College of Education
Printer-friendly versionMichael D. Bullis, Dean
(541) 346-3405
170 Lorry I. Lokey Education Building
1215 University of Oregon
Eugene OR 97403-1215
http://education.uoregon.edu
Preparing Educators in the 21st Century
The College of Education’s academic majors are organized into four departments: counseling psychology and human services; educational methodology, policy, and leadership; education studies; and special education and clinical sciences.
The college offers undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees and preparation for licensure. Students become active learners as they accumulate an understanding of disciplinary content and develop professional knowledge and skills that prepare them for careers in education or the social services. Surveys of graduates from the College of Education indicate that the great majority are successful in securing employment or continuing their professional preparation in their chosen field.
With school, community, and clinical partners, the college’s nationally prominent teaching and research faculty offers opportunities for student practicum and field-based experiences in professional settings where effective policy and practice is created and then implemented.
Academic, research, and outreach service units provide integrated and cross-disciplinary learning experiences that help students acclimate to their professions, develop initial competence, acquire advanced proficiency, and become practicing professionals and scholars.
The College of Education is ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation’s top colleges of education. Its scholarship, teaching, and practical learning opportunities offer students a respectful and affirming climate, a culture of belonging, and an inclusive learning environment.
Admission
The College of Education follows university policy in its admission procedures as described in the Admissions and Graduate School sections of this catalog. Students who transfer from other institutions must meet university entrance requirements. Programs in the College of Education have additional requirements for admission and limits on the number of students admitted to the major or licensure programs. Prospective students are urged to check admission requirements for their desired programs.
Financial Assistance
Scholarships. Scholarships are available for undergraduate and graduate students. Application requirements and procedures may be requested from Andrea Olson, Office of the Dean; telephone 541-346-5943; e-mail coescholarships@uoregon.edu.
Stipends and Fellowships. Stipends and fellowships frequently are awarded to graduate students. Both forms of assistance may cover most of the cost of tuition and provide a monthly cash payment. Information for graduate teaching fellows is available on the college’s website.
Information about financial assistance is listed in the application materials for each major and on the College of Education’s website. Application deadlines should be followed to receive consideration for aid. Information about university scholarships and loan programs is available from the Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships, 260 Oregon Hall.
Dismissal
Majors and specializations in the College of Education require field placements in community settings such as public schools, community preschools, mental health clinics, correctional institutions, and welfare programs. Many placements are with vulnerable groups such as young children; juvenile offenders; or individuals with disabilities, mental health, adjustment, or learning problems. During these placements students interact with professionals and often are recipients of confidential or sensitive information. Consequently, it is imperative that College of Education students adhere to high ethical and moral standards. The University of Oregon and each major in the College of Education has written ethical standards or a code of conduct for its students. In an instance where evidence exists that a student may have violated the university’s conduct code or a program’s written ethical standards or code of conduct, the student will immediately be removed from the field placement until the matter is resolved. A student found to be in violation may be terminated from the College of Education and not permitted to reenter.
Academic Programs
Ronald Beghetto, Associate Dean
beghetto@uoregon.edu
The College of Education offers accredited bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees and professional-development programs. Often, in concert with an academic degree, majors offer programs leading to state licensure for employment in Oregon public schools. These licenses are conferred by the state Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC), the agency authorized by the Oregon Legislative Assembly to issue licenses for teaching, personnel service, or administration in public schools. The TSPC issues appropriate licenses to applicants upon the university’s recommendation that they have successfully completed the relevant licensure program. The State of Oregon has reciprocal administrative, teaching, and personnel service license agreements with most other states and Puerto Rico. Students who receive a license from the State of Oregon will most likely find the application process for a license in another state easier, especially if the licensing standards are similar. Information about licensure is available from the college’s student academic services.
The following list enumerates the degree, licensure, and endorsement programs offered by the College of Education. Information about a specific program may be found under the relevant area of concentration in this section of the catalog.
Undergraduate Programs
- Minor—special education
- Bachelor’s degree—communication disorders and sciences, educational foundations, family and human services
Graduate Programs
- Master’s degree—communication disorders and sciences; counseling, family, and human services; curriculum and teacher education; curriculum and teaching; educational leadership; school psychology; special education
- Doctoral degree—communication disorders and sciences, counseling psychology, critical and sociocultural studies in education, educational leadership, school psychology, special education, special education: rehabilitation
Licensure Preparation
- Administrator; communication disorders; early childhood–elementary special education; early intervention–early childhood special education; elementary teaching; marriage and family therapy; middle-secondary education; music education; psychologist; school psychology
Endorsements
- Advanced mathematics, basic mathematics, biology, chemistry, communication disorders, early childhood–elementary special education, early intervention–special education, English for speakers of other languages, English for speakers of other languages—bilingual, foreign language (French, German, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Spanish), integrated science, language arts, middle-secondary special education, music education, physics, reading
Education Courses (EDUC)
611 Survey of Educational Research Methods (3) Survey of qualitative, quantitative, and single-subject research methods. Students develop competence in using published research to inform decision-making in various settings.
612 Social Science Research Design (4) Overview of qualitative, quantitative, and single-subject research methods. Emphasis on introducing students to considerations, issues, and techniques of social science research design.
614 Educational Statistics (4) Foundations of statistical methods for research producers. Covers sampling methods, descriptive statistics, standard scores, distributions, estimation, statistical significance testing, t-tests, correlation, chi-square tests, power, effect size. Prereq: EDUC 612.
620 Program Evaluation I (4) Focuses on small-scale evaluations, particularly in the field of education and human services. Students plan and design an evaluation. Prereq: EDUC 640.
621 Program Evaluation II (3–6) Implementation and completion of the evaluation design defined in Program Evaluation I. Prereq: EDUC 620.
630 Qualitative Methodology I: Interpretive Inquiry (4) Examines the history, philosophy, and some basic applications of naturalistic research methods in the study of human experience.
632 Qualitative Data Analysis and Collection I (4) Introduction to data collection and analysis for a range of research practices that fall under the umbrella term “qualitative.” Prereq: EDUC 630.
634 Qualitative Methodology II: Reflexive Inquiry (4) Examines the irony and ideology of naturalistic approaches to the study of human experience. Prereq: EDUC 630.
636 Qualitative Data Analysis and Collection II (4) Expands on processes of qualitative data collection and analysis; emphasis placed on the analysis of qualitative forms of data. Prereq: EDUC 630, 632.
640 Applied Statistical Design and Analysis (4) Analysis of variance, planned comparisons, post hoc tests, trend analysis, effect size and strength of association measures, repeated measures designs. Prereq: EDUC 614.
642 Multiple Regression in Educational Research (4) Application and use of multiple regression in educational research. Topics include bivariate regression, multiple regression with continuous and categorical independent variables. Prereq: EDUC 640.
644 Applied Multivariate Statistics (4) Advanced statistical techniques including covariance analyses, discriminant function analysis, multivariate analysis of variance, principal components analysis, exploratory factor analysis. Prereq: EDUC 640.
646 Advanced Research Design (4) Provides a deeper understanding of educational research with an emphasis on principles of research designs and their use in applied research. Prereq: EDUC 640. Offered alternate years.
650 Single-Subject Research Methods I (4) Basic single-subject design strategies and general procedures as well as issues related to conducting and analyzing single-subject research in applied settings. Prereq: EDUC 614.
652 Single-Subject Research Methods II (4) Critical evaluation of single-subject and group-analysis research designs; elaboration on critical topics in single-subject methodology. Prereq: EDUC 650.
654 Advanced Applied Behavior Analysis (4) Doctoral-level seminar designed to provide skills, practice, and knowledge in advanced methods and theory of applied behavior analysis. Prereq: EDUC 652.
Research and Outreach Services
Edward J. Kame’enui, Associate Dean
541-346-1692
230 HEDCO Education Building
education.uoregon.edu/field.htm?id=160
The nationally recognized research and outreach units of the College of Education provide a comprehensive, research-intensive environment for undergraduate, licensure, master’s, and doctoral students. The research units foster fundamental and applied research that faculty members integrate into the college’s curriculum. The outreach units offer schools and community agencies access to faculty research and expertise and provide field-based opportunities in which students learn to use research-based knowledge to improve the effectiveness of services, practices, and policies.
Behavioral Research and Teaching
Gerald Tindal, Director
541-346-3535
175 Lorry I. Lokey Education Building
www.brtprojects.org
Behavioral Research and Teaching combines curriculum-based measurement with effective teaching practices to develop, study, and disseminate empirically based educational programs for students who are at risk of failure in school and in the community. Research and professional development activities and projects focus on (1) curriculum-based measurement and large-scale testing; (2) response-to-intervention methods in educating students with disabilities; (3) behavioral and instructional consultation; and (4) systems change and school reform. Opportunities for research and personnel preparation are available for graduate students.
Center for Educational Policy Research
David T. Conley, Directors
http://cepr.uoregon.edu
Staff members at the Center for Educational Policy Research help Oregon educators, district administrators, and policymakers promote a seamless transition for students as they move from Oregon high schools to Oregon institutions of higher education. The center develops policy tools and promotes strategies that help organizations understand complex issues, analyze trends, and nurture new policy ideas. The center also designs online tools with staff members at its sister center, the Educational Policy Improvement Center, to help Oregon institutions promote college and career readiness for Oregon students.
Center for Electronic Studying
Lynne Anderson-Inman, Director
541-346-3460
Center for Advanced Technology in Education
220 Rainier Building
http://ces.uoregon.edu
The Center for Electronic Studying investigates applications of technology to support reading, writing, and studying across the curriculum. The center is supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences and Office of Special Education Programs as well as the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation. Current research is focused on two areas: the use of supported electronic text to improve reading comprehension and academic learning for students who are struggling in school, and the role of strategies for online learning in improving student access to and use of educationally relevant information on the web.
The center offers opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to collaborate on technology-based projects with real-world impact. The center's faculty actively works to translate research into practice and offers workshops to schools and districts across the nation.
Center on Assessment, Statistics, and Evaluation
Joseph Stevens, Director
541-346-8138
270A Lorry I. Lokey Education Building
www.uoregon.edu/~caseorg
The Center on Assessment, Statistics, and Evaluation seeks to foster and support excellence in research methods and their application in educational and social science research. The center supports faculty members and graduate students throughout the College of Education, the University of Oregon, and the larger community through services to (1) provide technical support for statistical analysis and research design using a variety of models and software; (2) assist researchers and practitioners in assessment and measurement issues, including instrument development; (3) serve as a research partner to provide program evaluation and technical support for state and local educational agencies thoughout Oregon as well as academic units within the university; and (4) support graduate education and professional development on assessment, statistics, research design, and evaluation.
Center on Human Development
Jane Squires, Director
541-346-3591
Clinical Services Building, Third Floor
ucedd.uoregon.edu
See the Research Institutes and Centers section of this catalog.
Center on Teaching and Learning
Edward J. Kame’enui, Director
541-346-1644
Riverfront Research Park, Suite 207
ctl.uoregon.edu
The Center on Teaching and Learning conducts, translates, and disseminates research that offers solutions to problems the schools face every day. Faculty members seek to advance understanding and use of evidence-based practices to prevent and intercept academic difficulties in school-aged children. One emphasis is the role of curriculum, instruction, and assessment in models of academic reform for schools. Research and outreach include school-based experimental research, model demonstration projects, and large-scale professional development and technical assistance.
Child Development and Rehabilitation Center
Randall Phelps, MD, Clinical Director
541-346-3575
Clinical Services Building, First Floor
The Child Development and Rehabilitation Center of the Oregon Health and Science University provides multidisciplinary services for the diagnosis and evaluation of genetic syndromes, developmental disabilities, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Management and coordination of care is provided for a variety of patients including individuals with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, cleft lip and palate, and feeding difficulties. Clinic services are available for children, adolescents, and young adults.
Early Childhood Coordination Agency for Referrals, Evaluations, and Services
Judy Newman and Valerie Taylor Close, Codirectors
541-346-2578
299 E. 18th Ave.
eccares.uoregon.edu
Early Childhood Coordination Agency for Referrals, Evaluations, and Services (EC CARES) provides early intervention and early childhood special education services to eligible, birth-to-five-year-old children in Lane County. These services may include a combination of specially designed instruction in community or specialized preschools, parent education, speech therapy, physical and occupational therapy, vision and hearing services, and consultation for autism or challenging behaviors. Practicum opportunities are available for undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in working with young children, in preschools and parent-toddler programs.
Early Intervention Research
Jane Squires, Director
541-346-0807
139 Clinical Services Building
eip.uoregon.edu
Faculty members, training research efforts, and products of the Early Intervention Program have had a major impact on the fields of early intervention, early childhood special education, and early childhood education. The program’s goal is to expand and improve educational and therapeutic services for infants and young children who are at risk and disabled and for their families. Underlying this purpose is the assumption that improving and expanding services that help children become independent and productive benefits not only the individual but society as a whole.
Educational and Community Supports
Robert H. Horner, Director
541-346-2462
1571 Alder St.
www.uoecs.org
Since it was established in 1972, Educational and Community Supports has focused on the development and implementation of practices that result in positive, durable, and scientifically substantiated change in the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families. Federal- and state-funded projects support research, teaching, information dissemination, and technical assistance. Research groups affiliated with Educational and Community Supports address positive behavior support, secondary transition, and adult services.
High School Equivalency Program
Joel Montemayer, Director
541-346-0881
1685 E. 17th Ave.
High School Equivalency Program is described in the Student Services section of this catalog.
Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior
Jeffrey R. Sprague and Hill M. Walker, Codirectors
541-346-3592
Clinical Services Building, Third Floor
The mission of the Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior is to help schools and social service agencies address violence and destructive behavior in schools and beyond their boundaries. The goal is to ensure safety and facilitate the academic achievement and healthy social development of children and youth. Faculty members conduct original research, provide staff training, disseminate knowledge and best practices, and integrate research findings into College of Education academic courses. They also consult with agencies concerned with public safety and youth violence prevention.
The institute has developed evidence-based assessment tools and interventions to address factors associated with violence, dropout frequency, and delinquency, tools used by professionals in schools, mental health facilities, and correctional settings. The institute was approved as a center of excellence by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education in 1995 and receives support for its activities through competitively awarded federal grants.
IntoCareers
Dan Erdmann, Director
541-346-3875
975 High St.
intocareers.uoregon.edu
IntoCareers develops and supports the Career Information System, which provides content, multimedia, curriculum, and Internet applications that assist people in making informed career choices. IntoCareers licenses its products to state entities such as education agencies, offices of postsecondary education, and departments of labor. These entities create localized versions of the Career Information System to support career development programs in their respective states.
Oregon Career Information System
Cheryl Buhl, Director
541-346-3872
800-495-1266
oregoncis.uoregon.edu
The Oregon Career Information System, a state-based resource, helps Oregonians make career decisions and successful transitions throughout their lives. Established in 1971, it was the first state-based career information delivery system in the nation. Administered by the College of Education, the Oregon Career Information System is a self-supporting, fee-based consortium. It uses the Internet to present comprehensive information about occupations and industries, postsecondary programs and schools, and financial aid, connecting career options to the paths for reaching them. Its software and materials are used in schools, colleges, work-force agencies, and private businesses to support the career development of their students, clients, and employees. The staff provides field leadership and training to professionals involved in career development programs and services. Work-study positions and internships are available for undergraduate and graduate students.
Oregon Writing Project
Lynne Anderson-Inman, Director
541-346-3982
200 Rainier Building
owp.uoregon.edu
The Oregon Writing Project is affiliated with the National Writing Project network at the University of California at Berkeley. The project collaborates with local schools to provide high-quality, teacher-centered, professional development to improve writing and literacy across the curriculum. Major projects include an intensive summer institute, technology-supported outreach services to teachers in rural schools, and participation in the National Writing Project's initiative Digital Is. To enhance the building of professional development communities across geographic distances, participating teachers meet with project staff members in the virtual world known as Second Life.
Secondary Special Education and Transition Program
Deanne Unruh, Director
541-346-1424
201 Clinical Services Building
sset.uoregon.edu
Secondary Special Education and Transition is a multidisciplinary research unit dedicated to developing further scientific understanding of adolescents and young adults with disabilities and other high-risk behaviors. Faculty members conduct research, technical assistance, and outreach activities to develop and implement research-based transition services that assist young people in developing the knowledge and skills to succeed in fulfilling their desired adult roles, including meaningful employment, completion of postsecondary education or training programs, and living independently in the community. Research is conducted in collaboration with state departments of education, schools, service agencies, parents, and youth.
Speech-Language-Hearing Center
Margit Mayr-McGaughey, Director
541-346-0923
HEDCO Education Building
http://education.uoregon.edu/slhc
The Speech-Language-Hearing Center is part of the Communication Disorders and Sciences program at the College of Education. Graduate student clinicians, under the supervision of licensed clinical faculty members, provide high-quality services to individuals with speech, language, cognitive, and hearing disorders. Services include diagnostic evaluations and individual and group therapy to people of all ages and cultural backgrounds. The center provides community outreach and serves as a local, state, and national resource for innovative clinical service and research.
Technical Assistance and Consulting Services
John A. Inglish, Director
541-346-5641
1600 Mill Race Drive, Suite 360
tacs.uoregon.edu/tacs
Technical Assistance and Consulting Services (TACS) is an umbrella organization housing the Western Regional Resource Center, the National Post-School Outcomes Center, and SIGnetwork. TACS independently provides contracted consultation and technical assistance to state education agencies and other entities on a variety of issues focused on serving students with disabilities.
The Western Regional Resource Center is one of six technical-assistance centers nationwide, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to serve state special-education agencies in seven western states and six Pacific jurisdictions, helping them meet the challenges of providing high-quality, free, appropriate public education to children with disabilities.
The federally funded National Post-School Outcomes Center provides technical assistance to state education agencies in the development and use of data systems designed to improve transition services to youth with disabilities.
SIGnetwork (State Improvement Grants Network) serves recipients of OSEP’s State Personnel Development Grant, assisting state education agencies and their partners in reforming and improving early-intervention, educational, and transitional service systems, improving results for children with disabilities.
Rendezvous, a tool developed by TACS, is a web-based data-collection, planning, and reporting tool that state education agencies may use to provide high-quality services to students with disabilities.
Youth Enrichment and Talented and Gifted Programs and Services
Marjorie DeBuse, Director
541-346-3084
www.uoyouth.org
This outreach unit provides course work in gifted education and field-based practicums at undergraduate and graduate levels; summer, Saturday, and afterschool learning experiences for youth that extend and enhance their K–12 school program; assistance and training for educators, school district personnel, youth service providers, and parents to effectively help advanced learners attain their intellectual and academic potential; recognition and support for the social and emotional needs of high-ability students through consultation and referral; and the introduction of precollege youth and their families to the University of Oregon through campus-based activities.
Facilities, Organizations, and Services
Center for Family Therapy
Tiffany Brown, Clinical Director
541-346-0923
170 HEDCO Education Building
The Center for Family Therapy is the on-site training clinic for the couples and family therapy program. Therapists and supervisors operate from a systemic, ecological perspective, noted for its consideration of the social group in which individual behavior exists. Staff members take a nonpathology-oriented, strengths-based approach to human behavior and change. Interns are closely supervised in the use of state-of-the-art video and live-observation equipment. Therapy is often brief and change oriented. Fees, which are charged on a sliding scale related to income, range from $15 to $100 a session, and the service is available to the community at large.
Institute for Leadership and Diversity in Education
Charles Martinez, Director
The Institute for Leadership and Diversity in Education was established to encourage an ongoing dialogue about increasing cultural, linguistic, ethnic, racial, religious, sexual, and competence diversity. The institute strives to promote a culture that develops, respects, and celebrates the norms, values, and beliefs representing the diversity of our identities and those we have in common. Through coexistence of our individual and shared identities, we feel that we belong to and can effectively participate in our democratic processes and economic order.
Through the establishment of a forum and an action-taking network for exercising leadership, the institute identifies priorities for creating climates of respect, cultures of belonging, and inclusive learning communities.
Learning Commons
Terry Kneen, Coordinator
541-346-7616
110 HEDCO Education Building
interact.uoregon.edu/tec
The Learning Commons is designed for student collaboration and study. Two rooms can be reserved for groups of ten, with four smaller rooms that can serve three or be used for individual study. The main room has a variety of seating for groups or individuals, with a total seating capacity of seventy. Laptops can be connected to five large, wall-mounted flat panels for group project work. Twenty-four desktop computers with both Macintosh and Windows operating systems have a variety of software, and the area has wireless connectivity. Laptops can be checked out at the front desk for use in the Learning Commons. Both black-and-white and color printing is available on a cost-recovery basis. Student staff members provide technology help when needed.
Service Learning Program
Deanna Chappell Belcher, Director
541-346-8285
Erb Memorial Union, Suite 17
Service learning enables students to learn and develop intellectually through the combination of traditional classroom work and structured community service for academic credit. While all course work has a strong theoretical foundation, the program emphasizes learning through practice and experience. Students reflect on their leadership experiences in the community and integrate what they learn into their academic courses, using the service-learning component as an additional text. Ultimately, students learn from real-life experiences that enhance their understanding and make their academic course work more real and personal. At the same time, students meet a critical need in the community.
Student Academic Services
Margaret Mahoney, Assistant Dean, Academic Programs and Student Services
541-346-1391
130 HEDCO Education Building
Student Academic Services offers academic-advising referrals and information on degree and licensure requirements, academic programs, university policies and procedures, and resources available to students. In addition, Student Academic Services maintains student records and collaborates with educator licensing and accreditation entities at state and federal levels to ensure the College of Education is in compliance with policies and procedures that permit students to receive the appropriate degree and license.
College of Education tutoring services offered through this unit help both undergraduate and graduate students to integrate effective study and learning strategies to maximize their potential for academic progress.