Deborah L. Rooks
The University of Maine
Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, UCEDD
5717 Corbett Hall, 212
Orono, ME 04469
(207) 581-2093
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy – Special Education
University of Arizona
April, 2009
Master of Science – Special Education
The Johns Hopkins University
May, 1993
Bachelor of Science – Early Childhood Education
The University of Georgia
May, 1990
RESEARCH INTERESTS
? The inclusion of children with special needs in schools and communities
? The impact of inquiry-based approaches to instruction with PK-3rd
? Early intervention programming using play-based and inquiry-based approaches
? Social competence of children with visual impairment in naturalistic environments
? Teacher preparation programs in early intervention
PUBLICATIONS
Managing Inquiry-Based Science: Challenges in Enacting Complex Science Instruction in Elementary and Middle School Classrooms, to appear in Journal of Elementary Science Education April 2010.
Twice Exceptional: Students with Visual Impairment and Giftedness to appear in Gifted Education International October 2010
Analyses of Preschoolers’ Drawings as an Indicator of Creativity, in review
Taking Inquiry Outdoors: Reading, Writing, and Science Beyond the Classroom Walls, Chapter 9, Stenhouse Publishers, 2000
AWARDS AND HONORS
Jay Howenstein Foundation Scholarship
Erasmus Circle Scholar
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER)
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
TASH
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)
National Science Teaching Association (NSTA)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
