Quality speakers at the Albemarle Lecture provide students in the College of Education at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, an opportunity to see what they can do after they earn their degree and enter the world of education.
“These speakers provide a picture to our students of what they can do,” said Dr. Ruby Burgess, dean of the College of Education. “They see these people who went to school, who continued to learn, and continued to ask questions they wanted answered.”
Dr. Asa G. Hilliard will be the guest speaker at this year’s Albemarle Lecture. The lecture will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 14, in Foundation Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center on the University campus.
Hilliard has written more than 200 research reports, articles, and books on testing, Ancient African history, teaching strategies, African culture, and child growth and development. He served with Dr. Barbara Sizemore as chief consultant on the “Every Child Can Succeed” television series, produced by the Agency for Instructional Technology.
“I heard Dr. Hilliard speak in the early 1970s,” said Burgess. “He is a regular speaker at a lot of education conferences, from early childhood education to higher education. He has gone through the ranks of higher education.”
Hilliard has consulted with many of the leading school districts, publishers, public advocacy organizations, universities, government agencies, and private corporations on valid assessment, African content in curriculum, teacher training, and public policy. Several of his programs in curriculum, assessment, and valid teaching have become national models. He has worked on projects with the National Academy of Sciences and has spoken at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Geographic Society. He has been a visiting professor at several universities, including Oakland University, Stanford University, the University of New Mexico, and Harvard University.
There are several disciplines within the College of Education, and students might see a lecturer from any of the disciplines.
“We want to represent the entire College, not just teacher education,” said Burgess. “We want the lecture to provide substantive information to our aspiring teachers and the general public.”
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For more information, call the College of Education at 870-235-4057.
