March 26, 2004

UNM College of Education Hosts Graduate Colloquium

More than 40 presentations by University of New Mexico College of Education graduate students will be featured in a daylong colloquium, Tuesday, March 30, noon to 8 p.m. at the Student Union Building.

This event allows students to present various stages of research to their peers and the education community. The event is free and open to the public.

Topics range from “Issues of Special Education in Native American Communities” to “The Professional Development of a First Year Teacher.” The colloquium allows students working toward advanced degrees in education to present dissertation ideas, preliminary research and to make trial conference presentations.

A keynote presentation, “Narrative Construction as Educational Research: Past, Present and Especially, the Future” will be given at 2 p.m. by Tom Barone, Ph.D., professor of education at Arizona State University. Barone will also speak at 5 p.m. as part of a graduate school panel.

The event is sponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies and the College of Education. For more information, contact Denise Dion at ddion@nm.edu

Contact: Greg Johnson (505) 277-1816

Posted by kwentworth at March 26, 2004 03:23 PM