The Gevirtz School
The latest U.S. News & World Reports rankings place the school in the top 50 education schools among public universities.
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Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology
is home to the Koegel Autism Center, which has been recognized by the National Academy of Sciences – and ranked among the country’s top 12 such facilities – for its innovative research and teaching methods based on Pivotal Response Treatment.
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Department of Education
is devoted to service. For instance, for nearly 20 years Betsy Brenner and Richard Duran have led a network of after school computer clubs serving primarily early school through high school students in conjunction with the Boys and Girls Club.
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Teacher Education Program
was 1 of 6 model programs in California named as “California’s assets” in the governor’s State Educator Excellence Task Force report Greatness by Design: Supporting Outstanding Teaching to Sustain the Golden State, Sept. 2012.
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Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology
is home to the Ackerman Positive Psychology Clinic, which provides strengths-based counseling and positive family therapy – plus state-of-the-art research and training – on the UCSB campus and in the community.
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Department of Education
Among the department’s many stellar graduates is Vichet Chhuon, winner of the 2013 AERA Scholars of Color Early Career Contribution Award and assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Minnesota.
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Teacher Education Program
Alumnus Amir Abo-Shaeer (SST Credential, M.Ed., 2001) -- the only high school teacher to have won a MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellowship -- leads the robotics team at Dos Pueblos High School. Their story is chronicled in the nonfiction book The New Cool: A Visionary Teacher...
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Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology
is home to the Center for School-Based Youth Development, researchers devoted to understanding the role of school engagement as a protective force in children's lives and to promoting academic, social, emotional, and physical well-being.
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Department of Education
Laura Romo, Julie Bianchini, Yukari Okamoto, Jin Sook Lee were awarded a $1.2 million NIH grant to develop a preschool biology curriculum for Latino children to foster understanding of cold and flu prevention, as well as food and nutrition.
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Teacher Education Program
is a leader in cross-cultural study, forging international partnerships in Denmark, Zurich, and Singapore, among other locations. Student teachers get invaluable experience teaching globally; international students come to learn here at UCSB; scholars collaborate to conduct research.
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Teacher Education Program - Assets
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