DR. SUSAN MCGOWAN
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Education: |
Ed.D.: Educational Policy, Planning, & Leadership, College of William & Mary – Williamsburg, VA |
Thesis Title: An Exploratory Study of Teacher’s Critical and Creative thinking in Elementary Language Arts |
Classrooms |
M.Ed.: Education-Curriculum & Instruction, Marymount University – Arlington, Virginia |
Thesis Title: The Concept of Print in Preschool Students. |
PUBLICATIONS: |
Toward a Comprehensive Model of Online Learning (under review). |
McGowan, S. & Koyzis, A. (2012). Optimizing learning with digital readers. US-China Education Review-A, 2(9), |
782-788. |
McGowan, S. & Koyzis, A. (2011). Optimizing learning with digital readers. Paper presented at Association for |
Continuing Higher Education, Shepherdstown, West Virginia |
McGowan, S. & Koyzis, A. (2010).Critical Reading within a Bilingual Context-A 21st century skill. ΠΕΡΙΟΔΙΚΟΝ |
European Schools. |
Leading change in gifted education: The festschrift of Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska. Waco, TX: Prufrock Press. |
VanTassel-Baska, J., Feng, A., Brown, E., Bracken, B., Stambaugh, T., French, H., McGowan, S, Worley, B., Quek, |
C., & Bai, W. (2008). A study of differentiated instructional change over three years. Gifted Child Quarterly, 52 |
(4), 297-312. |
McGowan, S. (2006). Being smart about gifted children. [Review of the book Being smart about gifted children]. |
Gifted Child Quarterly, 50, 270-272. |
Bracken, B., Little, C., McGowan, S., Chandler, K., Tyler, K., & Baker, L. (2005). The professional development |
questionnaire user’s manual. Williamsburg, VA: The College of William & Mary, Center for Gifted Education. |
Bracken, B., Little, C., McGowan, S., Chandler, K., Tyler, K., & Baker, L. (2004). The professional development |
questionnaire. Williamsburg, VA: The College of William & Mary, Center for Gifted Education |
Conference proceedings: |
Unicaf University (EDEX, Ltd.), Making Tertiary Education Accessible to Africa, London, UK, June 2015, |
panelist |
West Liberty University, Panel Discussion: Leadership & Change, September 2011, panelist |
Virginia Society for Technology in Education. Using digital readers effectively. Newport News, Virginia, July |
2011, presenter |
McGowan, S. & Koyzis, A. (2011). Optimizing digital readers. Retrieved March 5, 2011 from the webinar. |
Learning Community Program Delivery Model, Longwood University, June, 2010 |
University of Thessaly Seminar, Trends in Gifted Education: An American Perspective, Volos, Greece, 2010, |
presenter |
Farsala School District, Differentiation for Diverse Learners, Farsala, Greece, 2010, presenter |
Research: |
Quality assurance and CYQAA (in Press) |
Toward a Comprehensive Model of Online Learning (in press) |
Kindle DX Pilot Project at Longwood University, 2010 |
American Students’ Perceptions of a Localized International Field Experience, 2010 |
Authority Figures in Gifted Literature, 2009 |
Pre-service Teachers’ Dispositions Toward Critical Thinking, 2007 |
Linking Professional Development & Student Achievement through Project Athena: A Study of a Jacob Javits |
Grant, 2005 |