Tara-Lynn Scheffel
Biographic Data
| ID | 4102154 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tara-Lynn Scheffel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tara-Lynn |
| FAMILY NAME | Scheffel |
| SIGNATURE | SCHEFFEL T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5467-3601 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Attuning to the Digital: Inquiring into Our Teacher Educator Literacies Practices
This article reports on a collaborative S-STEP where the authors, in response to the LLRC 2024 Preconference Call, attuned to digital media within their instructional practices in elementary English Language Arts (ELA) methods courses. This inquiry engaged with posthumanist theories of agential realism and concepts of entanglement and intra-actions. Findings for this paper come from an agential cut focused on a set of reading-focused literacy cen…
Joyful Literacy Learning/Teaching Within a University-Based Summer Literacy Camp
This case study explores the thematic thread of joy within the patterned quilt (Dyson & Genishi, 2005) of a longitudinal university-based summer literacy camp (for ages 4 to 12) led by pre-service teachers. We explore pre-service teachers’ roles as curriculum makers in relation to examples of negotiated curriculum leading to shared joyful literacy learning
Supporting preservice teachers to navigate the tensions of teaching English Language Arts: An examination of two teacher educator's literacies pedagogies
In 1997-1998, we taught in the same independently funded elementary school. As teachers of Grade 1 and Grade 2, the school leadership asked us to research and recommend a program to support early reading instruction and replace the outdated basal readers. Opinions were sometimes diverse as we met with parents and school board members to identify beliefs/priorities in early reading instruction. More than 25 years later, in our work as teacher educ…
The Heart of the Matter: Exploring Intergenerational Themes in Children’s Literature
Exploring intergenerational themes in children’s literature, this article shares the perspective of one grandfather and the reactions of educators in response to stories of young and old. Four themes found within intergenerational children’s literature are identified: (a) perceptions of grandparents’ interests and personalities, (b) passing down of knowledge, (c) shared moments/adventures, and (d) perceptions of aging. Intended as a reference poi…
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The Heart of the Matter: Exploring Intergenerational Themes in Children’s Literature
Exploring intergenerational themes in children’s literature, this article shares the perspective of one grandfather and the reactions of educators in response to stories of young and old. Four themes found within intergenerational children’s literature are identified: (a) perceptions of grandparents’ interests and personalities, (b) passing down of knowledge, (c) shared moments/adventures, and (d) perceptions of aging. Intended as a reference poi…
Supporting preservice teachers to navigate the tensions of teaching English Language Arts: An examination of two teacher educator's literacies pedagogies
In 1997-1998, we taught in the same independently funded elementary school. As teachers of Grade 1 and Grade 2, the school leadership asked us to research and recommend a program to support early reading instruction and replace the outdated basal readers. Opinions were sometimes diverse as we met with parents and school board members to identify beliefs/priorities in early reading instruction. More than 25 years later, in our work as teacher educ…
Joyful Literacy Learning/Teaching Within a University-Based Summer Literacy Camp
This case study explores the thematic thread of joy within the patterned quilt (Dyson & Genishi, 2005) of a longitudinal university-based summer literacy camp (for ages 4 to 12) led by pre-service teachers. We explore pre-service teachers’ roles as curriculum makers in relation to examples of negotiated curriculum leading to shared joyful literacy learning
Attuning to the Digital: Inquiring into Our Teacher Educator Literacies Practices
This article reports on a collaborative S-STEP where the authors, in response to the LLRC 2024 Preconference Call, attuned to digital media within their instructional practices in elementary English Language Arts (ELA) methods courses. This inquiry engaged with posthumanist theories of agential realism and concepts of entanglement and intra-actions. Findings for this paper come from an agential cut focused on a set of reading-focused literacy cen…
Literacy (3 works) · Literacy, Media, and Education (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · The arts (2 works) · Adventure (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art Education and Development (1 works)