Lana J. Haddy is a clinical faculty member and the focus of her work is in modeling and facilitating the most effective methods for teaching literacy in today's classroom. She has an extensive background in early literacy, content literacy, and language arts instruction. She also has a passion for integrating technology in ways that transform student learning in the classroom. She and her colleagues are interested in examining the attrition of male and minority students in teacher education programs. Using a mixed-methods study, they worked as a team to analyze survey responses from students completing an education foundation course to identify factors that contribute to attrition, or inhibit success in program completion or ultimately from becoming a teacher.
Research Interests
Guiding Research Question:
How can the use of technology transform the learning experience in the classroom?
Current Research Project:
As an educator in teacher preparation, Haddy and her colleagues are interested in examining the attrition of male and minority students in teacher education programs. Using a mixed-methods study, they worked as a team to analyze survey responses from students completing an education foundation course to identify factors that contribute to attrition, or inhibit success in program completion or ultimately from becoming a teacher.
Publications
Lynch-Alexander, E., McConnell, J., Sanders, A., & Haddy, L. (2016) Saving our sons: An investigation of male and minority attrition in teacher education and a model to recruit, retain, and reward. Journal of Interdisciplinary Education, 15 (1)
Evans, L., Haddy, L., Sanden, S., & Wilkinson, L. (2016, July). Effective practices to support oral language development and emergent literacy in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms of young children. Presentation presented at the International Literacy Association Conference, Boston, MA.
