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CEHD students experienced place-based science learning focused on bird migration Science learning is an important part of the curriculum for all PreK-12 students. That foundational learning begins at the elementary level. Recently, a group of future elementary school teachers took an extra step towards expanding their own science understanding through place-based learning in the Red […]

  Dr. Alan Bruce, CEO & Director of Universal Learning Systems, speaks at UND’s inaugural Disability Awareness Day. Photo by Kenya Zarns.    On Monday, March 18, 2024, UND hosted its first-ever Disability Awareness Day at the Memorial Union. The event was the brainchild of Dr. Lee Ann Williams, program director of Inclusive Rehabilitation Sciences […]

November was surprisingly busy for students and faculty alike. Check out CEHD’s Month In Review.   Nov. 30: Dr. Ryan Summers and CEHD future educators used liquid nitrogen to offer stone-cold instruction to middle schoolers From banana splits (flash frozen) to splitting atoms   Nov. 30: UND Today’s story about online student Muhammad Nasir put […]

On Thursday, Aug. 10, educators and education professsionals from North Dakota and Minnesota gathered at UND’s Memorial Union…to play with toys. Throughout the day, they got to play with KEVA planks, learn tabletop games, experience robotics, operate drones, and even build mini Martian rovers. Most importantly, they got to ignite a creative spark that they […]

  In early May 2023, the GRO.UND learning gardens in Room 22 of the Education Building hosted several dozen Head Start children over two days. The children, referred to as SPROUTS, enjoyed making flowers out of construction paper. They also learned about how plants grow through instruction and song. They even got their hands dirty […]

The annual CEHD Research Conference featured breaking research from UND faculty and students alike On May 16, 2023, a wealth of research and collected knowledge was all assembled in one ballroom in UND’s memorial union – in poster form. The College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) hosted their annual Research Conference, a celebration of […]

The following article appeared in the Jan. 30, 2023 edition of the News and Notes newsletter of the North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (ND EPSCoR). North Dakota, along with many other states, struggles to find teachers, especially those with science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) backgrounds. At their March 2022 meeting, the […]