Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development is affiliated with several centers, laboratories, and institutes that support the scholarly work of our faculty, staff, and students and provide valuable research opportunities and educational resources.<\/p>\n
AI & Education Initiative<\/a> Center for STEM Professional Learning at Scale<\/a> Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED)<\/a> The Documentation Studio<\/a> Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being<\/a> Deaf Center<\/a> Language Acquisition & Visual Attention Lab<\/a> Lex Lab<\/a> Counseling Psychology Training Center<\/a> Institute for Athletic Coach Education<\/a> Performance Recovery & Optimization (PRO) Lab<\/a> Center for Future Readiness<\/a> Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC)<\/a> Center for Educating Critically<\/a> CityLab<\/a> Earl Center for Learning & Innovation<\/a> National Center on Improving Literacy (NCIL)<\/a>
\nResearches on the impact of AI-driven innovations on equitable learning, education, and human development while providing education-inspired research results that influence foundational AI.<\/p>\n
\nProvides high-quality, equitable, and inclusive STEM professional learning at scale, so that all educators have skills and knowledge to create more just and equitable STEM education for all students.<\/p>\nEarly Childhood and Youth<\/h3>\n
\nA research center that empowers families and community members caring for Black children to advocate for the rights of their children.<\/p>\n
\nA resource for educators in preK through higher education to collaborate, share knowledge, and deepen and extend teaching and learning.<\/p>\n
\nPioneers new approaches for promoting holistic, nurturing ecosystems integrated across disciplinary boundaries to maximize the well-being and resilience of young children and families.<\/p>\nDeaf Studies<\/h3>\n
\nSupports Deaf and signing researchers, educators, creators, and technologists in promoting sign languages and Deaf cultures and building a world in which the human right to accessible language is realized for all Deaf children.<\/p>\n
\nStudies the relationship between language and visual attention in deaf and hearing individuals.<\/p>\n
\nInvestigates how early language experience affects vocabulary acquisition and processing in American Sign Language.<\/p>\nMental Health and Human Development<\/h3>\n
\nTrains BU Wheelock graduate students to provide culturally responsive and community-focused mental health services to Boston youth and families.<\/p>\n
\nSupports present and future youth sport coaches to help them better understand their role and fulfill their responsibilities as leaders and educators<\/p>\n
\nConducts world-class research in sport, exercise, and performance psychology.<\/p>\nPolicy & Research<\/h3>\n
\nGenerates and translates career and workforce development research into practice and policy.<\/p>\n
\nConducts and disseminates rigorous, policy-relevant research in partnership with local, state, and federal policymakers and stakeholders to improve educational opportunities and holistic outcomes for traditionally marginalized students.<\/p>\nTeaching & Learning<\/h3>\n
\nA center for anti-oppression teaching and learning that designs and delivers customized supports that help schools meet their equity, diversity, and inclusion goals.<\/p>\n
\nProvides access to state-of-the-art biotechnology laboratory facilities and curriculum serving students and teachers in grades 7\u201312. It is a partnership between BU Wheelock and the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.<\/p>\n
\nA collaborative space for social dreaming and radical hope where youth and adults, learners and teachers, researchers and designers join together in expansive inquiry to develop educational experiences animated by commitments to creativity, dignity, justice, and mutual flourishing.<\/p>\n
\nIncreases access to, and use of, evidence-based approaches to screen, identify, and teach students with literacy-related disabilities, including dyslexia.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n