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Leigh K Smith


Area of Discipline / Professional Expertise
  • Science education
Research
  • Teacher Education: Teacher thinking, beliefs and knowledge, Teacher Development, Mentoring, Educational Reform, Science Education
Education
  • Ph.D., Teaching and Learning: Science Education, University of Utah, 2002
  • M.A., Teaching and Learning: Elementary Science Education, Brigham Young University, 1995
  • B.S., Elementary Education, Brigham Young University, 1989
  • A.S., Nursing, Brigham Young University, 1975
Affiliations
  • Elementary Education - Primary
Selected Publications
  • "Selecting and using inquiry approaches to teach science: The influence of context in elementary, middle, and secondary schools", Inquiry in the classroom: Realities and opportunities, Yore, L.D., Henriques, L., Crawford, B., Smith, L.K., Gomez-Zwiep, S.G., & Tillotson, J., Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC, E. Abrams, S.A. Southerland, & P. Silva, January, 2008 
  • "Life on the borderlands: Action research and clinical teacher education faculty", Counternaratives: Studies of teacher education and becoming and being a teacher, Bullough, R.V., Jr., Draper, R.J., Smith, L.K., & Young, J.R., State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, R.V. Bullough, Jr., January, 2008 
  • "Point/Counterpoint: Preservice teacher education as a key aspect of new teacher professional development (online chapter)", Teaching science to every child: Using culture as a starting point, Smith, L.K., Routledge, New York, J. Settlage & S.A. Southerland, January, 2007 
  • "Reforming practice or modifying reforms?: Elementary teachers response to the tools of reform", Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Smith, L.K., & Southerland, S.A., Volume 44, Issue 3, Pages 396-423, March, 2007 
  • "Resisting unlearning: Understanding science educations response to the United States national accountability movement", Review of Research in Education, Southerland, S.A., Smith, L.K., Sowell, S.P., & Kittleson, J.M., Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 45-77, January, 2007 
  • "The possibility of democratic educational research to nurture democratic educators", Action in Teacher Education, Draper, R.J., Hall, K.M., & Smith, L.K., Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 66-72, April, 2006 
  • "Measuring the self-efficacy of mentor teachers.", Academic Exchange Quarterly, Hall, K.M., SMITH, L.K., Draper, R.J., Bullough, R.V., Jr., & Sudweeks, R., Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 188-192, 2005 
  • "What's more important? Choosing literacy or content: Confronting the literacy-content dualism.", Action in Teacher Education, Draper, R.J., SMITH, L.K., Hall, K.M., & Siebert, D., Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 12-21, 2005 
  • "Participatory action research and the quest for teacher educator community solidarity.", Journal of Teacher Development, Bullough, R.V., Jr., Draper, R.J., Hall, K.M., SMITH, L.K., Young, J., Sabey, B., & Brooks, S., Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 79-95, 2005 
  • "The promise of technology to confront dilemmas in teacher education: The use of WebQuests in problem-based methods courses.", Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, SMITH, L.K., Draper, R.J., & Sabey, B.L., Volume 21, Issue 4, Pages 99-108, 2005 
  • "The impact of early life history on teachers' beliefs: In-school and out-of-school experiences as learners and knowers of science.", Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, SMITH, L.K., Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 5-36, 2005 
  • "Novice teacher growth and personal models of mentoring: Choosing compassion over inquiry.", Mentoring and Tutoring, Young, J.R., Bullough, R.V., Jr., Draper, R.J., SMITH, L.K., & Erickson, L.B., Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 169-188, 2005 
  • "Life on the borderlands: Action research and clinical teacher education faculty.", Educational Action Research, Bullough, R.V., Jr., Draper, R., Erickson, L., SMITH, L.K., & Young, J., Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 433-453, December, 2004 
  • "Supporting change in teacher education: Using technology as a tool to enhance problem-based learning.", Draper, R.J., SMITH, L.K., & Sabey, B.L., The Haworth Press, New York, N. Wentworth, R. Earle, & M.L. Connell, November, 2004 
  • "Supporting change in teacher education: Using technology as a tool to enhance problem-based learning", Computers in the Schools, Draper, R.J. SMITH, L.K. & Sabey, B.L., Volume 21, Issue 1/2, Pages 25-42, January, 2004 
  • "Moving beyond collusion: Clinical faculty and university/public school partnership", Teaching and Teacher Education, Bullough, R.V.,Jr., Draper, R.J., SMITH, L.K., & Birrell, J., Volume 20, Pages 505-521, June, 2004 
  • "Elementary science methods courses and the National Science Teaching Standards: Are we adequately preparing teachers?", Journal of Science Teacher Education, SMITH, L.K., & Gess-Newsome, J., Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 91-110, May, 2004 
Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Brigham Young University, 2002
  • Full-time Instructor, Department of Teacher Education, Brigham Young University, 2001-2002
  • Part-time Instructor, Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Utah, 2001
  • Classroom Teacher, Adelaide Elementary, Davis School District, 1991-2000

Teaching
  • Part-time Instructor, Department of Elementary Education, Brigham Young University, 1996

Awards
  • Brigham Young University Teaching and Learning with Technology Fellowship, Brigham Young University Center for Instructional Design, 2003
  • Adelaide Elementary Teacher of the Year, Adelaide Elementary School, 1998
  • Hall of Fame, Davis County School District, 1998
  • Ritchey Science Teacher of the Year, State Science and Engineering Fair, 1998
Languages
  • French

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