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Work Related to School Media Specialists. Bertram C. Bruce November, 2001. Research. Studies of children’s stories, and story understanding (many articles and book chapters) Research on classroom learning environments
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Work Related to School Media Specialists Bertram C. Bruce November, 2001
Research • Studies of children’s stories, and story understanding (many articles and book chapters) • Research on classroom learning environments • Books: Theoretical Issues in Reading Comprehension, Electronic Quills, Network-Baed Classrooms, Teacher to teacher: A professional's handbook for the primary classroom • Educational software: Quill, Reasoning Under Uncertainty, Sampler, Discoveries, Inquiry Page, Chickscope, Kurzweil Music Education Software, etc.
Teaching • Courses on New Literacies, Literacy in the Information Age, : Learning Technologies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Inquiry Teaching & Learning, Evaluation of Information Technologies, Theory & Practice in Classroom Science, Ethical & Policy Issues in Information Technology, Principles & Practices in Science Education, Inquiry-Based Learning with New Technologies, Information Technology in Educational Contexts, Reader Response Criticism, Theory & Practice in Children's Composition, Social Contexts & Functions of Writing, Epistemology & Education: Constructions of Knowledge in Contexts of Teaching & Learning, Teacher Communities, Integrate mathematic, science, and social studies Methods
Teaching (cont.) • Have taught lessons in every age level from pre-K through graduate school • Work with native Alaskan schools (many ethnic groups), Haitian-American, Latina/o, African American classrooms • Teaching and observation in schools in Haiti, China, Australia, England, other countries
Service • Project SEARCH (Science Education and Research for Children)-- undergrads learning as they help K-12 teachers teach science • Illinois State Technology Standards Committee • National Science Foundation committees on education • Volunteer tutoring in inner-city schools