One of the issues facing most teacher training institutions is bridging the gap between theory and practice or, in other words, some university programs truly are ivory towers. In our teacher credential programs, a key element is providing real world experiences for aspiring educators, which is not only accomplished through intensive fieldwork and student teaching
The College of Educational Studies celebrated its annual Honor’s Reception on May 20, 2011 with over 225 people in attendance. Our motto in the College of Educational Studies is Changing Education, Changing the World because we believe that we can change the world through education. In the field of education, our world is about children
Candace Vickers of the Chapman College of Educational Studies and Communication Sciences and Disorders program was recently invited to the first annual meeting of the Aphasia Alliance held at the Adler Aphasia Center in Maywood, New Jersey. Aphasia is an acquired loss of speech and language skills caused by stroke or other brain injury and
The College of Educational Studies received full accreditation for all seven of their credential programs for the maximum period of seven years from the Commission on Accreditation (COA) on March 18, 2011 in Sacramento, CA. This concludes a series of events that culminated with the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) visiting the CES in
Chapman University President Jim Doti read and signed his recently-published children’s book at the annual Orange County Children’s Book Festival on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010 at Orange Coast College. Lisa Mertins, the illustrator was there signing the book as well. President Doti also did a live reading of A Christmas Adventure in Little