My research explores three questions related to teacher education broadly, and social studies teacher education specifically: (1) How do novice teachers develop as justice-oriented practitioners across their experiences in teacher education courses/ practicum and student teaching experiences? (2) What teacher education pedagogies, spanning practice-based, justice-oriented, and context-specific approaches, support this development? (3) How we democratize teacher education by positioning key stakeholders-- especially youth, families and community members, and local teachers-- to co-participate in teacher education?
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social justice, practice-based teacher education, youth participatory teacher education, social studies education
EDUC 4316 - Nature of Social Studies and Social Studies Education
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Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
Prepares teacher education candidates for teaching social studies in a social context. Participants will understand theoretical and developmental processes associated with social studies learning, methods for teaching social studies in a diverse society, andthe integration of classroom instruction with the Colorado Academic Content Standards that foster such processes. Same as EDUC 5316.
EDUC 4330 - Secondary Social Studies Methods I
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Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
Explores effective social studies teaching techniques used to prepare secondary students for success in college, career, and civic life. An emphasis is placed on interpreting sources, understanding multiple perspectives, and employing critical thinking with diverse students. Same as EDUC 5330.
EDUC 4355 - Secondary Social Studies Methods II
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Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
Explores effective techniques associated with reading, processing, and assessing social studies subject area content with an emphasis on developing critical thinking skills and meeting the needs of diverse students. Same as EDUC 5355.
EDUC 5316 - Nature of Social Studies and Social Studies Education
Primary Instructor
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Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
Prepares teacher education candidates for teaching social studies in a social context. Participants will understand theoretical and developmental processes associated with social studies learning, methods for teaching social studies in a diverse society, and the integration of classroom instruction with the Colorado Academic Content Standards that foster such processes. Same as EDUC 4316.
EDUC 5330 - Secondary Social Studies Methods I
Primary Instructor
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Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
Explores effective social studies teaching techniques used to prepare secondary students for success in college, career, and civic life. An emphasis is placed on interpreting sources, understanding multiple perspectives, and employing critical thinking with diverse students. Same as EDUC 4330.
EDUC 5355 - Secondary Social Studies Methods II
Primary Instructor
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Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
Explores effective techniques associated with reading, processing, and assessing social studies subject area content with an emphasis on developing critical thinking skills and meeting the needs of diverse students. Same as EDUC 4355.
EDUC 8103 - Special Topics in Literacy Research
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Spring 2026
This course provides students an opportunity for deep engagement with important topics and specialty areas in the field of literacy studies. Focused on topics of current interest in the field, the course supports students to examine issues of research and practice, which may include historical and current trajectories of an area of research, theories that animate an area of research and practice, and the methods through which researchers investigate questions related to the topic. In addition to readings and discussion, students complete writing and multimodal projects that allow students to engage with content and process related to the topic to demonstrate and share their learning. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
