research

Feb 28, 2022

Project Funded by Spencer Foundation Will Allow Assistant Professor Amato Nocera to Approach Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Through a Historical Lens

As schools across the United States question how they can recruit and retain African American teachers and support historically marginalized students’ sense of belonging and self-worth in schools, NC State College of Education Assistant Professor Amato Nocera believes looking to the past can help find answers. 

Feb 18, 2022

How to Structure Online Classrooms for Adults

A study led by Assistant Professor Lam Pham offers important lessons about the challenges and benefits of online learning for adults. 

Feb 15, 2022

Study Co-authored by Associate Professor Anna Egalite Selected as Co-winner of AERA Outstanding Publications Competition for an Applied Research Report

A study co-authored by Associate Professor Anna Egalite that highlights the impact of principals on student achievement has been selected as the first place co-winner of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2022 Division H Outstanding Publications Competition for an Applied Research Report. 

Feb 15, 2022

Doctoral Student Justin Egresitz Encourages Educators to Bring Augmented Reality into the Classroom in New Paper

From its use in the fictional world of Marvel superhero movies to real-life games like Pokemon Go, most students are familiar with augmented reality (AR) technology and some of its possibilities. Because of the “cool factor” of this technology, doctoral student Justin Egresitz ’23PHD believes that AR can have valuable benefits in engineering classrooms. 

Feb 11, 2022

Associate Professor Angela Wiseman Aims to Transform Use of Visual Methodologies to Promote Equity Using AERA Grant

Visual images have perpetuated racialized stereotypes and negative ideas, yet they also have the potential to amplify youth perspectives and dismantle deficit perspectives, says Associate Professor Angela Wiseman, Visual research methods, framed with an equity lens, can reflect people’s experiences and also play an important role in supporting children in educational contexts and communities. Wiseman also acknowledges that visual-based methods can be used as tools for activism and aims to develop and amplify visual methods in literacy education. 

Feb 9, 2022

More Than Two Dozen College of Education Scholars Present at NC State’s Inaugural Equity Research Symposium

Researchers from across NC State—including more than two dozen College of Education faculty, researchers and doctoral students—came together on Feb. 8 to share and catalyze cutting-edge, equity-focused and equity-relevant research during the university’s first-ever Equity Research Symposium. 

Feb 8, 2022

Assistant Professor Jamie Pearson Discusses Equity in Education Research, FACES Project at National Events

Jamie Pearson, an assistant professor of special education in the NC State College of Education, is hoping to spark conversations that lead to action around equitable education research through her participation in two nationwide events. 

Feb 8, 2022

Technician: NC State to Host First Equity Research Symposium

NC State will host the University’s first research symposium on social equity, bringing together more than 100 researchers from across the campus-- including several from the College of Education-- to answer the question, “What does equity mean to you?” 

Feb 2, 2022

Assistant Professor Lam Pham on the Importance of School Improvement: ‘I See Investments in These Schools as a Direct Way of Supporting Students Who Most Need Our Collective Attention and Resources’

As both a student and, eventually, a teacher at low-performing schools, NC State College of Education Assistant Professor Lam Pham saw first-hand the ways in which reforms and interventions can have an impact. 

Jan 27, 2022

NC State College of Education Distinguished Professor Hollylynne S. Lee Receives Cherry Award for Great Teaching

Hollylynne S. Lee, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Education at NC State's College of Education, has been named the 2022 recipient of Baylor University’s Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. The biennial award, which comes with a $250,000 prize, honors professors with exceptional teaching skills who have a record of having a positive, inspiring and long-lasting impact on students.