Jan Riggsbee, Director of the Program in Education, Associate Professor of the Practice and Director Elementary Teacher Preparation Program, Director Academically/Intellectually Gifted Licensure Program
- Education:
- Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction, North Carolina State University, 1995
- M.A. School Administration, Appalachian State University, 1982
- B.A. Education Queens College, 1975
- Contact Info:
- 213 West Duke Building
- (919) 660-3077
- jrigg@duke.edu
- Office Hours:
- by appointment
- Research Interests: Elementary Education, Teacher Preparation, Cognitive Developmental Theory as Applied to Teacher Education, Literacy Instruction, Early Childhood Education, Mentoring Programs/Relationships, Educational Leadership, Cooperative Learning
Current projects: Co-Principal Investigator: SCALE (Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education), Co-Principal Investigator: Impact of the Teacher Renewal Initiative on Mid-Career Teachers, Center for Teacher Learning and Collaboration, Principal Investigator: Transcultural Inquiry Internationalizing Teacher Preparation at Duke
Teaching (Fall 2009):
- Educ 108s.01, Teaching prac lang arts & ss
Synopsis
- West duke 08a, Tu 04:25 PM-06:55 PM
- Educ 109s.02, Elementary curriculum
Synopsis
- West duke 212, WF 06:00 PM-07:15 PM
- Educ 220.01, Nature/needs of gifted learner
- Carr 114, Th 04:25 PM-06:55 PM
- Recent Publications
- L. Carboni and J. Riggsbee. "“We needed support and it was out there:” Building an online community with cooperating teachers." Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education 6 (2007): 109 - 122. [abs]
Recent Honors, Awards, Distinctions: 2007 Robert B. Cox Trinity College Distinguished Teaching Award