BELINDA G. GIMBERT

General Information                144 Chambers Building

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: (814) 865-6569

Fax: (814) 863-7602

Email: bgg111@psu.edu

Curriculum and Supervision; Supporting Area: Educational Change and Reform

The Pennsylvania State University

Current Position

2002-2003 Assistant Professor of Education, The Pennsylvania State University.

Consultant for the Northeast Foundation for Children, Greenfield, MA.

Publications

Gimbert, Belinda G. (in press, 2003).  Mastery of teaching in a school-university partnership: A model of context-appropriation theory.  Teacher Development, University of Cambridge, UK.

Gimbert, Belinda. G., Zembal-Saul, C., & Abruzzo, S. (in press, Spring 2003). Teacher inquiry as professional development in school-university partnerships: Infusing technology into curricula to enhance elementary children's learning.  Teacher Education and Practice, 16(2).

Gimbert, Belinda G., & Nolan, James. F. (in press, Spring 2003).  The influence of the professional development school context on supervisory practice:  A university supervisor and interns’ perspectives. Journal of Curriculum and Supervision.

Gimbert, Belinda G., & Nolan, James, F.  (in press). Developing skills that establish effective classroom learning environments: A case study of pre-service elementary teachers’ experiences in a school-university partnership. The Teacher Educator

Gimbert, Belinda (Ed.), (in press). Building learning communities in elementary classrooms: A selection of articles.  Focus on Elementary Education.

Gimbert, Belinda. (Fall 2002/ Winter 2003). Teaching children to care: Classroom management for ethical and academic growth, K – 8. Book review.  Pennsylvania Educational Leadership 22(1), 45-46.

Gimbert, Belinda G.  (Fall, 2002). Learning to teach: The lived experience of being an intern in a professional development school. Pennsylvania Teacher Educator, 1, 21-31.

Cristol, Dean & Gimbert, Belinda. G. (Fall, 2002). A case study of an urban school-university partnership:  Designing and implementing curriculum for Contextual Teaching and Learning.  The Professional Educator, 25(1), 43-54.

Gimbert, Belinda. G., & Zembal-Saul, C. (August, 2002).  Learning to teach with technology: From integration to actualization. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. 2(2)  http://www.citejournal.org

Gimbert, Belinda & Harpster, Terri. (January - March, 2002). Designing and implementing a Social Studies WebQuest: A process for integrating curriculum, standards and technology. Computers in the Social Studies Journal, (10) 1. http://www.cssjournal.com

Gimbert, B. G., & Zembal-Saul, C. (October, 2001). Integrating technology into prospective teachers’ classroom practice in the context of a professional development school. Applications to Teacher Preparation. Monograph of The Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators III, 1 – 7.

Gimbert, B. G.  (2001). Interns’ lived experience of mentor teacher supervision in a PDS context. Teacher Education and Practice, 14(2), 55 – 81.

Gimbert, B.G. (Spring, 2001). Course design – Flexibility needed! Lessons Learned from and about School/College Partnerships. Pennsylvania Educational Leadership, 20(2), 99 – 101.

Gimbert, B. G., & Mule, L. (Spring, 2001).  Models of collaboration. Lessons Learned from and about School/College Partnerships. Pennsylvania Educational Leadership, 20(2), 13 – 16.

Nicely, R. F., Nolan, James F., Gimbert, Belinda G., Dana, N. Fichtman, and Johnson, B. (Spring, 2001).  From genesis to journal - Lessons Learned from and about School/College Partnerships. Pennsylvania Educational Leadership, 20(2), 133 – 138.  

Silva, D. Y., & Gimbert, B. G. (2001). Teacher inquiry and character education: A promising partnership for changing children’s classrooms. International Journal of Social Education, 16(1), 18 – 33.

Dana, N. F., Gimbert, B. G., and Silva, D.Y. (2001). Teacher inquiry as professional development for the 21^st Century in the United States. Change: Transformations in Education, 4(2), 51 – 59.

Dana, N. F., Silva, D. Y., Gimbert, B. G., Nolan, Jim, Jr., Zembal-Saul, C., Tzur, R., Sanders, L., & Mule, L. (2001). Developing new understandings of PDS work: Better problems, better questions. Action in Teacher Education, 22(4), 15 – 25.

Gimbert, B. G., Nolan, J.  F., & Silva, D. Y. (Spring, 2000). Group supervision: Nurturing an intern learning community in a professional development school. Wingspan, 10- 16.

Harpster, T. & Gimbert, B. G. (2000).  Tour USA WebQuest: Embedding technology and standards in a social studies curriculum. Pennsylvania Educational Leadership, 19(2), 22 – 28.

Silva, D. Y., Gimbert, B. G., & Nolan, J. F. (2000). Sliding the door: Locking and unlocking the possibilities for teacher leadership. Teachers College Record 102(4), 779 - 804.

Dana, N. F., Silva, D. Y., Gimbert, B. G., Zembal-Saul, C., Tzur, R., Sanders, L., & Mule, L. (October, 2000). We have better problems: New Problems as indicators of growth in a Professional Development School.  School/University Partnerships: Issues, trends, and best practices. Monograph of The Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators, 65 – 74.

Dana, N.  F., Gimbert, B. G., & Silva, D.  Y.  (1999).  Teacher inquiry: Staff development for the 21st century.  Pennsylvania Educational Leadership, 18(2), 6 - 12.

Brucklacher, B., & Gimbert, B. G . (1999).  Role-playing software and WebQuests: What’s possible with cooperative learning and computers.  Computer in the Schools, 15(2), 37 - 48.

Gimbert, Belinda.  (1998).  Creating conflict: The key to building collaborative communities.  Pennsylvania Educational Leadership, 18(1), 29 - 35.

Gimbert, Belinda. (October, 2002). The Responsive Classroom: A Practical Approach for Bringing Democratic Ideals into the Daily fabric of Classroom Life. New Horizons for Learning http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/democratic/gimbert.htm

Gimbert, Belinda. (October, 2002). The Responsive Classroom: A practical approach for teaching children to care. A Resource Review. Community Works journal, http://www.vermontcommunityworks.org/cwresources/cwreviews/reviews.html

Book

Handbook for Online Facilitators in the Contextual Teaching and Learning: Online professional development of teachers. Bowling Green State University, Department of Education grant.