Susan Gebhardresearch, research in action, research interests

JTE article anddissertation

Blueprints For

re-visioning

Canterbury Teachers Tracery

technology integration and SAMR

“Sometimes we have to meet our students where they are, not where we think they should be.”

- Janet Allen, 2003

The Lost Boys (and Girls): Readers in NeverlandJournal of Teacher Education, 2006

“ I never enjoyed reading until I took this class.… I definitely think that this class helped me to be more enthusiastic…. I realized that reading could be fun and not just boring. Also, the crazy ideas you had made it more fun as well.”

research questions

1. What are the changes in preservice teachers‘attitudesa. before and after completing an online literacy courseb. before and after completing an onsite literacy course.

2. What is the relationship between preservice teachers’ attitudes towards reading before and after the completion of an online versus an onsite section of a required literacy course?

3. What is the impact of instructor (teacher) influence onpreservice teachers’ attitudes towards reading?

4. What specific literacy class experiences influence preservice teachers’ attitudes towards reading?

mixed methodology

QUANTITATIVE• empirical pre- and post-test data• Adult Survey of Reading Attitudes or ASRA (Smith, 1990)• data analyzed for statistical significance• addressed research questions 1 and 2

QUALITATIVE• data obtained from narrative pre- and post-course student writings• data analyzed using inductive approach (Patton, 2002; Wolcott, 1990,

1994)• addressed research questions 3 and 4

understanding of students’ pre-existing attitudes + intentional course design + social modeling =

change in teacher dispositions

“The hidden purpose…that I found out through this class was that it should be fun. If you’re not having fun with it, then you’re not doing it right.”

conceptual framework

All students are learners.Teachers are required to create the conditions of learning for all students.

Salem College

NCDPI Blueprints

for initial licensure and graduate program revisions

Salem CollegeWinston-Salem, NC

initial licensure 2009advanced competency licensure 2010

electronic evidences for initial licensure

electronic evidences for advanced competency licensure

digital platforms

Canterbury Teachers Tracery

content versus curricula