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The Irvin School of Education is home to three departments with
areas of study in teacher education, fitness and sport sciences, athletic
training, and counseling and human development. Teacher education
has been a strong component of the Hardin-Simmons University
curriculum since 1911. In 1981, the school was named for William Buel
Irvin and Ollie Camp Irvin in recognition of their lifetime dedication to
education and their generous bequest to Hardin-Simmons.
Teacher Education prepares graduates for certification levels ranging
from early childhood through secondary grades, and all-level certification is
offered in art, music, physical education, theater, and Spanish. Professional
development courses help students develop a belief system about teaching,
learning, and the roles of the teacher, students, and community in educating
children. Many courses have field-based components to prepare students for
the realities of the profession by working alongside active teachers.
Students in the "Early Childhood through Grade 4 (EC-4)" and the "4-8
English Language Arts and Reading" programs provide assistance to Abilene-
area children in developing reading and writing skills.
This center provides well-researched teaching practices and learning
contexts for Abilene-area pre-schoolers.
This center hosts local, state, and national leaders in the field of literacy
development. HSU students attend parent/teacher workshops and programs
designed to promote a better understanding of dyslexia and other reading
difficulties.
This summer program for gifted and talented children in grades K-
10 allows HSU students to interact with gifted children and develop an
understanding of this special population.
Students enjoy a variety of rich field-based experiences in local
public schools. They have the opportunity to mentor at-risk children and
adolescents, facilitate small group instruction, and assist classroom teachers
with teaching responsibilities.
HSU faculty and students review new children's publications for the
Heart of Texas Literature Center.SETAMORPHOS S
by Dr Pam Williford, deanOF
THE STUDENT
My teaching career 'w.:
launched in Arlington
was a young educator with a I
to learn. I quickly ascertained
that my science background
was woefully lacking as m\
sixth graders had managed 1
acquire sophisticated i-c crir
of scientific expertise.
Now that I am a university'
professor, I no longer wonder how Dr. Jack Stanford,
my college botany professor, was so confident that his
class would actually have real-world application when
I stepped into my own classroom. Though my pool
of scientific knowledge was limited, Dr. Stanford had
taught me the rudiments of research, paving the way for
my unfolding fascination with the monarch butterfly.
Monarchs, by the thousands, filled the air that year.
My young students were spellbound, and I decided
to capitalize on the teachable moment. My classroom
became a community of scientists searching for tidbits
of monarch trivia that would outflank the previous
day's findings. To go one better, I determined to bring
the research literature to life by locating the monarch's
pinhead-long spherical eggs laid by the female on the
underside of milkweed and establishing a natural habitat
to observe their life stages in my classroom.
Observing the process from eggs to mature
adults was scientifically phenomenal, but the real
metamorphosis occurred within my soul. It remains a
miracle to me how, during the stage of the chrysalis, the
wormlike caterpillar turns into a butterfly as its entire
body is restructured. About 10 days later, a wondrous
butterfly emerges, continues the cycle by reproducing,
and dies within two to 36 weeks.
This is my seventh year to serve as dean of the
Irvin School of Education, preceded by 13 years of full
time university teaching. One thing I know. Students
matriculate, and students graduate. During the interim,
professors prepare and execute lessons of content and of2 I-SU I AN(;E RI:iR rI n gri 2006
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