Lauren M. Shea

Ph.D. Student
Department of Education

Email: lshea@uci.edu

Biography

Lauren Shea is a third year Ph.D. student in the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine, specializing in Language, Literacy, and Technology.

Lauren’s BS is in Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, and E.S.L. from Boston University; and her MA is from the University of Massachusetts, Boston in Applied Linguistics. For eight years, Lauren worked in a Two-way (Dual Immersion) program in a suburb outside of Boston, teaching English-speaking and Spanish-speaking children to read, write, and speak in both languages. In her last year there, she created a position for the district and served in it as Curriculum Coordinator where she trained teachers in second language methodology, created curriculum, modeled lessons, implemented technology in language learning, and headed the Massachusetts’ second annual Dual-Language Conference.

Her research interests include professional development (PD) in the integration of language and content, language acquisition strategies, and how technology can increase teacher and student outcomes in PD programs.

Publications

Shea, L, & Shanahan, T. (in press). Student talk: Oral language development through science. Science and Children.

Shea, L. (2009). Instructional Rounds. [Review of the book Instructional Rounds in Education: A network approach to improving teaching and learning]. Teachers' College Record.

Shanahan, T., & Shea, L. (manuscript accepted for publication). Incorporating English Language Teaching through Science for K-2 Teachers.

Conference Presentations

Gomez-Zwiep, S., Straits, W., Shea, L. & Shanahan, T. (2011, April). Moving Language in Science Research Forward: Interpretative Frameworks, Research Procedures, and Pedagogical Issues to Reposition Literacy in Scientific Literacy. In L. Yore (Chair), Functional linguistics, language tasks and strategies, and science inquiry using the 5E approach. Related Paper Set conducted at the international conference of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching in Orlando, FL.

Shea, L. (2011, April). Student math and language gains: Results from a PD program which incorporated language in content. Paper presented at the international conference of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching in Orlando, FL.

Shea, L. and Shanahan, T. (2011, March). Enhancing student talk in science through blended professional development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, San Francisco, CA.

Shanahan, T. & Shea, L. (2011, March). What student talk teaches us. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, San Francisco, CA.

Shea, L. & Shanahan, T. (2011, January). Literacy strategies to enhance the functionality of the learning cycle (5 Es) approach. In L. Yore (Chair), Strategic uses of language tasks and literacy strategies to enhance learning in open, guided, and structured science inquiries: Functional sociolinguistic approaches. Symposium conducted at the Association of Science Teacher Education, International Conference in Minneapolis, MN.

Sandholtz, J., & Shea, L. (2010, October). Predicting Performance: A Comparison of University Supervisors' Predictions and Teacher Candidates' Scores on the PACT Teaching Event. Paper presented at the California Council on Teacher Education Fall 2010 Conference in San Diego, CA.

Shea, L., & Shanahan, T. (2010, April). Students talk, teachers learn. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Shea, L. (2010, April). Teaching learning through blogging: A study of an online component to a blended professional development program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Society for Information Technology, Teacher Education International Conference, San Diego, CA.

Shanahan, T., & Shea, L. (2010, March). What student talk teaches us: Findings from a study of a science professional development Model incorporating student interaction strategies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, PA.

Shanahan, T., & Shea, L. (2010, January). Incorporating language teaching through science for K-2 teachers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Association for Science Teacher Education Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA.

Shea, L., Chacon, A., & Johnson, J. (2008, October). The power of reflective change: Transition to an 80/20 model. Paper presented at Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition Dual Immersion Conference, St. Paul, MN. Presentation slides available from http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/past/immersion2008/documents/Shea_L2.pdf

Bowen, M., Gray, A., Howard, S., & Shea, L. (2007, March). 80/20: From theory to practice. Paper presented at the Massachusetts Association of Bilingual Education Pre-Conference for Dual Language, Leominster, MA.