Nathan Beard
Biographic Data
| ID | 6508622 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathan Beard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Beard |
| SIGNATURE | BEARD N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An exploratory mixed method study on teachers’ creative skill development with metaphor in language, gesture, and pedagogy
The visible body and the invisible organization: Information asymmetry and college athletics data
Elite athletes are constantly tracked, measured, scored, and sorted to improve their performance. Privacy is sacrificed in the name of improvement. Athletes frequently do not know why particular personal data are collected or to what end. Our interview study of 23 elite US college athletes and 26 staff members reveals that their sports play is governed through information asymmetries. These asymmetries look different for different sports with dif…
Reinvigorating the Desire to Teach: Teacher Professional Development for Creativity, Agency, Stress Reduction, and Wellbeing
Research suggests that teachers’ creative development may materialize in more resilience and joy and less stress, but these connections have received little attention. This mixed methods study analyzes the effectiveness of a hybrid professional development model focused on teachers’ creative agency during the COVID-19 pandemic, a period of intensified stress, anxiety, and disconnect. Results indicated the PD experience supported (a) an increase i…
Space that was safe to explore and learn: Stretching the affordances for networked professional learning in creativity for educators
What makes impactful online professional development for rural teachers learning creativity and arts integration? In this paper, we describe the results of a mixed method-study that tested a new hybrid online and in-person teacher training experience with K-12 teachers in the Northwestern region of the United States of America in 2019–2020. The study focused on the creative development of rural educators and their preparation to integrate creativ…
How am I a creative teacher? Beliefs, values, and affect for integrating creativity in the classroom
How am I a creative teacher? Beliefs, values, and affect for integrating creativity in the classroom
Reinvigorating the Desire to Teach: Teacher Professional Development for Creativity, Agency, Stress Reduction, and Wellbeing
Research suggests that teachers’ creative development may materialize in more resilience and joy and less stress, but these connections have received little attention. This mixed methods study analyzes the effectiveness of a hybrid professional development model focused on teachers’ creative agency during the COVID-19 pandemic, a period of intensified stress, anxiety, and disconnect. Results indicated the PD experience supported (a) an increase i…
Space that was safe to explore and learn: Stretching the affordances for networked professional learning in creativity for educators
What makes impactful online professional development for rural teachers learning creativity and arts integration? In this paper, we describe the results of a mixed method-study that tested a new hybrid online and in-person teacher training experience with K-12 teachers in the Northwestern region of the United States of America in 2019–2020. The study focused on the creative development of rural educators and their preparation to integrate creativ…
The visible body and the invisible organization: Information asymmetry and college athletics data
Elite athletes are constantly tracked, measured, scored, and sorted to improve their performance. Privacy is sacrificed in the name of improvement. Athletes frequently do not know why particular personal data are collected or to what end. Our interview study of 23 elite US college athletes and 26 staff members reveals that their sports play is governed through information asymmetries. These asymmetries look different for different sports with dif…
An exploratory mixed method study on teachers’ creative skill development with metaphor in language, gesture, and pedagogy
Psychology (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Creativity (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (2 works) · Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function (2 works) · Professional development (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Affect (linguistics (1 works)