The Learning Project

When it comes to careers in the sport industry, we often first think of the athletes involved. However, there is often a huge operation behind the scenes, creating opportunities and careers.

In this episode, we talk with Mr. Ted Crews the III, Executive Vice President of Communications for the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs, and Dr. Marta Mack, acting director of the Institute for the Transformation of Sport, housed in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion in the University of Kentucky College of Education.

Editor's note: As of fall 2023, the center will be renamed the Center for the Study of Sport and Society, under the direction of Dr. Kwame Agyemang, the George and Betty Blanda Endowed Professor in Education - Sport Leadership.

Women of color may face a concrete ceiling – more formidable than a glass ceiling, where the goal is visible but just out of reach. When facing a concrete ceiling, the view of the other side is obstructed. Danelle Stevens-Watkins, Ph.D., is acting dean of the College of Education. Dr. Stevens-Watkins is a professor in the Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, as well as the university's associate vice president for research, diversity and inclusion. She is working to break through concrete ceilings and show women of color what is possible through education.

Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field Jan. 2, during Monday Night Football in front of shocked teammates and fans. As we hope for continued news of his recovery, there is another aspect of healing to talk about – the psychological impact of witnessing this event, for his teammates, fans, first responders, and more. We talk with Dr. Marc Cormier, Director of the Sport and Exercise Psychology program at the University of Kentucky College of Education. https://education.uky.edu/khp/grad/sport-and-exercise-psychology/

In honor of Latinx/Hispanic Heritage month, five future and current educators share stories of being inspired to teach, overcoming challenges, and their commitment to having a positive impact on the lives they touch.

Today, Vincent answers some of our questions about how laws continue to play a role in promoting civil rights and how faculty research and analysis can be used to help advance educational equity through UK's Education and Civil Rights Initiative in collaboration with the NAACP. The initiative is housed in the UK College of Education's Department of Education Policy Studies and Evaluation.

We're talking about how to find meaning behind the numbers in part 2 of our talk with Dr. Kelly Bradley, Chair of the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky College of Education. We discuss a college program that prepares students to look more holistically at evaluation in education, and recommendations for what stakeholders in education can do to use measurement to shape better educational experiences for students.

How do we know what students know? What are we measuring, and why? Where do we go from here? Those are the kinds of questions that Dr. Kelly Bradley, Chair of the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky College of Education, thinks about. But before she was focused on those numbers, Bradley was keeping score on the basketball court. In part I, she describes how an injury led her to follow her passion for education and numbers – and to connect the two in a career that is focused on contributing to high-quality education at all levels.

We know we feel better when we move – but can it also improve learning? Dr. Alicia Fedewa from the University of Kentucky College of Education Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology talks about her work to determine what effect movement breaks have on students.