Meilin Chong ’17 is majoring in Early Childhood Education and Counseling Psychology and plans to be a kindergarten teacher.
Read More…What’s Your Major? Early Childhood Education and Counseling Psychology
Archive for October, 2015
Helping Children Through Child Life and Coaching Soccer
Madeline Buckley ’16 improves the lives of children and families through Wheelock College’s Child Life and Family Studies major and in her role as a youth soccer coach.
Read More…Focusing on Ability within “The Trumpet of the Swan”
Director Shelley Bolman reminds us that “We’re all, when it comes down to it, on the spectrum of ability versus disability.
Read More…Tough Enough to Become Change Agents
This powerful spoken word piece, written and performed by Wheelock alum Lissa Piercy ‘14BSW, lays out the questions, the challenges, and the large and small victories experienced by Wheelock students on their way to becoming change agents.
Read More…Political Science: What I learned In Only Fifteen Minutes
If any student decides to take a political science class at their institution, don’t come into it expecting to simply study politics and cultural debates. […]
Read More…Author Matthew Salesses on the Value of Remaking Yourself
Wheelock 2015 Convocation Speaker Matthew Salesses, author of The Hundred Year Flood, says it can be very hard to break away from other people’s expectations.
Read More…The System is Broken
The United States leads the industrialized world in number of people incarcerated, and it’s no different when it comes to young prisoners. Putting kids in prison is a poor intervention for young people committing crimes for many reasons.
Read More…Don’t Let MTELs Keep You From Becoming a Teacher
At Wheelock College, we work to ensure that all students in our education degree programs are prepared to pass the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTELs)
Read More…International Partnership Offers Opportunities for Students and Teachers in Barbados
As part of its focus on global partnerships, Wheelock College provides a two-faceted education program on Barbados, focused both on strengthening the island nation’s early childhood education system and on providing immersive international learning experiences for Wheelock students.
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