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Leslie Mason
The College of Education’s recipient of the 1998-99 Aderhold Distinguished Professor Award is Brenda Manning, professor and chair of the department of elementary education.
Manning introduced the use of cognitive self-instruction in regular classroom  settings. “Learning how to learn,” or self-regulated learning, had historically been used in special education, but Manning found that the same strategies could be adapted to help most schoolchildren think, study and concentrate better.
An alumna of UGA, Manning joined the faculty in 1981. She was honored with the university’s highest teaching honor, the Josiah Meigs award, in 1995.
The Aderhold award was established in 1985 to recognize excellence in teaching, research and service. It is named in the memory of O.C. Aderhold, dean of the college from 1946 to 1951 and president of UGA from 1951 to 1967. It provides a $4,000 academic support fund for one year.
This year’s recipient of the college’s D. Keith Osborn Award for teaching excellence is Laurie Hart, an associate professor of elementary education.
Hart is a co-developer of the nation’s first Ph.D. program in middle school education at UGA. She has also been a leader in POET (Principles of Educating Teachers), a statewide initiative to improve mathematics and science teacher-education courses.
The award includes a $2,000 instructional grant and a signed print of Lamar Dodd’s painting Crucified Sun.
This year the college introduced the Faculty Fellow Award, a professional development program funded largely through faculty contributions. The annual award includes $1,000 cash and a grant of $2,000 for professional development. John Dayton, an associate professor of educational leadership, is its first recipient.
Dayton is a nationally known scholar on school funding and school-funding law and is a consultant on issues related to school-funding litigation.
The collegewide Staff Award for Excellence went to Brenda Davis, office manager in the department of instructional technology. Davis, who has worked in the department for nearly 30 years, received $1,000.
In addition, $250 awards were given to Lera McManus, administrative secretary in social science education; Carolyn Howell, education program specialist in the School of Teacher Education; Mary Cash, office manager in counseling and human development; Glenda Brown, budget analyst in the School of Health and Human Performance; and Mary Ann Barrett, director of student services.
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