The Learning Project
Answers about pressing education issues from the people doing today's research.
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Getting to the Super Bowl: Opportunities Beyond the Playing Field in Sports
07/26/2023
Getting to the Super Bowl: Opportunities Beyond the Playing Field in Sports
When it comes to careers in the sport industry, we often first think of the athletes involved. However, there is often a huge operation behind the scenes, creating opportunities and careers. In this episode, we talk with Mr. Ted Crews the III, Executive Vice President of Communications for the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs, and Dr. Marta Mack, acting director of the Institute for the Transformation of Sport, housed in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion in the University of Kentucky College of Education. Editor's note: As of fall 2023, the center will be renamed the Center for the Study of Sport and Society, under the direction of Dr. Kwame Agyemang, the George and Betty Blanda Endowed Professor in Education - Sport Leadership.
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Breaking the Concrete Ceiling
02/03/2023
Breaking the Concrete Ceiling
Women of color may face a concrete ceiling – more formidable than a glass ceiling, where the goal is visible but just out of reach. When facing a concrete ceiling, the view of the other side is obstructed. Danelle Stevens-Watkins, Ph.D., is acting dean of the College of Education. Dr. Stevens-Watkins is a professor in the Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, as well as the university’s associate vice president for research, diversity and inclusion. She is working to break through concrete ceilings and show women of color what is possible through education.
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Damar Hamlin's injury and the psychological impact
01/05/2023
Damar Hamlin's injury and the psychological impact
Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field Jan. 2, during Monday Night Football in front of shocked teammates and fans. As we hope for continued news of his recovery, there is another aspect of healing to talk about – the psychological impact of witnessing this event, for his teammates, fans, first responders, and more. We talk with Dr. Marc Cormier, Director of the Sport and Exercise Psychology program at the University of Kentucky College of Education. https://education.uky.edu/khp/grad/sport-and-exercise-psychology/
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The Need for Teachers
02/10/2022
The Need for Teachers
Help wanted: Teachers! In this episode, we talk to student teachers who have stepped up to fill needs in classrooms as schools struggle to stay open among pandemic demands. But the teaching shortage is not new. What do schools need, and what can we do about it? We talk to students and teacher education leaders about the situation facing schools across America, what higher education and communities can do to help, and the challenges and rewards facing teachers in the workforce.
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Latinx Voices - The power of education
10/14/2021
Latinx Voices - The power of education
In honor of Latinx/Hispanic Heritage month, five future and current educators share stories of being inspired to teach, overcoming challenges, and their commitment to having a positive impact on the lives they touch.
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Episode 4: Education and Civil Rights - Making research real and relevant
02/18/2021
Episode 4: Education and Civil Rights - Making research real and relevant
Dr. Greg Vincent, who holds both a law degree (J.D.) and doctor of education (Ed.D.), is a professor in the UK College of Education Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation and executive director of a groundbreaking collaboration between the UK College of Education and the NAACP, the nation’s largest and most preeminent civil rights organization. University faculty and NAACP leaders collaboratively developed an education and research initiative focused on educational equity, civil rights, and social justice. Together, they are addressing racial inequities plaguing the U.S. education system. Today, Vincent answers some of our questions about how laws continue to play a role in promoting civil rights and how faculty research and analysis can be used to help advance educational equity through UK’s Education and Civil Rights Initiative in collaboration with the NAACP. The initiative is housed in the UK College of Education’s Department of Education Policy Studies and Evaluation.
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Measuring Success: Part II (What do we do now?)
05/14/2019
Measuring Success: Part II (What do we do now?)
We're talking about how to find meaning behind the numbers in part 2 of our talk with Dr. Kelly Bradley, Chair of the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky College of Education. We discuss a college program that prepares students to look more holistically at evaluation in education, and recommendations for what stakeholders in education can do to use measurement to shape better educational experiences for students.
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Episode 2: Measuring Success - Part I
05/10/2019
Episode 2: Measuring Success - Part I
How do we know what students know? What are we measuring, and why? Where do we go from here? Those are the kinds of questions that Dr. Kelly Bradley, Chair of the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky College of Education, thinks about. But before she was focused on those numbers, Bradley was keeping score on the basketball court. In part I, she describes how an injury led her to follow her passion for education and numbers – and to connect the two in a career that is focused on contributing to high-quality education at all levels.
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Episode 1: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Recess
03/22/2019
Episode 1: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Recess
We know we feel better when we move – but can it also improve learning? Dr. Alicia Fedewa from the University of Kentucky College of Education Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology talks about her work to determine what effect movement breaks have on students.
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