 | Shelley Stagg Peterson phone: (416) 978-0329 email: slpeterson@oise.utoronto.ca email: slpeterson@oise.utoronto.ca website: http://webspace.oise.utoronto.ca/~peters44 Departments: Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Elementary Education | |
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Academic History Ph.D. University of Alberta, Elementary Education, 1994 M.Ed. University of Alberta, Educational Administration, 1990 B.Ed. University of Alberta, Elementary Education, 1983 Research Overview Dr. Shelley Stagg Peterson is an Associate Professor with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at OISE. Her research interests focus on, socio cultural issues in literacy learning; feedback on writing; use of digital technologies and multimedia to teach writing across the curriculum; writing assessment and instruction; content area literacy; and children’s literature. Dr. Stagg Peterson is chief editor of the Journal of Classroom Research in Literacy, a peer-reviewed journal highlighting teachers' classroom research. She has served as President and Past-President of the Toronto Reading Council. She has authored several books on topics ranging from the teaching of children's literature to using graphic novels in classrooms to writing across the curriculum and is the recipient of the Arbuthnot Award for Excellence in Teaching Children’s Literature from the International Reading Association. Teaching Overview PRof. Stagg-Peterson has taught the following Graduate-level courses: • CTL 1805 Advanced Seminar in Language and Literacy • CTL 1009 Theory and Practice in Elementary Literacy Instruction • CTL 1039 Teaching Writing in the School • CTL 1008 Children's Literature as a Foundation of Literate Behavior across the Curriculum and the following Graduate Pre-service Courses: • CTL 7000 Language Arts Curriculum and Instruction (Primary/Junior/Intermediate) Professional Activities • Member of the Children's Literature and Reading SIG of the International Reading Association's Notable Books for a Global Society committee * 2008–present: Chief editor of the Journal of Classroom Research in Literacy, an online peer-reviewed journal I initiated as a forum for classroom-based research. • 2006-2011: Chief editor of Language and Literacy, Canada’s only online journal for academics publishing in the field of classroom language and literacy. • 2006-2007: Local Area Chair of the Annual Convention of the International Reading Association, 2007. Involved overseeing 7 subcommittees in preparation for conference of 12,000 delegates. •2002- 2010: Served as President and Past-President of the Toronto Reading Council, a council of the International Reading Association, throughout these years. Invited Addresses: 2011 Notable multicultural books for grades 5-12 classrooms. Novel Learning Experience Conference. North Bay, ON: May. Feedback as a tool for teaching writing. Reaching Higher Conference. Kingston, ON: March. 2009 Teachers’ written feedback on boys’ and girls’ writing. Invited symposium for the SIG Writing EARLI. Amsterdam: August. Issues and practices in providing feedback on student writing: Results of two research studies. Invited to present my research at the British Columbia Regional National Council of Teachers of English Research Pre-Conference. Vancouver: October. 2006 Gender issues in literacy. Senior Alumni Association, University of Toronto. Toronto: October. 2005 Supporting boys’ and girls’ writing. Keynote address for the Waterloo Catholic District School Board’s Scribblefest. Kitchener, ON: May. Gender issues in writing assessment. OISE/UT Modern Language Center Colloquium presentation. University of Toronto: 2005 Representative Publications BOOKS Peterson, S.S. (2010). Teaching with graphic novels in grades 4-12 classrooms. Winnipeg, MB: Portage & Main Press. Peterson, S. S., Booth, D., and Jupiter, C. (Eds.). (2009). Books, media and the internet: Children’s literature for today’s classrooms. Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press. Peterson, S. S. (2008). Writing across the curriculum: All teachers teach writing.2nd Ed. Winnipeg: Portage & Main Press. Peterson, S. S., & Swartz, L. (2008). Good books matter. Markham, ON: Pembroke. Peterson, S. S. (2004). Writers, books and teachers. Winnipeg: Portage & Main Press. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS Peterson, S. S. (2009). Children’s literature and the new literacies: What about assessment? In S.S. Peterson, D. Booth and C. Jupiter (Eds.), Books, media and the internet: Children’s literature for today’s classrooms, (pp. 177-181). Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press. Peterson, S. S. (2008). Refining, clarifying and tinkering with science: Transforming text. In D. Booth (Ed.), It’s critical (pp. 92-93). Markham, ON: Pembroke. Peterson, S. S. (2007). Writing. In B. J. Bank (Ed.), Gender and education: An encyclopedia (pp. 457-462). New York: Greenwood Press. Peterson, S. (2006). Influence of gender on writing development. C. MacArthur, S. Graham, & J. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Handbook of writing research (pp. 311-323). New York: Guilford. ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS Peterson, S. S. (2009). The quiet voices of children’s literature amidst the roar of new literacies. Georgia Journal of Reading 32(1), 24-27. Peterson, S. S., & Slotta, J. (2009). Saying yes to online learning: A first-time experience teaching an online graduate course in literacy education. Literacy Research and Instruction, 48(1), 1-17. Research Grants and ContractsYear: 2011 Individual or Group: Group Grantor: Ontario Federation of Libraries Purpose: Research Amount: CA$36,000 Year: 2011 Individual or Group: Individual Grantor: SSHRC SIG Purpose: Research Amount: CA$1952 Year: 2010 Individual or Group: Individual Grantor: SSHRC RDI Purpose: Research Amount: CA$38,783 Year: 2010 Individual or Group: Individual Grantor: Northern Ontario Educational Leaders Amount: CA$30,000 Year:2010 Individual or Group: Group Grantor: SSHRC Purpose: Research Amount: CA$147,704 Year: 2010 Individual or Group: Group Grantor: Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario Purpose: Research contract Amount: CA$30,000 Year: 2009 Individual or Group: Group Grantor: International Reading Association Purpose: Research Amount: US$10,000 Year: 2009 Individual or Group: Individual Grantor: Small Scale SSHRC Purpose: Research Amount: CA$ 1600 Year: 2008-2010 Individual or Group: Group Grantor: Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Purpose: Research Amount: CA$35,000 Year: 2008 Individual or Group: Group Grantor: SSHRC SIG at York University Purpose: Research Amount: CA$ 3000 Year: 2007 Individual or Group: Group Grantor: Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario Purpose: Research contract Amount: CA$35,000 Year: 2007 Individual or Group: Group Grantor: Ontario Ministry of Education Purpose: Contract Amount: CA$40,000 Honours and Awards 2010 Arbuthnot Award for Excellence in Teaching Children’s Literature, International Reading Association $800.00 199-2000 OISE Student Teachers' Union Professor of the Year Award Curriculum Vitae http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/Curriculum_Vitae/Shelley_Stagg_Peterson_CV.pdf Literacy Aboriginal/Indigenous Studies Early Childhood Online Learning Environments & Computers in Education Teacher Education & Development |
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