Sarah Scott
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
5111 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-624-6034
EMAIL:
scott22@pitt.eduFull Time Faculty - Assistant Professor
SARAH E. SCOTT is an Assistant Professor of Reading Education in the Department of Instruction and Learning. She is member of the Reading faculty and an active faculty member in the Language, Literacy, and Culture program.
Dr. Scott researches the specialized knowledge that teachers use as they teach children to comprehend text. This research builds on the legacy of Lee Shulman, Deborah Ball, Pamela Grossman and others who are concerned with understanding how teachers need to know their subject matter differently in order to teach it. In addition to researching comprehension instruction, Dr. Scott is also engaged in research focused on the design of innovative approaches to enhancing teacher education, specifically in the areas of language and literacy.
Dr. Scott teaches literacy methods courses in Pitt's MAT program, master's level courses on text and text comprehension in the reading specialist program, and supervises doctoral and master's students engaged in independent research.
School Affiliations
- Department: Instruction and Learning
- Program: Language, Literacy, and Culture
- Program: Reading Education
Education
- Ph.D., Department of Educational Studies, Program in Language, Literacy, and Culture, University of Michigan, 2009
- Ed.M., Language, Literacy, and Culture, Harvard University, 2000
- B.S., Elementary Education & Sociology, The College of New Jersey, 1999
Recent Publications
Book Chapters
- Scott, S.E. & Palincsar, A.S. (in press). The Influence of Constructivism on Teaching and
Learning in Classrooms (chapter) Companion in Education Series. London: Routledge Farmer, anticipated publication: 2009.
- Scott, S.E. & Palincsar, A.S. (in press). Sociocultural Theory. Chapter to be published in
Psychology of Classroom Learning: An Encyclopedia. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, anticipated publication 2009
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Recent Course Instruction
Spring 2010 (2104)
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Current Professional Participation
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Recent Grants
- Scott, S.E., & Kucan, L. (2009). Using innovative video technology to transform the preparation of literacy teachers, Innovation in Teaching Grant, Office of the Provost, University of Pittsburgh, $14,963.
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Recent Projects
- Coaching and rehearsal in teacher education
This study investigates how content-rich coached rehearsals can aid in the integration of theoretical and practical learning in a professional education course.
- Knowledge for teaching reading comprehension: The design and implementation of educative curricula for fourth and fifth grade literacy instruction
This work, in collaboration with Max Weinberg, a third grade teacher, focuses on the iterative design of four curricular units aimed at utilizing the basal reader to implement rigorous and principled literacy instruction at the fourth and fifth grade levels.
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