Dr. Gleason's research examines teacher identities and engagement practices in online communities of practice that are part of a new program in teacher leadership. This research explores how teachers engage in online spaces as they cross metaphoric boundaries of geography, discipline, and context to work together in virtual spaces. Dr. Gleason is interested in the opportunities that online communities of practice invite for meaning-making, learning, and reimagination of one’s own “place” in the world through interaction with people they may not interact with “in real life”. Her research also explores themes of trust and belonging with Latinx youth and schools. In collaboration with her team at the Renee Crown Wellness Institute, this research explores how creating 'circles de confiaza' with high school students allow youth to heal from experiences of distrust, racial micro-aggressions, and feelings of isolation- as well to envision educational spaces as sites of belonging.
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Teacher Leadership, rural education, youth voice, trust and belonging, community-based research, multi-modal storytelling, equity and justice, teacher learning, politics of place, youth voice
EDUA 5003 - Teaching Culturally/Linguistically Diverse Learners: Capstone
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Summer 2021 / Summer 2022
This four credit course serves as the culminating experience for the certificate in Teaching Culturally/Linguistically Diverse Learners. It builds upon the previous courses in the capstone by asking students to synthesize past course ideas and topics like advocacy for culturally/linguistically diverse learners and critical consciousness in pedagogy. Students will create a showcase tool or plan that represents the learning they have achieved throughout the certificate.
EDUA 5007 - Social and Emotional Learning Capstone
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Summer 2021 / Summer 2022
This four credit course serves as the culminating experience for the certificate in Social and Emotional Learning. It builds upon the previous courses in the capstone by asking students to synthesize past course ideas and topics like outcomes and assessment in SEL, critiques of traditional SEL programs for teachers and students, and the role of testimonio and other strategies as culturally responsive alternatives. Students will create a showcase tool or plan that represents the learning they have achieved throughout the certificate.
EDUC 2411 - Educational Psychology for Elementary Schools
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Fall 2019
Integrates theories and ideas from elementary school child development, educational psychology and the learning sciences. Explores theories of learning and child development and considers implications for teaching, student engagement and the design of equitable and effective learning environments. Students are required to attend a practicum off-site for this class.
EDUC 4112 - Educational Psychology and Adolescent Development
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
Examines current theory and research about adolescent learning and development and explore implications for secondary teaching. Topics include human diversity as a resource for learning, adversity and agency, connecting instruction to students' everyday lives, and the role of belonging and relationships in positive youth development. This course is appropriate for masters degree students. Same as PSYC 4114 and EDUC 5112.
EDUC 8260 - Qualitative Methods II
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Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023
Builds on EDUC 8250 to develop knowledge and skills in ethnographic and case study research. Second of a two-course sequence covering qualitative research design, theoretical perspectives, and methods.
PSYC 4114 - Educational Psychology and Adolescent Development
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Fall 2018
Examines current theory and research about adolescent learning and development and explore implications for secondary teaching. Topics include human diversity as a resource for learning, adversity and agency, connecting instruction to students' everyday lives, and the role of belonging and relationships in positive youth development. This course is appropriate for masters degree students. Same as EDUC 4112 and EDUC 5112.
