Xiaoying Zhao
Assistant Professor
Teaching and Learning
- About
- Education
- Research
Current Courses
277.001Social Studies For Early Childhood
277.002Social Studies For Early Childhood
409.001Student Diversity And Educational Practices
Teaching Interests & Areas
Social Studies Methods, Multicultural Education
Research Interests & Areas
Civic Education, Critical Literacy, Children's Agency, Democratic Teacher Education, Ungrading, Case Study, & Video Ethnography
PhD
University of Georgia
Book, Chapter
Zhao, X. (2019). Schools as asylums: A case study of a girl with OCD. In P. Smagorinsky,
J. Tobin, & K. Lee (Eds.), The disabling environments of education: Creating new cultures and environments for accommodating difference (pp. 181-191). Peter Lang.
J. Tobin, & K. Lee (Eds.), The disabling environments of education: Creating new cultures and environments for accommodating difference (pp. 181-191). Peter Lang.
Journal Article
Wellenreiter, B., Zhao, X., & Lucey, T. Preservice teachers and the patriotism of the 1619 and 1776 history narratives. Social Studies Research and Practice (2024)
Wellenreiter, B. R., Zhao, X., Angleton, C. (2023) P is for Patriotism: Messaging of Patriotic Symbols and Rituals in Picturebooks. Social Studies Teaching and Learning.4(1).
Zhao, X. & Angleton, C. (2022). Critical identity literacy with young learners: Exploring gender and race at the intersection of social studies and art. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 35(1), 19-31.
Zhao, X. (2022). What kinds of agents?: A framework for creating inclusive classroom libraries. Talking Points, 34(1), 2-9.
Angleton C., & Zhao, X. (2022). Storying identity through arts-based readerly responses: Fourth-grade girls represent gender and race. Language Arts, 100(2), 110-121.
Grants & Contracts
FY 2022 Research Fellowship Grant. College of Education. Illinois State University. (2021)
Illinois Gateways to Opportunity® ECE credential competency project – pilot phase.. Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development, Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. State. (2021)
Illinois Gateways to Opportunity® ECE credential competency project. Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development, Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. State. (2020)
P is for Patriotic: An exploration of how children’s books conceptualize patriotism. College of Education. Illinois State University. (2020)
We are what we see: Analyzing the assumptions children bring to their transactions with books. Center for the Expansion of Language and Thinking. Other. (2020)