Recent News - More

New Program for Elementary Teachers Approved
February 18, 2008
The faculty of Union University at their February 4 th meeting unanimously approved a new program of preparation for students at Union preparing to be teachers of young children! The School of Education, nationally accredited by NCATE and nationally honored as a Model of Excellence for moral and eth... READ MORE

Jim Trelease
January 31, 2008
On October 11, 2007 Union’s College of Education & Human Studies Honors Society, Kappa Delta Pi, sponsored award-winning author Jim Trelease to our campus. His lecture address was entitled “Reading aloud: Motivating children to make books into friends, not enemies.”  Since writing his million... READ MORE

Tennessee Association for Childhood Education International
January 17, 2008
More than 300 educators from across the state of Tennessee arrived on Union’s campus on Saturday, September 22, for the 2007 Tennessee Association for Childhood Education International Fall Conference. The conference, Space to Play; Room to Grow, included more than 40 sessions tracked for those who ... READ MORE

Recent Academic Forum Posts - More

Empowering University Students to Think Deeply, Discuss Engagingly, and Write Definitively
by Kenneth Newman, Ed.D., Director of Ed.S. and Ed.D. /P-12 Programs, Jackson & Associate Professor of Education
A typical college classroom is often pictured with the professor talking for several hours while students frantically try to write down everything that is said. Students spend time later learning this written information. This type of classroom has traditionally produced surface learning and has don... READ MORE

Bookmaking for Children
by Carolyn L. Whaley, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Education
Dr. Whaley and Mrs. Hathcox's presentation included sharing examples of group and individually-made books created by children and teachers for classroom or take-home use. Participants received ideas for creating reproductions, innovations, and extensions of original and familiar stories.... READ MORE

Mission

The mission of the Center for Educational Practice is to promote excellence in education (pre-school through higher education) in ways that reflect the conceptual framework of a teacher-student dynamic of sensitivity, reflection, and faith.

Purpose

• Encourage and edify contemporary practice in education;
• Foster scholarship in education among faculty at Union University;
• Publish a research journal, The Union View, annually as a forum for faculty, students, and the community;
• Bring scholars and events in education to the Union University campus;
• Unite the professional efforts of faculty and students at both the Jackson and Germantown campuses.

Director: Melinda Clarke, 731-661-5379, mclarke@uu.edu