Financial Aid and Student Employment
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| Al-Bataineh, Adel Assistant Professor |
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| Preservice and inservice teacher preparation, including issues such as standards, alternative schooling movements, on-line teaching, clinical experiences, and professional development schools; international and comparative educational systems | |
| Bassopoppo-Moyo, Temba Assistant Professor |
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| BIack, Wendy Assistant Professor |
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| Anything regarding reading and literacy: reading development, reading and writing assessment, emergent reading and writing; miscue analysis, reading education, transpersonal and affective issues in teaching and learning, professional development school partnerships, discourse analysis (as a research method) | |
| Bohn, Anita Assistant Professor |
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| Social studies education, elementary education, qualitative research, multicultural education, the state standards movement, teacher development | |
| Breault, Donna (Adair) Assistant Professor |
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| Current focus of research: Deweyan inquiry in teacher education "Public Space" in academic organizations, longitudinal examination of alternative certification students, Changes in staff development requirements across Illinois, Evidence of inquiry in various educational contexts | |
| Breault, Rick Associate Professor |
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| PDS effectiveness, portfolio assessment for preservice teachers, curriculum history & school reform - among others | |
| Crawford, Kathleen Assistant Professor |
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| Children's literature, inquiry based curriculum, teacher research, literature circles | |
| Crumpler, Thomas Assistant Professor, Doctoral Program Coordinator |
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| Drama in education, learner-directed assessment within teaching and learning, and critical discourse analyses of writing instruction in professional development schools | |
| Curtis, Deborah Professor, Director of Field Experiences |
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| Middle level education, supervision, school reform, clinical experiences | |
| Ehlers-Zavala, Fabiola Assistant Professor |
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| Quality in Bilingual Education: Searching for effective practices, Second language literacy, Parental involvement in bilingual education, Bilingual assessment, Developing positive advocacy models in bilingual education | |
| Fisher, Robert Professor |
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| Teacher Education programming, accreditation and certification in teacher education, science education, school change, standards-based education, improvement of instruction | |
| Hatch, Douglas Assistant Professor |
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| Haynes, Thomas Professor |
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| Practices in secondary teacher education; professional development School (PDS) for secondary education; clinical experience, curriculum integration | |
| Jerich, Kenneth Associate Professor |
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| Teacher education (philosophical, theoretical, conceptual and performance-based), instructional supervision, clinical supervision for instructional consultation for PreK-12 and higher education teaching settings, instructional innovations (that is, models, strategies, skills, and dispositions) for PreK-12 and higher education teaching settings, teacher/instructor evaluation, program evaluation, and secondary education | |
| Jinks, Jerry Professor |
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| Applications of self-efficacy beliefs of students to academic achievement; Self-efficacy beliefs and learning environments; Technology-based science education as a means of reducing reliance on teacher-centered instruction | |
| Kruger, Darrell Assistant Professor |
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| Lenski, Sue Associate Professor |
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| Strategy instruction, reading-writing connections, researching, and culturally responsive teaching | |
| Lorber, Michael Professor |
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| Quantitative research concerning teaching and learning. Secondary and post-secondary education, technology and competence-based education | |
| Lorsbach, Tony Associate Professor |
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| Teachers' and students' beliefs about teaching and learning science and the nature of science and how these beliefs play out in the classroom. "What is happening here?" and "Why is it happening that way?" Elementary and middle school classrooms. Qualitative research and constructivism as an epistemology; implications of a technology-based curriculum. | |
| Meyer, Barbara Assistant Professor |
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| Student-centered curriculum, democratic teaching, secondary education, school reform, Paideia philosophy of teaching, high school graduation requirements pertaining to ESL students | |
| Moore, Marilyn Professor, Assistant Chairperson |
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| Professional development school research and writing, child development issues, multicultural education mentoring projects | |
| Morey, Marilyn Assistant Professor |
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| Elementary and early childhood science education, integrated curriculum, especially integration of math and science, or science, social studies and literacy, science teacher efficacy beliefs, student academic efficacy, problem based learning or project approach | |
| Morrow, Rex Professor |
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| Global education, social studies/social science education, general field of teacher education | |
| Nwoye, Joseph Assistant Professor |
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| Practices on issues associated with multicultural education, cross cultural communication competencies, cognition and learning, issues associated with social justice, experiential learning, mentorship in professional development | |
| Park, Do-Yong Assistant Professor |
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Program evaluation and quantitative and qualitative science education research methodology; teacher education in science including professional development, instructional strategies, technologies, meaningful learning and assessment; curriculum development, especially integrated science, mathematics, and technologies; Earth System Science Education (ESSE). |
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| Rhodes, Dent Professor |
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| Contemporary: design and development of interactive multimediated-instruction systems; Historical: Charles DeGarmo papers; late 19th and early 20th century instructional theory and practice; Comparative: distance education in Britain and Australia | |
| Smith, Beatrice Assistant Professor |
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| Issues in adult and family literacy, gender and literacy, literacy development, composition theory and pedagogy, computers and writing, and issues related to graduate student education in composition and literacy studies | |
| Toledo, Cheri Assistant Professor |
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| Weilbacher, Gary Assistant Professor |
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| Curriculum integration, middle school and middle school history, diversity/multicultural/social justice issues, youth culture | |
| Affiliated Faculty | |
| Bragg, Nancy Instructional Assistant Professor |
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| Service teaming, faculty development, career development, organizational development, reflection, teaching philosophy, teaching portfolios, classroom assessment, collaboration, partnerships, integrating faculty roles, habits of mind, civic leadership, public/professional service, general values, out-of-class learning, academic integrity, scholarship of teaching and learning, and teaching-learning communities. | |
| Hunter, William Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry |
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| The teaching or learning of chemistry, with a focus on three main areas of chemical education: beginning teacher education and development, learning in the laboratory, and the use of technology in teaching chemistry. | |