Anthony Petrosky

Anthony Petrosky
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
5609 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-624-7252
EMAIL: tpetrosk@pitt.edu

• Overview
• Publications
• Presentations
• Professional Participation
• Consulting
• Projects

Full Time Faculty - Associate Dean

School Affiliations

• Department: Dean's Office - Associate Dean
• Department: Instruction and Learning - Professor
• Program: English and Communications Education
• Program: Language, Literacy, and Culture

Education

• Ed.D., English Education, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1975

Recent Publications

Book Chapters

• Petrosky, A. (2006). Inquiry teaching & learning in an environment shaped by behavioral standards and high stake tests. Only Connect: English Teaching and Democracy. W. Sawyer & B. Doecke (eds). Kent Town, South Australia: Wakefield Press.
• Delandshere, G. & Petrosky, A. (in press). Assessment in pre-service teacher education. In M. Kennedy (Ed.) Teacher Assessment and Teacher Quality: A Handbook. Jossey Bass
• McConachie, S., Petrosky A. (in press, 2009). Petrosky, A., McConachie, S., & Mihalakis, V. Disciplinary literacy in English instruction. (2009). In S. McConachie & A. Petrosky (Eds.) Content Matters: Improving Instruction Through Disciplinary Literacy. San Francisco, Jossey Bass.

Books

• McConachie, S., Petrosky A. (in press, 2009). Content Matters: Improving Instruction Through Disciplinary Literacy. S. McConachie & A. Petrosky (eds). San Francisco, Jossey Bass.

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Recent Course Instruction

Spring 2010 (2104)

• EDUC 2200 - DISCIPLINED INQUIRY
• IL 2391 - SUPERVISED RESEARCH IN ENGLISH
• IL 2398 - DIRECTED STUDY IN ENGLISH
• IL 3248 - Special Topics: Literacy Curriculum Theory and Practice
• IL 3391 - SUPERVISED RESEARCH IN ENGLISH
• IL 3398 - DIRECTED STUDY IN ENGLISH
• IL 3399 - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RES IN ENG

Fall 2009 (2101)

• IL 2243 - THEORY & PRAC IN TCHNG WRITING
• IL 2391 - SUPERVISED RESEARCH IN ENGLISH
• IL 2398 - DIRECTED STUDY IN ENGLISH
• IL 3391 - SUPERVISED RESEARCH IN ENGLISH
• IL 3398 - DIRECTED STUDY IN ENGLISH
• IL 3399 - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RES IN ENG
• IL 3526 - PRACTICUM IN COLLEGE TEACHING

Summer 2009 (2097)

• IL 2243 - THEORY & PRAC IN TCHNG WRITING
• IL 2391 - SUPERVISED RESEARCH IN ENGLISH
• IL 2398 - DIRECTED STUDY IN ENGLISH
• IL 3391 - SUPERVISED RESEARCH IN ENGLISH
• IL 3398 - DIRECTED STUDY IN ENGLISH
• IL 3399 - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RES IN ENG

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Recent Presentations

• Embedded Assessments in Disciplinary Literacy Curriculum
  Presentation on testing the taught curriculum for the Institute for Learning Disciplinary Literacy Institute

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Current Professional Participation

• English Teaching: Practice and Critique
  • Associate Editor Member Editorial Board http://education.waikato.ac.nz/research/journal/index.php?id=1

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Recent Consulting

• Institute for Learning/Learning Research Development Center
  • High School English curriculum design, Prince Georges County School district
  • Consultant, The Prince Georges' County School District English Language Arts Disciplinary Literacy Curriculum Revision Project, for the Institute for Learning, Learning Research Development Center, 2008 -
  • Consultant, The Fort Worth Independent School District English Language Arts Disciplinary Literacy Curriculum Revision Project, for the Institute for Learning, Learning Research Development Center, 2006 - 2009.

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