An Introduction, August 2013
Our Mission
The School of Education
seeks to promote educational success
and achievement
of diverse learners of all ages
through our collective
research, teaching, and service
to foster learning and development
in and out of school.
A School Grounded in Interdisciplinary Collaborations
Psychology, Economics, Sociology, Neuroscience, Linguistics,
Learning Sciences, Humanities, Informatics
SHAPING THE FUTURE
OUR VISION
Who We Are
 Personnel
 24 Senate Faculty
 48 Lecturers (Teacher Education clinical faculty and supervisors)
 28 Professional and Support Staff
 17 Affiliated Faculty
 Programs
 Ph.D. Program – 66 Students; 83% Placement of June 2013 Graduates
 Teacher Education – 248 Post-Baccalaureate & Master’s Students in Fall
2013 (Compared to Fall 2012, 38% Increase in Credential Students, 29%
Increase Overall)
 Undergraduate Minor – Most Popular UC Irvine Minor; >1,600
students/quarter; @ 350 graduates/year
Our Conceptual Framework
Learning, Cognition, &
Development
(Psychology & Learning
Sciences)
Education Policy &
Social Context
(Sociology &
Economics)
Early Childhood
Collins, Reich, Vandell
K-12 Math & Science
Conley, Eccles, Kang, Santagata,
Domina, Farkas
Sengupta-Irving, Van Es
K-12 Brain Processes,
Motivation &
Development
Conley, Dahl, Eccles, Jaeggi
Duncan, Farkas
Language, Literacy, &
Technology
(Informatics &
Linguistics)
Black, Mancilla-Martinez
Conchas, Duncan
Brouillette
Black, Lawrence, MancillaMartinez, Olson,
Warschauer
Afterschool & Summer Mahoney, Vandell
Farkas
Olson
Higher Education
Conchas, Domina,
Duncan, McDaniel
Warschauer
K-12 Literacy
Collins
Sandholtz
Note: Currently, teacher education is embedded within the grid; however, faculty are discussing whether teacher
education should be reflected separately—vertically or horizontally. Other schools of education nationally have
teacher education on the vertical axis.
Community Partnerships
 Partnerships with 28 Regional School Districts
 Writing Project (36 years): 85 School Districts; 23,000 Teachers; 12
Institutions of Higher Education; @ 4,500 PK-12 Students Annually
 Think Together
 CASE After School Program
 The Academy Charter School
 UC Irvine Child Development Center
 St. Margaret’s Episcopal School
 Garden Grove Unified School District
 Girls, Inc.
 Tiger Woods Learning Center
Cross Campus
Collaborations
 CalTeach and New Undergraduate Majors in Biology Education and
Math Education – Biological Sciences & Physical Sciences
 Summer Outreach Project – Engineering
 NSF Funded Project to Study STEM Education in Large
Undergraduate Lecture Courses – Information and Computer
Sciences, Social Ecology, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, &
Social Sciences
 Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes – Division of
Undergraduate Education
 Irvine Network on Interventions and Development Research
Collaboration – Public Health, Social Sciences, Social Ecology, &
Business
CONNECTING TO PHILANTHROPY
Programs
for
Teachers
Research
Programs
for
Students
education.uci.edu
School of Education
UC Irvine
3200 Education
Irvine, CA 92697-5500
949.824.8026