Nermeen Dashoush
Screen Time That Teaches and Inspires
In one episode of Lyla in the Loop, titular character Lyla learns a handful of increasingly complicated magic tricks from her elderly neighbor, Miss Emmaline. Back home in her room, Lyla, accompanied by her sidekick, Stu, tries to figure out how Miss Emmaline made her feet “levitate” behind a blanket. Keeping the key principles of […]
Scholarly Accomplishments September 2025
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and awards for September 2025. Awards Anthony Abraham Jack 2025 Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Gold Medal for Current Events I (Political/Economic/Foreign Affairs) for Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price Elena Forzani Albert J. Harris award from the International Literacy Association for the […]
Dashoush on Digital Media Team that Receives Emmy Nod
BU Wheelock’s Nermeen Dashoush is part of a team that has been nominated for a Children’s & Family Emmy Award. Dashoush is the lead advisor on Lyla in the Loop, a PBS KIDS series featured in the educational game Stu’s Super Stunts. Produced by Mighty Picnic and Makefully Studios, Stu’s Super Stunts is nominated in […]
Empowering Learning Outside the Classroom
Today’s digital technologies have the potential to transform and enhance learning opportunities for children, particularly those from underrepresented communities. The innovative strategies used in digital education can support young learners from a wide variety of backgrounds, providing access outside the classroom to high-quality resources that address diverse learning needs. For this Conversations with the Dean […]
BU Wheelock Clinical Faculty Promoted
Three BU Wheelock clinical faculty members were recently promoted in recognition of their outstanding contributions. Grace Kim (counseling psychology & applied human development) received the rank of clinical professor. Nermeen Dashoush (early childhood) and Andrea Bien (appointments in both the Teaching & Learning and Language & Literacy Education departments) were promoted to clinical associate professors. […]
The Joy of Creative Problem-Solving
Nermeen Dashoush is enthusiastic about taking dense STEM concepts—for example, algorithms, the design process, and computational thinking—and showing people how they actually use these seemingly sophisticated problem-solving skills in their everyday lives. A clinical assistant professor of early childhood at BU Wheelock, Dashoush brought her enthusiasm for popularizing science concepts to the PBS KIDS series […]
Families Are Already Digitally Connected—and We Can’t Ignore This Opportunity
A little over a year ago, I found myself in a Zoom class with a director of preschools in Detroit, discussing educational technology. I shared my approach with her and how, when I think of ways to provide quality education for children, I consider the caregivers and teachers who regularly interact with the child and […]
An App That Bolsters Schools’ Lessons
In the early childhood learning app MarcoPolo World School, a group of cartoon animal friends called the Polos don space suits, hop on a rocket ship, and jet off into space to give a tour of the planets in the solar system, teaching their order from the Sun and their characteristics along the way. This is […]
STEM Application Featured in Science Education Partnership
A STEM educational application co-created by BU Wheelock clinical assistant professor Nermeen Dashoush features prominently in a new partnership between MarcoPolo Learning and Teaching Strategies. The collaboration, which will begin in Texas, will provide access to science education for young children across the United States. The application, known as World School, is an award-winning STEM […]
Nermeen Dashoush Leads Team Nominated for Emmy
Nermeen Dashoush, a clinical assistant professor in BU Wheelock’s Early Childhood Education program, has been nominated for an International Kids Emmy as part of her work on World School, an educational media application designed to facilitate STEAM engagement during early learning. Dashoush serves as chief curriculum officer for MarcoPolo Learning, a UK-based digital learning platform, […]