Work Related to School Media Specialists

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Work Related to School Media Specialists

• Bertram C. Bruce
• November, 2001

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Research

• Studies of childrens 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.

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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

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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

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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