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Maureen Hall, PhD she/her/hers
Professor
STEM Education & Teacher Development
Contact
508-999-8211
508-910-6916
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Liberal Arts 398C
Education
| University of Virginia | PhD |
| University of Virginia | MA |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | BA |
Teaching
- Literacies and Deep Reading
- Contemplative Practice and Contemplative Pedagogy
- Social Emotional Learning
- Place-Based Learning
- Foundations of Education
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
Empowering in-service teachers to design a variety of instructional opportunities that attend to student learning, Building from a review of basic practices related to addressing academic diversity and responsive teaching in contemporary classrooms, this course focuses on the creation of learning environments supporting effective instructional and management strategies that attend to the dynamic and varied needs of all learners.
Integrated approaches to classroom curriculum and pedagogy taking into account human development theories. Particular attention is paid to learning plans that respond to diversity, learning needs, and learning preferences of all students. The course provides an opportunity for students to develop lesson plans and curriculum units that reflect learning strategies aligned with cultural responsive pedagogy.
Skills to recognize and examine everyday language and literacy repertoires of students from diverse backgrounds will be developed. The course explores topics such as popular culture, digital story-telling, multi-model literacies, including different modes of expression and communication, both in formal and informal education settings.
Register for this course.
Empowering in-service teachers to design a variety of instructional opportunities that attend to student learning, Building from a review of basic practices related to addressing academic diversity and responsive teaching in contemporary classrooms, this course focuses on the creation of learning environments supporting effective instructional and management strategies that attend to the dynamic and varied needs of all learners.
Register for this course.
Exploration and development of both theoretical and pedagogical frameworks for engaging crucial social, cultural, and political issues related to education in local and national contexts. The course explores how dimensions of race, sex/gender and sexuality, ability, and class operate in/through schooling both at a structural level as well as at the level of classroom practice. Emphasis will be placed on issues relevant to the SouthCoast region, including urban contexts, and the diverse educational needs of this region.
Register for this course.
Skills to recognize and examine everyday language and literacy repertoires of students from diverse backgrounds will be developed. The course explores topics such as popular culture, digital story-telling, multi-model literacies, including different modes of expression and communication, both in formal and informal education settings.
Register for this course.
Research
Research activities
- Grant from Mind and Life Institute: The Impact of Mindfulness Meditation Training on Social Integration and Well-Being in First-Semester College Students. PI: Dr. Aminda O’Hare, Psychology Department. CO- PIs: Dr. Maureen P. Hall; Dr. Brian Ayotte, Psychology Department, Dr. Elizabeth Lehr, English Department. Agency: Mind and Life 1440 Award. Period: September 2016- May 2017. Requested: $15,000.00. Status: Funded. Submitted, February 8, 2016. Awarded: May 5, 2016.
Research
Research interests
- Contemplative Practice and Pedagogies
- Deep Reading and Lectio Divina
- Social Emotional Learning
- Place-Based Learning
- Mindfulness in Education
Select publications
See curriculum vitae for more publications
- Hall. M. P. and Brault, A. K. (2021).
Academia from the Inside: Pedagogies for self and other - Hall, M.P. & Lynch, M.E. (2022).
Surviving and thriving in an interconnected world: Global Citizenship Education and the Sustainable Development Goals
EBSCO Pathways to Research. - Dalton, J.E., Hall, M. P., & Hoyser, C.E. (2021).
Lectio divina: A contemplative pedagogy for promoting embodied and creative learning in higher education classrooms
The Journal of Contemplative Inquiry
Dr. Hall holds a PhD in English Education from the University of Virginia. In 2003, she joined the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She was originally in the Education Department, then the Teaching and Learning Department, and, since 2013, she has been a member of the STEM Education and Teacher Development Department. She has taught a range of courses including Psychological and Social Foundations of Education, Critical Literacies, Critical Issues, and has also supervised practicum experiences for students. Her research focuses on the intersections between and among literacies, mindfulness, Holistic Education, and Social Emotional Learning (SEL); she has published more than 19 articles in peer-reviewed journals and her books include Transforming Literacy: Changing Lives through Reading and Writing (Emerald Publishing, 2011) and The Whole Person: Embodying Teaching and Learning through Lectio and Visio Divina (Rowman & Littlefield) with Jane Dalton and Catherine Hoyser.