Robin D Johnson

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi · Curriculum Instruction and Learning Sciences

This article describes how faculty in a teacher preparation program developed a signature pedagogy, a teacher candidate action-research project rooted in the Universal Design for Learning Framework. A dual perspective involved teacher candidates investigating the efficacy of their practice and articulating their learning, while their teacher educat...

The theme for the 63rd annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educa- tors and Researchers Building Bridges with and for Literacy. The first section of the Yearbook begins with Connie Briggs Presidential address, titled Lessons Learned from Marie Clay: What is Possible? In her address, she highlights Marie Clay’s work as an eminent scholar...

Reading and writing expand horizons, open windows, facilitate exploration, support connection, share ideas, challenge thinking, change perspectives, and more. Literacy builds bridges. And currently too many gulfs exist. The 2019 conference yearbook strives to build bridges across gulfs, cultural gulfs, contextual gulfs, methodological gulfs, and mo...

The theme for the 62nd annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers was Educating for a Just Society. Connie Briggs, previous Program Chair, reminded us that, “Education has always been the foundation of a democratic nation. It is important that our students understand the principles upon which our nation was founded a...

The purpose of this descriptive multi-case study was to explore teacher candidates’ book introductions during their field-based studies in elementary classrooms. The participants were 11 undergraduate students (also teacher candidates) enrolled in a field-based reading course at a South Texas regional university. The lessons occurred in the teacher...

This chapter investigates the research and recommendations regarding the collaborative design of the joint, flipped-instruction micro-learning vignettes for classroom mentors and teacher candidates regarding promising practices of flipped instruction within a mobile learning environment. The focus of the chapter relates to pedagogies that incorpora...

Few universities have a large, successful student organization devoted to growing future teachers by way of leadership, teaching, and volunteer opportunities. One such organization exists at a mid-sized regional university in South Texas, the Student Reading Council (SRC). The SRC is a student-governed organization that develops its members profess...

Teacher education faculties at several Southwestern universities engaged in a two-phase investigation of technology integration by teachers in their service areas. Phase One, a survey, provided quantitative data while Phase Two, observations with interviews, provided quantitative and qualitative data. Survey data showed 80% of teachers in the study...