the Educational Skills Initiative in the office of the vice chancellor for students, which is an initiative that focuses on ways to expand the intellectual interests and educational skills of undergraduates with a focus on incoming freshmen. He is an expert in the challenges ...
Expertise: education, school reform, No Child Left Behind, standardized tests, school boards
Direct contact: (314) 935-5946
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rkoff@wustl.edu
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William Tate
Chair and Professor of Education in Arts and Sciences
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Expertise: human resource development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, urban studies, race and American education
Direct contact: (314) 935-6730
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wtate@wustl.edu
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R. Keith Sawyer
Associate Professor of Education
R. Keith Sawyer is one of the country's leading experts on the science of creativity. He studies creativity, everyday conversation, children's play and everyday social life. He is particularly interested in group dynamics and collaboration. He is the author of numerous books including Pretend Play ...
Expertise: creativity, everyday conversation, childhood, childhood development, innovation
Direct contact: (314) 935-8724
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ksawyer@wustl.edu
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James V. Wertsch
Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences
James V. Wertsch, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences.In addition, he holds joint appointments in Education, the Russian Studies Program, and the Program in Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology, all in Arts & Sciences. Heis the director of the McDonnell International ...
Expertise: Russia and former Soviet Union, collective memory, identity, international studies, psychology, education
Direct contact: (314) 935-9015
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jwertsch@wustl.edu
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Garrett Duncan
Associate Professor of Education
Garrett Duncan studies conditions that attribute to success and failure among black students in public schools, especially in competitive settings. He examines academic and social issues, with a special focus on high-stakes testing, education reform, violence, and racial disparities in achievement ...
Expertise: education reform, high stakes testing, racial disparities, social issues, urban schools
Direct contact: (314) 935-8740
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gaduncan@wustl.edu
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For Innovators, There Is Brainpower in Numbers
The New York Times
and 11 others
Dec. 8,
2008 -- Despite the enduring myth of the lone genius, innovation does not take place in isolation. Truly productive invention requires the meeting of minds from myriad perspectives, even if the innovators themselves don't always realize it. Keith Sawyer, a researcher at Washington University in St. Louis, calls this "group genius," and in his book of the same name he introduces a scientific method called interaction analysis to the study of creativity.
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Commentary: Pay to learn shortchanges kids
Los Angeles Times
Sept. 5,
2008 -- Article includes research from WUSTL psychologist Richard deCharms that shows lowering pressure on kids and fostering the enjoyment of learning leads to more educational success.
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No Ideas? You're Not Alone
U.S. News & World Report
June 11,
2007 -- Conventional wisdom has it that breakthrough ideas come only from the minds of geniuses. Edison, Tolkien, Darwin -- history's biggest brains are responsible for its biggest innovations. Many companies are organized with this idea in mind.
But creativity isn't a solitary affair -- and it's not the exclusive domain of the brilliant and gifted. In fact, research shows that people working in groups are far more innovative than previously thought.
WUSTL education and psychology professor Keith Sawyer offers advice on what businesses can do to take advantage of their employees' creativity.
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Education science in search of answers
USA Today
April 11,
2007 -- WUSTL education professor William Tate, who is president-elect of the American Educational Research Association, is one of the experts commenting on the quality of education research in a politically charged climate.
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The hidden secrets of the creative mind
Time Magazine
Jan. 11,
2006 -- What is creativity? Where does it come from? The workings of the creative mind have been subjected to intense scrutiny over the past 25 years by an army of researchers in psychology, sociology, anthropology and neuroscience. But no one has a better overview of this mysterious mental process than WUSTL psychologist and education professor R. Keith Sawyer, author of the new book Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation.
In a Time interview, Sawyer shares some of his findings and suggests ways in which we can enhance our creativity not just in art, science or business but in everyday life.
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