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Pamela J. Farris

Born:
Pen Name: P.J. Farris

Connection to Illinois: Dr. Pamela J. Farris is Professor of Literacy at Illinois State University in the School of Teaching and Learning.

Biography: Author and Educator, Farris is included in the Illinois Reading Hall of Fame, and received IRA s Arbuthnot Award for Outstanding Professor of Children s Literature in 2012. She has written articles and books on the teaching of social studies, and is also the author of ''Crossover Dribble'', a middle-grade novel. She wrote ''Presidents from the Prairie State'' because each of these four men had humble beginnings, overcoming incredible odds to become President of the United States.Dr. Farris is actively involved in numerous professional associations, including the Association for Curriculum and Supervision, the Children's Literature Assembly, Delta Kappa Gamma, the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, Phi Delta Kappa and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Farris has published widely in the areas of literacy and teacher education. A former elementary teacher, she is recognized for her ability to put theory into practice. Before becoming a Professor of Literacy at Illinois State University in the School of Teaching and Learning, Farris was a presidential teaching professor in the College of Education at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. Dr. Farris went to NIU after receiving her doctorate at Indiana State University in 1980.


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Primary Audience(s): Adult readers; Children; Children

Email: pamelafarris@comcast.net
Pamela J. Farris on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=pamela+j.+farris


Selected Titles

Elementary and middle school social studies :
ISBN: 1577665066 OCLC: 123416370

Waveland Press, Long Grove, Ill. : ©2007.

"Continuing the tradition of excellence, Distinguished Teaching Professor Pam Farris joins with leading experts to offer pre- and in-service teachers an accessible blend, of theory and practice for involving students in their learning. NCSS Standards act as the foundation of the text's interdisciplinary and multicultural focus, and Standards-Linked Lesson Plans are included within the chapters. The Fifth Edition provides practical yet creative ideas to stimulate students' interest, help them become good decision makers, use previously gained knowledge as a scaffold for further learning, develop a positive self-concept, gain an appreciation for the aesthetics of a subject, and become productive citizens."--Jacket.

Elementary and Middle School Social Studies :
ISBN: 1478622806 OCLC: 900179600

Language arts :
ISBN: 1577663632 OCLC: 57037369

Waveland Press, Long Grove, Ill. : ©2005 [i.e. c2004]

Language arts :
ISBN: 1577666836 OCLC: 655759749

Waveland Press, Long Grove, Ill. : ©2011.

  Language arts :
ISBN: 1478637080 OCLC: 1080311284

  Presidents from the Prairie State :
ISBN: 193227894X OCLC: 825821037

Mayhaven Pub. Inc., Mahomet, Ill. : ©2013.

Teaching reading :
ISBN: 0072360704 OCLC: 48450934

McGraw-Hill, Boston, Mass. : ©2004.

Teaching, bearing the torch :
ISBN: 1478601582 OCLC: 880758947

  Teaching, bearing the torch.
ISBN: 0072387270 OCLC: 795293213

Mcgraw-Hill, [Place of publication not identified] : 1999.

Young Mouse and Elephant :
ISBN: 0395739772 OCLC: 31815283

Houghton Mifflin, Boston : 1996.

Young Mouse, sure he is the strongest animal on the African savannah, goes in search of the elephant, to "break it apart and stomp it to bits."

 

 

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