Deb L. Marciano, Ph.D.

Educator, Writer, Editor, Consultant

Sample Projects

Russian classroom visit

Service dogs

International Outreach - School Visits and Research Interviews

Full day observation and interview of teachers at Martindale Elementary School in Amersham, England. (June 14, 2008)

Full day observation and interview of teacher at Colehills Elementary School in Amersham, England. (June 17, 2008)

Half day observation and interview of teachers at Magic World UNESCO private school, Moscow, Russia. (June 22, 2008)

Full day observation and interview of teachers at Scuola Catolica (Catholic School) Ostia, Italy. (May 29, 2005)

Full day observation and interview of teachers at Scuola Elemntare Mista Alla Aperto Gian Giacomo Badini Scuola Materna (public elementary school), Rome, Italy. (May 30, 2005)

Research Presentations

PowerPoint of "Representations of Family Literacy in Children's Picture Books" (3.5 MB)
PowerPoint of "Childhood In Italy: Culture, Classrooms and Children's Literature" (81 MB)

Research Interests

I am always wondering how pre-service teachers make sense of the development of literacy in young children. To that end, I hope to further explore:

Representations of schooling, gender, assessment, families, grandparents, and disabilities in children's literature
Emergent Literacy
Emergent Writing
Early Childhood in Italy
Contemporary Children's Literature
Children's Poetry
Writing Across the Elementary Curriculum
Using Newspapers to Enhance Elementary Curriculum
Professional Development Schools
Teacher Education
Service Dogs Helping Young Children
Children's Authors and Illustrators

Announcement of Blog Blog

Fieldtrip tour of the tall ship, Amistad

Introduction lesson to Social Studies and Language Arts methods course

Making paper ala Eric Carle style

A comparison of various cultural versions of the Cinderella story. Pre-service teachers were also asked to create lessons utilizing the analysis. They also brought in fairy tales from other cultures to reconsider.