Department of Education
Deb Marciano
Coordinator of Elementary Education
Associate Professor of Education
E-mail: dmarciano2@washcoll.edu
Phone: (800) 422-1782, ext. 7768
Office: Goldstein 111
Education
B.S., Rhode Island College; M.Ed., Rhode Island College; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.
Teaching Interests
Reading Processes, Acquisiton, and Assessment; Literature for Children, K-8; Language Arts and Social Studies.
Research Interests
Representations of Schooling in Children's Literature; Emergent Literacy; Emergent Writing; Early Childhood in Italy; Children's Literature; Writing Across the Elementary Curriculum; Using Newspapers to Enhance Elementary Curriculum; Professional Development Schools; Teacher Education; and Service Dogs Helping Young Children.
Presentation
Download PowerPoint of "Representations of Family Literacy in Children's Picture Books" (3.5 MB)
Download PowerPoint of "Childhood In Italy: Culture, Classrooms and Children's Literature" (81 MB)
Blog
Attention teachers, students, parents, and book lovers—check out children's books reviews by Washington College Education Program students and faculty: Book Lover's Online Gallery
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