Tagged: James Cohen

‘Replace judgment with curiosity’

Educate Global travelers return to United States with eyes open to power of classroom diversity

  • December 4, 2017
After 14 hours in the air, there was obviously no need to tell Marcus Lewis that he wasn’t in DeKalb anymore. Yet his first steps off the plane into a…

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Fighting back against injustice

K-12 teachers to explore equity at Social Justice Summer Camp

  • June 5, 2017
Question: Can K-12 teachers without a deep understanding of social justice concerns effectively engage and enlighten their students on those topics? Joseph Flynn, James Cohen and Mike Manderino would say…

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‘Who is going to make that breakthrough today?’

NIU alumna, grad student Ashley Van Sickle honored for excellence in teaching

  • April 20, 2017
Ashley Van Sickle loves foreign languages and cultures. While earning her NIU bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, she pursued a minor in Spanish. Her licensure endorsements include English as a…

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Imagine that

NIU offers immersion in U.S. education to Taiwanese high-schoolers

  • October 13, 2016
“There are many differences between Taiwanese education and American education. However, we shouldn’t just see the advantages of them and ignore the disadvantages. (Open Imagination) allows me to experience both…

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Breeze through finals

Faculty advice, relaxation events help you rock it

  • May 3, 2016
The sun is out, the trees are blooming, people are talking about their summer plans… you are thisclose to the semester’s end. You just have to get through finals. And…

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Learning English in Afghanistan

English, English Everywhere

Why does the rest of the world want to speak English?

  • September 16, 2015
It’s impossible to watch a newscast this month without seeing coverage of the flood of Syrians trying to make their way to Europe. Each features at least one interview with…

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“Go Teacher” students from Ecuador at NIU’s Literacy on the Lawn event

The Languages of Learning

Ecuadorian educators at NIU prepare to renovate their teaching

  • July 22, 2015
While a mid-July blast of heat and humidity makes DeKalb swelter, a group of English teachers from Ecuador absorb a lecture on “learning strategy instruction” inside McMurry Hall. Metacognitive strategies….

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