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Dr. Elizabeth Skinner

Associate Professor
Teaching and Learning
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Research

Current Courses

TCH 258.001 Social Studies Methods

TCH 258.002 Social Studies Methods

TCH 391.001 Tchng For Equity In Elem Classrooms Thr Assessmt,Collab,Comm

Teaching Interests & Areas

Bilingual Education, Social Studies Methods, Anti-racist Teaching, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy

Research Interests & Areas

Bilingual teacher preparation, GYO teachers

Ph D

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago

MA

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago

BA

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

One Million Dollar Club

Illinois State University
2015

Grants & Contracts

Training of Pre-service and In-Service Teachers of ELs in School District U-46. DOE Office of English Language Acquisition. Federal. (2012)

Book, Chapter

Skinner, E. Teacher preparation with/in an urban community. Moving teacher education into urban schools and communities. Routledge (2013): 203--216.
Skinner, E. Amalia's quest: From parent volunteer to public school teacher. Grow your own teachers: Grassroots change for teacher education (2011)
Skinner, E. Rethinking teacher preparation. Grow your own teachers: Grassroots change for teacher education (2011)

Book, Edited

Skinner, E., Garreton, M., & Schultz, B. Grow your own teachers: Grassroots change for teacher education. Teachers College Press (2011)

Journal Article

Skinner, E., & Williams, P. Friends with Benefits: Collaboration Between a State University and a School District Designed to Improve Teaching and Learning for Bilingual Students. Journal of Multilingual Education Research 8.1 (2018): 1.
Madda, C., Skinner, E., & Schultz, B. Community insiders as justice-oriented teachers: Creating new educators through a collaborative approach to teacher preparation. The New Educator 8.4 (2012): 361--379.
Clardy, P., & Skinner, E. Critical Field and Life Experience for Preservice Bilingual Educators at a Primarily White Institution. The Journal of Multiculturalism in Education 7.December (2011): 1--19.
Skinner, E. Project Nueva Generacion and grow your own teachers: Transforming schools and teacher education from the inside out. Teacher Education Quarterly 37.3 (2010): 155--167.

Other

Skinner, E. Grow your own teachers: community-based change in teacher education. Breaking the mold of preservice and inservice teacher education: Innovative and successful practices for the 21st century (2011): 35--54.