Profile

Professor Paugh's professional goals include working to promote an equitable education for all students through university, school, and community collaborations. Most recently, she has engaged in collaborative action research with teachers whose inquiry focus was rethinking the teaching of children who struggle with literacy learning. Her related research and publication topics include: collaborative inquiry, the relationships between school-based and university researchers, rethinking deficit-based instructional models for struggling readers, critical literacies/theories and practices. Her university teaching has focused on theories of literacy learning, reading, writing, and children's literature. She has an extensive background working as a teacher and curriculum coach in public and private K-12 schools. She is involved as a presenter and author affiliated with the American Educational Research Association and the National Council of Teachers of English.

Courses

EDUC 684: Reading, Writing, Language, and Thinking
An Introduction to Literacy Theory and Practice Language and Language Learning
Syllabus

EDUC 783A: Assessing & Supporting Literacy Learning, I
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EDUC 783B Assessing & Supporting Literacy Learning, II
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EDUC 792C Understanding Research in Language, Literacy, and Culture
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PUBLICATIONS

In press Paugh, P. "Making room": Negotiating democratic research relationships between school and academy [accepted article to be published in the journal Teaching Education]

In press Feldman, A., Mills, G., Paugh, P. Self-Study through Action Research. [to be published in the International Handbook of Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices]

In press Dudley-Marling, C. & Paugh, P. Tapping the power of student voice through whole language practices. [accepted article to be published in the journal Reading and Writing Quarterly, January 2005]

In progress Dudley-Marling, C. & Paugh, P. The rich get richer and the poor get Direct Instruction. [to be published in the book, Reading for Profit, Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English]

2002 Casey, B., Paugh, P., & Ballard, N. (2002) Sneeze builds a castle.[Curriculum Module for Round the Rug Math: Adventures in Problem Solving].Bothell, WA:Wright Group/MacGraw-Hill

1998 Paugh, P. (1998). The Middle Ages: A quest for understanding. News and Notes from TEAMS. Publication of presentation at Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages Session at 32nd Annual Congress on Medieval Studies.

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AWARDS

May 2001     Boston College, Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award

April 2001     American Education Research Association, Doctoral Student Seminar Participant

May 1993     Bancroft School, Carpe Diem Award Recipient, Tritschler Fellow for 1993-94 Academic Year

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