Debbie Pushor PhD

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Qualitative Research Methodologies (ERES 845)

Friday, July 25, 2008

ERES 845 links my research and my teaching through an exploration of methodology rather than through the topic of parent engagement or parent knowledge. In this course, graduate students have the opportunity to learn and practice ...

Oracy and Literature (ECUR 273)

Thursday, July 24, 2008

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ECUR 273 is an introductory language arts methodology course. In it, I provide students with opportunities to develop a vision of themselves as teachers which reflects and encompasses their knowledge of children as situated in ...

Early Childhood Education (EDUC 498)

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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EDUC 498 is an elective course in which teacher candidates have the opportunity to explore current issues and trends in early childhood education. As a frame for the course, I ask teacher candidates to challenge ...

Parents and Education (EADM 892)

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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EADM 892 is a graduate level course I co-planned and co-taught with Bonnie Stelmach, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Administration. Like mine, Bonnie’s program of research focuses on parents. With her focus ...

Reading and Writing (ECUR 370)

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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In ECUR 370, teacher candidates learn about teaching reading and writing at an elementary school level. As a synthesis assignment, I ask teacher candidates to write a parent newsletter for an imagined class in which ...

Children’s Literature (ECUR 373)

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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In ECUR 373, I work with teacher candidates to develop an understanding of children’s literature as a “mirror and a window” for children. I want teacher candidates to be conscious of selecting children’s books for ...

Community Education (ECUR 401)

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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In this course, I invite teacher candidates to re-conceptualize the schooling of children in the context of family and community and to learn how, as an educator, to step out of the school and into ...