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Sherry Been

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Dr Sherry Been

been@nsuok.edu

  • Professor
    Curriculum Instruction BA

Office Location

  • Broken Arrow
    Broken Arrow Education 157
    (918) 449-6586

Bio

Dr. Sherry Been is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and serves as the Elementary Education Program Chair at NSU. Prior to NSU, she was a public school teacher working with all age groups birth through adults in rural, suburban, and urban communities. Dr. Been is a Kappa Delta Pi counselor and enjoys working with pre-service teachers. Her research interests include teacher autonomy, teacher efficacy, diversity/human rights issues, childrens literature, and literacy. She has presented at numerous local, state, national, and international conferences sharing her research and building relationships with other educators.

Education:

  • PhD, Curriculum Studies, Oklahoma State University, 2012
  • MS, Education, University of Oklahoma, 1997
  • BS, Elementary Education, University of Oklahoma, 1996
Teacher Research
Reflective Teaching
Children's Literature
Literacy
Diversity and Human Rights
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle School Education
Pre-K through 8th grade curriculum building
Children's Literature
Impactful Learning Practices and Strategies
Social Justice and Human Rights Topics
Responsive Teaching

Intellectual Content:

  • The Journey Through Mid-Career Giving a Voice to Women in Academia (Book, Chapter in Textbook-New), Discovery, Accepted, August, 2022
  • The ABCs of Teaching Empathy (Journal Article, Professional Journal), Teaching & Learning, Published, February, 2023

Presentations:

  • Maintaining a thriving book exchange for preservice teacher candidates - ALER Annual Conference 2019 - Corpus Christi, TX - November 2019
  • A Survey Analysis of Teachers Using Newspaper in Education - Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers - Corpus Christi, Texas - November 2019
  • Spark the love of reading: Supporting at-home book groups with upper elementary students - ALER Annual Conference 2017 - St. Petersburg, FL - November 2017
  • Literature Circles: Moving away from the traditional book report - OTA Encyclomedia - Oklahoma City, OK - October 2015
  • Teaching with Diversity in Mind - OSU Summer Institute - Stillwater, OK - July 2016
  • Spark the love of reading: Supporting at-home book groups with upper elementary students - ALER Annual Conference 2017 - St. Petersburg, FL - November 2017

Courses Taught:

  • MGMT ELEM CLASSROOM & CURR - ELED 4563 - Fall 2020
  • INTEG ART STRAT ELEM/MID - ELED 4313 - Fall 2020
  • MATERIALS FOR CHILDREN - LIBM 4023 - Spring 2020
  • LANG ARTS STRAT ELEM/MID - ELED 4323 - Spring 2020
  • LANG ARTS STRAT ELEM/MID - ELED 4323 - Fall 2019
  • SOC STUDIES STRAT ELEM/MID - ELED 4343 - Fall 2019
  • INTEG ART STRAT ELEM/MID - ELED 4313 - Spring 2019
  • MGMT ELEM CLASSROOM & CURR - ELED 4563 - Spring 2019
  • EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY - ECED 4153 - Fall 2018
  • MATERIALS FOR CHILDREN - LIBM 4023 - Fall 2018
  • MGMT ELEM CLASSROOM & CURR - ELED 4563 - Spring 2018
  • EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY - ECED 4153 - Spring 2018