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Team Member: Dr. Kathryn Noel
Dr. Kathryn Noel is a Research Professor at The University of Western Ontario. Over the last three decades she has been a teacher, a consultant for both a school board as well as for Ministries of Education, a professor, a journal and manuscript editor, and a researcher. Her interests include how children learn language and how they use language to learn, as well as the analysis of classroom practices that support and enhance children’s learning. She has travelled extensively working with educators to create stimulating learning environments and to respond to challenging learning situations. Research Interests
Current ProjectsDr. Noel is currently examining the talents of an exceptional child writer, age 10, whose precocity has been evident since age 5. Children who are precocious in closed systems like math and music are rare, but being profoundly gifted in creative writing, an open symbol system, is even more rare. This research also examines the environmental influences that affect this child's writing. Click Here for a Complete Project Description. Selected Publications
Noel, K. & Edmunds, A. L. (2007). Constructing a synthetic-analytic framework for precocious writing. Roeper Review 29(2), 125-131.
Edmunds, A. L. & Noel, K. A. (2003a). Literary precocity: An exceptional case among exceptional cases. Roeper Review, 25(4), 185-194.
Noel, K. (2002). "The Role of the Affective Domain in Students' Social Studies Writing." In Zajda (Ed.), Society and the Environment: Teaching SOSE. Sydney, Australia: James Nicholas Publishers.
Recent Presentations:a) Presentations at Professional Meetings/Workshops
Noel, K. (2008,February). "How Parents Can Nurture Their Child's Early Literacy." Presented at the Literacy Forum, Major Ballachey Public School, Brantford, Ontario.
Noel, K. (2007, December). A workshop on meeting the needs of language learners in challenging contexts. Given at a district-wide elementary and secondary teacher in-service day on teaching English, Mapaki, Sierra Leone.
Noel, K. & Joong, P. (2006, May). A series of workshops on constructivist methods for elementary and secondary teachers in challenging contexts. Given at the ESL Center, Ulan Bataar, Mongolia.
Noel, K. (2006, May). An invited presentation to university professors, teachers, and graduate students on the theoretical underpinnings of constructivist English language teaching and learning. Given at The State University of Mongolia, Ulan Bataar, Mongolia.
Noel, K. (2006, May). An invited presentation to professors at Guangxi University, Nanning, China on the constructivist theories and current Western practices related to the teaching of English.
Noel, K. (2006, May). An invited presentation to teachers at Xiutain Primary School, Nanning, China on the topic of teaching English in challenging contexts using constructivist methods.
Noel, K. (2006, May). An invited presentation to teachers at Guangxi University Attached Primary School, Nanning, China on the topic of teaching English as a second language using constructivist methods.
b) Papers Presented at Scholarly Gatherings (*refereed)
*Noel, K. (2008, November). The emergent literacy of a precocious child. Presented at the annual conference of the Ontario Council for Exceptional Children, London, ON.
*Noel, K. (2008, November). Teaching a precocious child writer. Presented at the annual conference of the Ontario Council for Exceptional Children, London, ON.
*Noel, K. & Edmunds, A. (2006, April). An analysis of the writing of a precocious child. Presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
*Noel, K. & Edmunds, A. (2005, May). An analysis of the writing of a child prodigy. Presented at Canadian Society for the Study of Education, London, ON.
*Edmunds, A. & Noel, K. (2004, April). The child writer: An extraordinary precocity. Presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
*Noel, K. & Edmunds, A. (2003, May). An analysis of the writing of a child prodigy. Presented at Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
*Noel, K. (2002, May). English language arts assessment in Nova Scotia. Presented at Canadian Society for the Study of Education, OISE/UT, Toronto, ON.
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