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Margaret Dotson
Associate
Professor of Education Studies Knapp,
Room 102C
CPO 2034
| Office Hours: |
Posted
on office door |
Phone: 859-985-3102
Fax: 859-985-3912
E-Mail:
At Berea College since 2003
| Degrees |
- B.S., Wright
State University, 1968
- M.A., Wright
State University, 1970
- Ph.D., Ohio
State University, 2000
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| Courses |
- EDS
200 Seminar: Thinking about Education
- EDS
300 Teaching: Learner, Knowledge, Pedagogy
- EDS 305 Children's
Literature
- EDS
327 Teaching as Research: Children and School Structure
- EDS
474 Advanced Topics of Middle Schools II.
- EDS
476 Teaching Practicum in Middle Schools II
- EDS
494 Advanced Topics of Elementary Schools II.
- EDS
496 Teaching Practicum in Elementary Schools II.
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| Special Interests |
| My
professional interests center on teaching, learning, curriculum
development, teacher thinking, learning to teach, and motivation.
My outside interests include spending time with family,
reading, listening to music, enjoying nature, and thinking
about teaching. |
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| Biography |
| I
am a native West Virginian who enjoys the tranquility and
beauty of the mountains. As a child I had difficulty learning
to read, but once I learned I became an avid reader and a
student who loved to learn. As a college student I loved
taking a variety of courses just because they were interesting
and challenging. As an undergraduate, I often joked that
I would like to be a professional student, and teaching has
permitted me to be that student. To teach is to learn and
to teach one has to be constantly learning. Teaching provides
a wonderful opportunity for exploring the teaching and learning
process in all of its many permutations and combinations.
During my career I have been a children’s librarian,
an elementary school teacher, a curriculum consultant, and
a college teacher. At the college level, I have taught courses
in pedagogy, curriculum development, child development, mathematics,
and I have supervised student teachers. |
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