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RESEARCH CENTERS

Center for Education Research and Policy Studies

The Center for Education Research & Policy Studies (CERPS) was established to support education researchers in the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ College of Education in proposal development and sourcing of extramural funding. Originally established by Dr. Elsa Villa, the CERPS team has a strong record of leading, participating in, and evaluating governmental and private grants, especially those with an emphasis on Hispanic student success in STEM. 

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The Paso del Norte Partnership for Education Research

The Paso del Norte Partnership for Education Research is a network of partnerships between the College of Education, K-12 school districts, and area non-profits that work together to positively affect student outcomes for the diverse communities in El Paso and Hudspeth Counties.

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Hopper-Dean Center of Excellence for K-12 CS Education

The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ College of Education is grateful to the Hopper Dean Family Foundation for their generous endowment to establish the Hopper-Dean Center of Excellence for K-12 Computer Science Education. This endowment would not have been possible without the tireless work of CSforAll to find donors to establish similar centers/institutes in other Colleges of Education to advance computer science education

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Center for Counselor Training and Research

The mission of the Center for Counselor Training and Research (CCTR) is to provide a laboratory-based setting in which graduate-level counseling students are provided an opportunity to develop and practice the use of skills necessary to provide counseling services to children and adults. Similarly, the CCTR supports opportunities to develop skills necessary to administer and interpret cognitive and achievement tests for diagnosticians. Additionally, the CCTR offers a setting for conducting research related to counselor and diagnostician training.

College of Education MAKERSPACE

The College of Education MAKERSPACE is a wonder-driven learning environment where people come together to use their hands and minds to frolic, tinker, explore, create, invent, and discover. It is founded on the guiding principle articulated by Albert Einstein that: “Play is the highest form of research.” This holds true for the young children who come to the MAKERSPACE to engage in hands-on, creative problem-solving, as well as the adults who visit to explore and design transmedia-based ways of teaching and learning. More than just a physical place, the MAKERSPACE represents a collective mindset that celebrates humans as naturally being life-long builders and tool users, who learn best by creative doing.

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The Wiltshire Lab for Teachers and Children

Under the direction of Cynthia A. Whiltsire, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education in the Department of Teacher Education, we investigate early childhood education teacher well-being and what effects teacher well-being may have on child outcomes in academic and socioemotional development.

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Early Childhood Mathematics Learning Lab (ECML)

The Early Childhood Mathematics Learning Lab, led by Robyn K. Pinilla, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education in the Teacher Education Department, was established to connect teaching practices with research on early mathematics learning. We focus on how early childhood and elementary teachers identify as mathematics teachers, incorporate play into their classrooms, and teach a broad range of mathematics domains, especially spatial reasoning, through integrated instruction. Research projects are field-based, and often field-initiated in response to the experiences of early grades teachers in the Paso del Norte region, approaching teaching and learning from a situated perspective of collaborative learning.