Media mentions: Bierema quoted on women's rights in Psychology Today; Neuharth-Pritchett shared changes to teacher training programs with the AJC
Bierema quoted on women’s rights in Psychology Today
In the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding a regulation that allows employers with religious or moral objections to limit women’s access to birth control coverage, years of advances in women’s rights may be in danger of being rolled back, according to an article in Psychology Today.
Laura Bierema, a professor in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy, told Psychology Today that women’s lives are shaped by “life’s hidden curriculum” that teaches girls and women “subordination to the dominant patriarchal system of power.”
Read the full story on the Psychology Today website.
Neuharth-Pritchett discusses changes to teacher training programs with the AJC
With the coronavirus shutting down classrooms around the world, colleges are modifying their training programs to prepare future educators for the new normal of teaching.
Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett, associate dean for academic programs and professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, shared some of the changes the Mary Frances Early College of Education has implemented to limit physical placements for teacher candidates with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
At UGA, initial teacher preparation at the undergraduate level has declined in line with national trends, said Neuharth-Pritchett. She attributes the decline to public perception of teachers, the rigors of becoming a teacher, additional costs incurred like testing fees, and the challenges teachers face outside of learning, like the social and psychological needs of students.