Classroom Research Research Area:
Research taking place in the classroom that includes noticing, observing, or identifying something
Published Faculty:
Carl Hoagland, Ed.D.
Professor Emeritus
Carl Hoagland is the Emerson Electric Endowed Professor of Technology and Learning and the Director of the E. Desmond Lee Technology and Learning Center. He previously served as the Executive Director of The Regional Consortium for Education and Technology, a technology center that served over 30 K-12 school districts in Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois. Dr. Hoagland has held academic appointments at the University of Massachusetts, Webster University, National Teacher Training College in Maseru, Lesotho, Incarnate Word University, Washington University and St. Louis University.
Carole Murphy, Ed.D.
Professor Emeritus
Carole H. Murphy is a 20-year veteran of the Texas public school system and an 18-year veteran of higher education. She is an internationally known educator in the fields of educational leadership and social studies education. She has worked as a teacher and an administrator in higher education and K-12 schools. For several years, she taught and was an administrator in the American International School System, Johannesburg, South Africa. In addition, she has been published in numerous international journals in the areas of professional development schools, cultural diversity, technology with students at both the K-12 and university levels, and in helping teachers understand action research.
Rebecca Rogers, Ph.D.
E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor in Tutorial Education
Dr. Rogers is an educational researcher who specializes in literacy studies, teacher learning and critical discourse studies. Her research focuses on the socio-political contexts of literacy and language education and situates critical discourse analysis within an ethnographic tradition. She has published seven books and over 80 articles and chapters in national and international journals such as: Reading Research Quarterly, Linguistics & Education, Critical Discourse Studies, Discourse, Critical Inquiry into Language Studies, the Journal of Literacy Research, Review of Research in Education, Race, Ethnicity and Education, Teaching Education, Anthropology & Education Quarterly, Reading and Writing Quarterly ...
Alina Slapac, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
Alina Slapac, Ed.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educator Preparation & Leadership (2017-presently) who received The Chancellor's Award of Excellence in Teaching (UMSL, 2020), Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award (UMSL, 2013), O.L. Davis, Jr. Counselor of Distinction Award (KDP, 2015), to name a few. She has been the Counselor for KDP MU Iota Chapter since 2009. She has been teaching face-to-face, blended and online graduate and undergraduate courses (e.g., Teacher Action Research I & II Capstone, Action Research for Educational Practitioners, Positive Behavioral Supports in Inclusive Educational Settings, Student Teaching Abroad (South Korea). She is currently a facul...
Kim Song, Ed.D.
Professor
Kim H. Song, Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, received her Ed.D in Instructional Processes from Southern Illinois University –Edwardsville in 1991. Kim is a bilingual in Korean and English, and her main research interests include:
- Backward Instructional Design and Assessment
- Immigrant Family Literacy Development, and Their Identity within School Community
- Rededefining Creativity in Technology-Mediated Online Courses
- Intersectionality of Racism and Linguicism for Immigrant and Refugee Learners
- Technology-Mediated Online Teaching and Learning
- Linguistically and Culturally Responsive Content/Math Teaching f...