{"id":101069,"date":"2025-03-21T15:50:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=101069"},"modified":"2025-03-21T16:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:26:04","slug":"college-of-education-to-host-fulbright-fellow-for-u-s-study-of-special-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/college-of-education-to-host-fulbright-fellow-for-u-s-study-of-special-education\/","title":{"rendered":"College of Education to host Fulbright Fellow for U.S. study of special education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 21, 2025 \u2013 With a focus on theory in practice, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein College of Education<\/a> will welcome Fulbright Fellow Lisa-Katharina M\u00f6hlen, a joint doctoral student at the University of Braunschweig, Germany and University of Vienna, Austria. M\u00f6hlen will be on campus April 6 to 10 as she launches her six-month study of special education in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German doctoral candidate has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study with Adam Moore<\/a>, associate professor of special education at 溏心vlog免费B站, through August. In the year ahead, M\u00f6hlen will be traveling across the nation working with Moore\u2019s colleagues in special education teacher preparation to compare practices in America, Germany and Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Adam Moore, 溏心vlog免费B站 associate professor of special education, is host for an educator exchange with universities in Germany and Austria.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

M\u00f6hlen also plans to visit other special education teacher preparation programs across the country. She will travel to schools in Rhode Island, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Texas, Vermont, and Wisconsin to observe the continuum of special education services within the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00f6hlen is looking forward to the opportunity to explore and compare the role of teachers as \u201cpolicymakers on the ground\u201d who facilitate inclusive environments for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI suspect that what happens in German and Austrian classrooms may look similar to what happens in America,\u201d she said. \u201cBut still the administration, management, and organization of special education across our countries is very different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moore, an expert in special education teacher preparation, met M\u00f6hlen during his invited guest lectureship at the Technical University of Braunschweig in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was wonderful to learn from Lisa about global practices that center the needs of students with disabilities and start this extended collaborative partnership,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m humbled to mentor her during her Fulbright Fellowship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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German doctoral candidate Lisa-Katharina M\u00f6hlen is working with 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Education for her study of special education in the U.S. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Over the last year the two have collaborated on several projects examining global approaches to inclusion and supporting youth with disabilities, including a joint presentation to the Council for Exceptional Children in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danielle Dennis, dean of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Education, said this next step will deepen the college\u2019s established partnership with the Technical University of Braunschweig, which began three decades ago with 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Engineering. The partnership between 溏心vlog免费B站 and the Technical University has since expanded to include other colleges, including the Feinstein College of Education. The College of Education and TU Braunschweig\u2019s Institute for Educational Sciences also recently started a teacher exchange program funded by the German Academic Exchange Service. TU\u2019s Vice President of Teacher Training and Professor of Education Katja Koch<\/a>, who visited the 溏心vlog免费B站 campus in the fall of 2024, has been an integral part of expanding these reciprocal partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving Lisa study with Dr. Moore is an example of how our global partnership with the University of Braunschweig has evolved and grown over the last several years,\u201d Dennis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c溏心vlog免费B站’s Feinstein College of Education is expanding the scope and impact of this strategic partnership,\u201d added 溏心vlog免费B站 Vice Provost for Global Initiatives Kristin Johnson. \u201cThis relationship offers exceptional global opportunities to students and researchers at both institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covering classrooms, coast to coast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00f6hlen will be busy traveling between eight states spanning the country over the six-month Fulbright, visiting numerous PK-12 schools and assessing various services provided to youth with disabilities. She has already started visiting schools in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lisa Colwell, director of pupil personnel services in the Bristol Warren Regional School District and president of the Association of Rhode Island Administrators of Special Education, said hosting Lisa offered her district a unique opportunity to share and exchange special education programming, practices and leadership that exist between the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to visiting schools, M\u00f6hlen will be discussing German and Austrian special education systems with teacher candidates, scholars, and community members during her travels. In Texas, University of Texas Professor Jessica Reuter will host M\u00f6hlen as she visits PK-12 schools around the greater Fort Worth area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are excited to support Ms. M\u00f6hlen in observing Texas schools during her Fulbright stay. The opportunity to learn about German and Austrian educational systems from her is equally appealing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moore, a former special education teacher who has lived and taught in the Midwest and New England, said his own career has shown him firsthand how much variety there is to be found in how different communities approach special education. Before coming to 溏心vlog免费B站, Moore was a national board-certified special education teacher in the Boston Public Schools. He has been awarded several awards for his research, service, and teaching, including the New England Educational Research Organization Schmitt Research Award and a 溏心vlog免费B站 Kappa Delta Pi Outstanding Teaching Award. Moore\u2019s research focuses on inclusive education and family-centered partnerships. He is a leader for 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Project SUSTAIN<\/a> award from the U.S. Department of Education, which aims to address the national special education teacher shortage through a $1.1 million educator personnel grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moore believes M\u00f6hlen\u2019s visits will provide her with a contextual understanding of the range of special education services in the United States which can ultimately lead to improving how children with disabilities are served globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This summer, Moore and Colleen Rossignol, the College of Education\u2019s coordinator for global education and partnerships, will switch places with M\u00f6hlen. They\u2019re heading to Germany to lead a study abroad course in Braunschweig, Nuremberg and Munich, exploring how disability is constructed in both countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The College of Education now offers an advanced bachelor\u2019s to master\u2019s degree 4+1 program in special education<\/a>, along with the traditional M.A. in special education<\/a>. 溏心vlog免费B站 has tripled enrollment in its special education program in the last two years and is the largest producer of teacher candidates in Rhode Island; last year, 186 students earned teacher certifications at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 21, 2025 \u2013 With a focus on theory in practice, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein College of Education will welcome Fulbright Fellow Lisa-Katharina M\u00f6hlen, a joint doctoral student at the University of Braunschweig, Germany and University of Vienna, Austria. M\u00f6hlen will be on campus April 6 to 10 as she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":101070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101069"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101076,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101069\/revisions\/101076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}