University of Hawaii at Hilo Catalog 2011-2012

Education Program

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Department Chair: 
Jan Zulich, Ph.D.

Department Vice Chair:
 Michele Ebersole, Ph.D.

Office: University Classroom Building 313, (808) 974–7582

Web: hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/education/

Clerk Steno:
 Madeline Sehna

Professors:

  • Jan Zulich, Ph.D.

Associate Professors:

  • Diane Barrett, Ph.D.
  • Michele Ebersole, Ph.D.
  • Jeanine Hirtle, Ed.D.
  • Manulani Aluli Meyer, Ed.D.

Assistant Professors:

  • Darius Kalvaitis, Ph.D.
  • Avis Masuda, Ph.D.
  • Jan Ray, Ed.D.

Instructor–Field Experience Coordinator:

  • Colby McNaughton, M.S.

Junior Specialist/Program Advisor:

  • Travis Nakayama, MPA

The UH Hilo Education Department provides pre-service and in-service teachers with high quality, integrated, inquiry-and field-based professional development, serves as a resource to area educators who are meeting the challenges of teaching in a culturally rich, technologically advanced society, and conducts as well as guides action research to expand knowledge of teaching and learning. The Department offers a Teacher Education Program (TEP) in both campus-based and web-based (secondary only) formats which leads to initial licensure in the State of Hawaiʻi, and a Master of Education Program (M.Ed.) for the professional development of in-service teachers.

Mission

The UH Hilo Education Department is dedicated to the holistic development of transformational educators who are committed to equity, empowerment, and a critical understanding of our world. The Department envisions its future as the heart of a learning community of caring, ethical, and creative people as faculty seek to fulfill the following mission: The purpose of the Education Department is to promote excellence in teaching and learning. The department fosters the professional vitality of reflective, caring educational practitioners who inspire students to recognize and act upon their power to positively transform both local and global communities.

Curricula