Academics
Rachel G. Ragland
Assistant Professor
Education
Phone 847-735-5198
E-mail ragland@lakeforest.edu
Specialization
Curriculum and Teaching
Secondary Education
Social Studies Education
History Education
Preservice Teacher Education
Student Teacher Supervision
Education
Ed.D. Teachers College, Columbia University
M.S., University of Pennsylvania
B.A., University of Pennsylvania
Courses Taught
Educ 210 Observing the Schooling Process
Educ 215 Instructional Communication Theory and Practice
Educ 220 Philosophy of Education
Educ 314 Inclusive Learning Environments
Educ 315 Middle School Fieldwork Internship
Educ 318 Psychology Applied to Education
Educ 418 Student Teaching and Elementary Seminar
Educ 419 Curriculum Design and Secondary Methods
Educ 420 Methods of Secondary Social Studies
Educ 421 Student Teaching and Secondary Seminar
FIYS 190 Exploring Adolescence
Books
The Teaching American History Project: Lessons for History Educators and Historians. Ragland, Rachel and Woestman, Kelly, eds. Routledge Press. 2009
Invitation to Psychology. Ragland, Rachel and Saxon, Burt Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman & Co., 1981, 1985, 1988. (textbook, teacher's guide, activity and test duplicating masters)
Articles and book chapters
“Dimensions of Collaborative Faculty Development”, w/ D. Abt-Perkins & R. Pettengill, Academic Exchange Quarterly Vol 12, Issue 4, Winter 2008 p. 117-121.
“Using Scholarly Research in Course Redesign: Teaching to Engage Students with Authentic Disciplinary Practices” International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Vol 2, Number 2, July 2008.
“Adopting and Sustaining Use of New Teaching Strategies for American History in Secondary Classrooms” Journal of Social Studies Research Vol 31, Number 2, Fall 2007. p.43-60.
"Changing Secondary Teachers' Views of Teaching American History" The History Teacher. Volume 40, Issue 2, February 2007
"Increasing Teacher Efficacy in High-Need Schools: Lessons from Teaching American History" w/ M.H. Ebner, Success in High Needs Schools, Volume 1, Issue 4, December 2006
“Writing America: Classroom Literacy and Public Engagement” book review in Teachers College Record Vol. 107, No. 11, 2005
“Best Practices in Professional Development: Meeting Teachers at their “Point of Need’”,
Proceedings of Midwestern Educational Research Association 2003 Annual Meeting, October, 2003. ERIC Document Reproduction Service.
“Teaching American History: A Report from the Field (Lake County, IL)”, w/ M.H. Ebner and D. Abt-Perkins, Organization of American Historians Newsletter, Vol. 31, No. 1, February, 2003
"Teachers and Teacher Education: A National Survey", Teaching of Psychology, Vol. 19, No. 2, April, 1992
"Deviant Behavior", Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology, Vol. II, Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1988
"The Status of Teachers and Teacher Education in High School Psychology", Resources in Education, August, 1987. ERIC Document Reproduction Service
Book review in "The Reading Shelf", Teachers College Record, Vol. 86, Summer, 1985
"Doing Deviant Behavior", High School Psychology Teacher, Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, May, 1984
"Teaching Psychology at the Secondary Level: The Preparation of Textbooks and Materials" Resources in Education, March, 1982. ERIC Document Reproduction Service
Conference Presentations / Invited Talks
Chaired session entitled “Reflective Judgment and Authentic Learning Experiences” w/ D. Lopatto at the ACM Teagle Collegium on Student Learning Opening Conference,
Monmouth, IL. November, 2008
Chaired session entitled “Evaluation Inside and Outside: Documenting and Assessing the Development of Historical Thinking Skills" at the Teaching American History Symposium at the Annual Conference of the Organization of American Historians, New York, NY, March , 2008
Presented session entitled “Re-conceptualizing Teaching to Engage Students with Authentic Disciplinary Practices”, SoTL Commons Conference, Statesboro, GA. November, 2007
Presented session entitled “Adopting and Sustaining Use of Research-based Teaching Strategies In Secondary American History Classrooms”, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April, 2007
Chaired session entitled “What Is Research and Evaluation Telling Us About the Impact of TAH Grants?” and panel member for wrap-up session at the Teaching American History Symposium at the Annual Conference of the Organization of American Historians, Minneapolis, MN, March , 2007
Presented session entitled “Value-Added Assessment of General Education Outcomes”, Association of American Colleges and Universities’ (AAC&U) Network for Academic Renewal Meeting, Miami, Florida, March 2007
Presented session at U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History Eastern Regional Project Director's Conference, Cleveland, OH entitled "Using the H-TAH Discussion Network: A Collaboration Tool for TAH Projects" w/ T. Thurston. October 2006
Presented session at Associated Colleges of Illinois Arts and Sciences Colloquium, Chicago, IL entitled "Increasing Teacher Efficacy in High-Need Schools" September 2006
Presented session entitled “A Model Collaboration: Best Practices for College/School Partnerships for Teacher Development”, Annual Meeting of the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, D.C. February, 2005Presented session entitled “Historically Thinking: Images of 19th century Industrial
America”, Teaching American History Annual Project Director’s Meeting, Washington,
D.C. May, 2004
Coordinated and presented a panel presentation entitled: “Rethinking American History:
A Case Study in Inter-Institutional Collaboration”; 83rd Annual Conference of National
Council for the Social Studies, Chicago, IL November, 2003
Presented session entitled “Best Practices in Professional Development: Meeting Teachers at their “Point of Need”, Midwestern Education Research Association 2003 Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio October, 2003
Presented session entitled “What Research Tells Us About Teaching American History –
Lessons from McRAH: Implementing Effective Strategies in the Secondary Classroom”;
24th Annual History Teachers Conference, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL October, 2003
Presented session entitled “Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions: Developing Performance Based Assessments for Pre-service Teacher Education”; Northeastern Illinois Assessment Consortium College/University Fall Conference, Chicago IL October, 2002
Presented session on “Searching the Web and Evaluating Websites”; Information Literacy Faculty Forum, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin May, 2002
Presented session entitled "Dispositions and Values: A Process for Developing Assessments", w/ D. Abt-Perkins & S. Sherman; Illinois Association of Teacher Educators, 31st Annual Fall Conference, Charleston, IL. November, 2001
Presented session entitled "A Small Liberal Arts College and NCATE Alignment: Illuminating Indicators of Professional Practice", w/ S. Fox, Midwest Association of Teacher Educators, 13th Annual Spring Conference, Urbana, IL April, 1999
Presented session entitled "Addressing State and National Standards: A Study in Maintaining Program Identity", w/ S. Fox & S. Sherman; Association of Teacher Educators, 79th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.February, 1999
Presented session entitled "A Small Liberal Arts College Faces the Challenge of NCATE Alignment", w/ S. Fox & S. Sherman; Illinois Association of Teacher Educators, 29th Annual Fall Conference, Naperville, IL,October, 1998
Participant in symposium entitled "Psychology in the High School" at 95th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New York, New York. Topic: Status of Teachers and Teacher Education in High School Psychology. August, 1987
Conducted workshop entitled "Practical Approaches to Teaching High School Psychology" at National Council for Social Studies 62nd Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass. November, 1982
Conducted National Science Foundation sponsored workshop for New York State high school psychology teachers at Dowling College, Oakdale, New York, May,1981
Participant in symposium entitled "Teaching of Psychology: Curricular Directions" at Eastern Psychological Association 52nd Annual Meeting, New York, New York. Topic: Teaching Psychology at the Secondary School Level: Preparation of Textbooks and Materials April, 1981
Presented seminar entitled "Invitation to Psychology: Original Research for Students" at 12th Annual Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies. Boston, Mass. March, 1981
Awards and Honors
William L. Dunn Award for “outstanding teaching and scholarly promise”, Lake Forest College, May 2009
Faculty Career Enhancement (FaCE) Grant by the ACM to support a Collaborative Event entitled "Facutly Assessment of Student Learning Department by Department", Lake Forest College, October 2008
Faculty Career Enhancement (FaCE) Grant by the ACM to support exploring new avenues of research and enrich sabbatical experiences – Hotchkiss Leave, Spring 2008
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Pennsyvania, 1974