Present | Professor, PhD Program Co-Coordinator, and Emergent Inquiry Certificate Program, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Early Childhood Education | |
|
Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2017 | Teaching Teachers to Converse Productively with Students |
East Tennessee State University Research Development Committee | |
$9,805 | |
2012 - 2013 | Teach in Sync with Children’s Interests and Thinking |
IDC Committee, College of Ed, and Department of Teaching and Learning | |
$3,428 | |
2010 - 2011 | A Peer-Mediated Professional Development Model for Early Childhood Inquiry Practices |
East Tennessee State University & Appalachian State University | |
Colleague(s): McGaha | |
$1,300 | |
2009 | Family Night: A Study of Parent and Teacher Perceptions of a Family Event at the Child Study Center |
East Tennessee State University | |
ETSU Student & Faculty Research Grant | |
Colleague(s): Hobbs, H. | |
$665 | |
2009 | Measuring Teachers’ Developing Inquiry Skills Using the Cycle of Inquiry |
East Tennessee State University Research Development Committee | |
$1,310 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
Present | Current Board Member and Co-Editor of the Newsletter, Association for Constructivist Teaching | Present | Member, National Association for the Education of Young Children | Present | Member, National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators | Present | Co-Regional Coordinator, North American Reggio Emilia Alliance |
Courses
- ECED 5640 - Designing EC Environments from an EI Perspective (Online)
- ECED 5650 - Language & Literacy from an EI Perspecive (Online)
- ECED 7002 - Apprenticeship in Development of Teachers
- ECED 6640 - Critical Analysis of Brain Research and Creativity Theory
- ECED 6630 - Paradigms of Inquiry Based Constructivism
- ECED 6300 - Social and Cultural Diversity in Young Children and Families
- ECED 5345 - Research in Early Childhood
- ECED 5344 - Family and Community Relations
- ECED 5356 - Language and Literacy Development of Young Children
- ECED 5336 - Advanced Creative Processes of Young Children
- ECED 5335 - Assessing and Evaluating Young Children
- ECED 5334 - Social Development of Young Children
- ECED 5210 - Advanced Child Development
- ECED 4570 - Practicum in Early Childhood Education
- ECED 3160 - Body and Brain Based Learning and Development
- ECED 4010 - Observing and Assessing Young children
- ECED 3150 - Creative Development of Young Children
2004 | EdD, Child and Family Studies, University of Massachusetts | |
|
||
1996 | MA, Creativity in Human Development & Education, Vermont College of Norwich U | |
|
||
1976 | BFA, Printmaking, Pratt Institute | |
|
Links
Contact Information
PO Box 70548
Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: Warf-Pickel Hall, Room 214
Phone: 423-439-7695
Email: