PROFILE

Dr. Gebhard's research interests center on second language acquisition in classroom settings, the professional development of second language educators, and the implications of school reform initiatives for second language learners and their teachers.

COURSES

EDUC 697:Principles of Second Language Learning & Teaching
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EDUC 791Z: Seminar Second Language Learning and Teaching
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PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journals
Gebhard, M. (2002). Getting Past "See Spot Run" Educational Leadership, 60 (4), 35-39.

Gebhard, M. (2002). Fast Capitalism, School Reform, and Second language Literacy Practices. The Canadian Modern Language Review, 59 (1), 15-52.

Gebhard, M. (in review). Teachers as Discourse Analysis: Text, Context, and Social Change in Teacher Education. Teachers College Record

Gebhard, M. (forthcoming) The construction of bilingual eduators in the context of charter school legislation. Equity and Excellence in Education.

Gebhard, M. (2001). Immigrant Voices: In search of educational equity. Special issue edited by Enrique(Henry) T. Trueba and Lilia I. Bartolome. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 32, 2.

Gebhard, M. (2000). Debates in SLA studies: Redefining classroom SLA as an Institutional phenomenon. TESOL Quarterly. 36, 544-557.

Gebhard, M. (1998). A case for professional development schools. TESOL Quarterly, 32, 501-510.

Gebhard, M. (accepted with revisions) The construction of bilingual educators in the context of charter school legislation. Teachers College Record

Book Chapters
Gebhard, M., Austin, T., Nieto, S., Willett, J. (2002). "You can't step on someone else's words": Preparing all teachers to teach Language Minority Students in Zeynep Beykont (Ed.), The Power of Culture: Teaching Across Language Difference. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, pp. 219-243.

Gebhard, M. (1998). Second language writing theory. In M. L. Kennedy (Ed.)Theorizing composition: A critical source book of theory and scholarship. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Gebhard, M. (work in progress). Second language acquisition in a multiage classroom. In J.W. Little (Ed.) Student experiences of school restructuring.

Book reviews
Gebhard, M. (2001). Immigrant voices: In search of educational equity, edited by Enrique (Henry) T. Trueba and Lilia I. BartolomÈ. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 32, 2.

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AWARDS

MEET Technology Fellowship, Massachusetts Department of Education
Grant awarded of $1,500 for support multimedia case study research in teacher education. Spring, 2001

Language Minority Research Institute Dissertation Fellowship, UC Santa Cruz
Grant awarded of $7,500 for distinguished dissertation proposal related to the education of second language learners in public school. 1998-1999

Center for the Integration of Teaching and Learning, UC Berkeley
Grant and tuition waiver awarded for distinguished dissertation proposal related to understanding the connection between teacher professional development and student learning. 1998-1999

Spencer Faculty Mentor Grant, UC Berkeley
Grant awarded to promising graduate student researchers working with Judith Warren Little, a Spencer Research Mentor. 1997-1998

Summer Research Opportunity Program, UC Berkeley
Mentor grants awarded to doctoral students who mentor under-represented undergraduates in the practices of conducting research. 1997 and 1998

Burton Blatt Scholarship, Syracuse University
Tuition grant awarded to distinguished graduate students in the School of Education in honor of Burton Blatt . 1988-1989.

Graduate School Scholarship, Syracuse University
Tuition grant awarded to distinguished graduate students. 1988

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