Josh Thompson, Ph.D.
Teaching Excellence Award Fall 2011
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Midlothian Campus of the
Navarro College District
http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/academics/locations/midlothian/
899 Mt. Zion Road
Room 207
Midlothian, Texas 76065
972-775-7230
214-663-6102
Email:note new email eddress: Josh.Thompson@tamuc.edu
Department of Curriculum &
Instruction
Texas A&M University-Commerce
P.O. Box 3011
Commerce, Texas 75429-3011
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Hammack, B.J., Foote, M., Garretson, S., & Thompson, J. (2012). "Family Literacy Packs: Engaging Teachers, Families, and Young Children in Quality Activities to Promote Partnerships for Learning," in Young Children 67 (3) 104-110.
Children are gifts - these are all four children of our family on Memorial Day 2009, at Joe's wedding to Helen, in Oxford, Mississippi, At the time of this photo, Joe was 23, Mary Anne, 19, David, 26, and John, 21
HeaSook and I are celebrating our 32nd year of marriage.
Teaching
Effective teaching can be demonstrated in a number of ways. “Value-added” is one method to enumerate growth, using pre- and post- measures to demonstrate change in the student. On the other hand, research has pointed toward the difference a TEACHER makes in effective teaching. That a teacher CARES turns out to be a significant factor in teaching effectiveness (Goldstein. 2002. Reclaiming Caring in Teaching and Teacher Education. NY: Lang.). I want to be known as a teacher who cares.
Spring 2012
ELED 443 Residents
Summer 2012
ELED 545.01W
ECE 358.01W New Course!
ELED 524.01W
Fall 2012
ECE 561.61W
ELED 438.61E
EDCI Doctoral Students
Brumfield, Melissa. (comps 2013).
Ezell, Sonja. (proposed 2011). Early Head Start, Curriculum Intervention, and Outcome Measures.
Jones, Suzanne Stateler. (defended 2011). Academic Red-Shirting: Perceived Life Satisfaction of Adolescent Males.
Yeh, Chia Jung. (comps 2012). Federation doctoral student from TWU.
Research
Within the community of
child language acquisition researchers, it is known that pragmemes
transmit pragmatic competence to language learners; how they do so is still
quite a mystery. The complex, interwoven connectedness of diverse elements
and their influence on language acquisition remains unzipped; the double,
triple, or infinite helix of pragmemes needs to be realized.
Following Naomi Baron's (1990) structure of
Five Language Functions (affection, control, information, pedagogy, and
social exchange), my research examines the effectiveness of this structure
to describe pragmemes in the early language learning environment of young
children.
Early childhood educators are predominantly
female; I am exploring gender differences in the ways men parent and teach.
I join other researchers and early childhood practitioners (e.g.
www.MenTeach.org) in seeking what is necessary to attract, recruit, retain,
and promote men in early childhood education.
- Language: Early Childhood Classroom Research
- Capturing Teacher Talk
- Family Literacy Packs
-
Words at Work
- Games Teachers Play
- What Teachers Think about ELLs
Publications
Hammack, B.J., Foote, M., Garretson, S., & Thompson, J. (2012). "Family Literacy Packs: Engaging Teachers, Families, and Young Children in Quality Activities to Promote Partnerships for Learning," in Young Children 67 (3) 104-110.
Thompson, J. & Garretson, S. (2011). Encouraging men in their conversations with children, in Perspectives on gender in early childhood education (Tamar Jacobson, Ed.). St. Paul: Redleaf Press.
Thompson, J. & Stryker, A. (2010). Tale of two talents: How two teachers use peer-reflection to better prepare for class. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education.
Thompson, J. (2008). Table talk: Taking dinner conversation into the classroom .pdf. In P. Dam & M. T. Coward (Eds.), Current Issues and Best Practice in Bilingual and ESL Education (pp. 54-64). Denton, TX: Federation of North Texas Universities.
Thompson, J. & Leeds, L. (2006). Infant crying: To soothe or not to soothe .doc. Montessori Life: Journal of the American Montessori Society, v18 n1 pp 26-31.
Leeds, L. & Thompson, J. (2005). Tears as Tools .rtf. Early Years: Journal of Texas Association for the Education of Young Children, v27 n1 pp5-6.
Thompson, J. (2003). Hundred Language Zoo .doc. Dimensions of Early Childhood, v31 n1 pp13-20.
Accepted for publication
Thompson, J., Hammack, B., Garretson, G., & Foote, M. (accepted May 19, 2010). Family literacy pack.
Manuscripts, Submitted to Refereed Journals
Manuscripts, in Progress
Thompson, J., Hammack, B., Sennette, J., & Doyle, H. (target date: July 2012). Games teachers play. Presentation for annual conferences of Association of Childhood Education International, New Orleans, LA, April 2011; National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, DC, November 2009; Texas AEYC, Arlington, Texas, September 2011.
Thompson, J. (target date: September 2012). Bulls in a china shop: How men 'fit-in' among children. Invited presentation to Houston Area Association for the Education of Young Children, April 24, 2010.
Thompson, J. (target date: December 2012). Talk about things unseen.
Presentations
Reid, M., & Thompson, J. (February 2012). Peer De-Briefers: Co-Constructors of New Knowledge. Southern Education Research Association. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Thompson, J., & Robbins, J. (November 2011). Men Matter: Results of a Survey of What Teachers Think of Men in the Lives of Young Children. Annual Conference, National Association for the Education of Young Children. Orlando, Florida.
Geneser, V., & Thompson, J. (November 2011). From Scribbles to Scripts: Connecting Art to Language and Literacy. National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Education. Orlando, Florida.
Thompson, J. & Geneser, V. (September 2011). Art Easel Speech. Texas Association for the Education of Young Children. Arlington, Texas.
Thompson, J., Hammack, B., & Sennette, J. (September 2011). Games and Andragogy. Texas Association for the Education of Young Children. Arlington, Texas.
Johansen, R., Garrett, C., Schneider, K., & Hester, M. (September 2011). Brave Challenges at Bray Elementary School. Project Galleria, Texas Association for the Education of Young Children. Arlington, Texas.
Thompson, J., & Geneser, V. (August 2011). Listening as Children Speak at the Paint Easel. Christian Montessori Fellowship, San Antonio, Texas.
Thompson, J. (April 2011). Opening Eyes in the Back of Our Heads: Changing Teachers' Views of Children through Observation. Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Thompson, J. (March 2011). Boys in School. Dallas Association for the Education of Young Children. Dallas, Texas.
Thompson, J. (March 2011). A Window to the Heart: Observations That Change Teachers' Views of Children. Annual Conference of American Montessori Society, Chicago, Illinois.
Reid, M., & Thompson, J. (February 2011). Support scholars: Creating meaningful dialogue about education research. Annual Conference Southwest Education Research Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Hammack, B., Thompson, J., & Sennette, J. (January 2011). Active Learning: Games in Early Childhood Education. Annual Conference, Texas Association for Childhood Education International, San Antonio, Texas.
Thompson, J. (November 2010). New Lens: Using Micro-Ethnography to Enhance Kid-Watching. Annual Meeting of the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators, Anaheim, California.
Thompson, J. (April 2010). Encouraging men in their conversations with children. Featured Speaker: Spring Conference Houston Area AEYC, www.haaeyc.org.
Thompson, J. (2010). Words that Work: How Men Use Language With Children Chicago Metro AEYC. Words that Work .ppt
Thompson, J., Hammack, B., Doyle, H, & Sennette, J. (Nov 20, 2009). Games teachers play. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Garretson, S. & Thompson, J. (Nov 19, 2009). What teachers think about men in the lives of young children. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Thompson, J. (July 30 - August 1, 2009). Gender in Early education & Pragmemics: Teaching social competence. Christian Montessori Fellowship. San Antonio.
Thompson, J. (May 8, 2009). Co-Chair. Fifth Annual Bill Martin Jr Memorial Symposium.
Thompson, J. (April 25, 2009). Men and Young Texans. Saturday Special Dallas AEYC.
Thompson, J. (April 22, 2009). Multiple Literacies: Engaging stories, telling tales. Kessler Park Community School, Dallas.
Thompson & Garretson. (Nov 2008) Involving fathers in conversations with their kids: Helping men talk with young children .ppt. Annual Conference National Association for the Education of Young Children Dallas.
Nelson, B., Carlson, F., Thompson, J. & West, R. (Nov 2008) Men Teaching. NAEYC, Dallas.
Thompson, J. & Stryker, A. (Oct 2008). Tale of two talents: How teachers prepare for class .rtf. .ppt. American Association for Teaching&Curriculum .org. Austin.
Thompson, J. (May 2008). Research track, Moderator. doc. Fourth Annual Bill Martin Jr Memorial Symposium. Commerce.
Thompson, J. (Feb 2008). What language is good for: Looking at how teachers use language to do things .rtf. SERA .pdf Southwest Educational Research Association. New Orleans
Nelson, B., Carlson, F., Thompson, J. & West, R. (Nov 2007) Men Teaching. NAEYC, Chicago.
Thompson, J. (Oct 2007). Words @ Work .ppt American Montessori Society, Irvine, CA
Thompson, J. (Feb 2007). MicroEthnography Observation .htm. Southwest Educational Research Association. San Antonio
Thompson, J. (Oct 2003). Pragmatic functions in caregiver speech. International Conference: Oral Language of School Children. Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres de l'Académie de Grenoble, France.
Thompson, J. (July 2003). Five language functions used by caregivers talking to a toddler. Child Language Seminar. School of Education, Communication & Language at Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
Grants
Bill Martin Jr Memorial Symposium, May 2010, $2000, Early Childhood Committee of the Federation of North Texas Universities
Education
Ph.D. (2001). Humanities, The University of Texas at Arlington. Dissertation: Adaptations of Language Functions in Caregiver Speech: Nurturing the Acquisition of Pragmatic Competence. Dissertation Chair: Dr. Nancy Hadaway. Major Adviser (Early Childhood Education): Dr. Carol Sue Marshall.
M.Ed. (1986). Elementary Education, Dallas Baptist University.
B.M. (1980). Piano Performance, Trinity University. Student of Karl Leifheit.
Associations
National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
Southern Early Childhood Association
Texas Association for the Education of Young Children
Dallas Association for the Education of Young Children
North American Reggio Emilia Alliance
North American Montessori Teachers' Association
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
Christian Montessori Fellowship
American Educational Research Association
Southwest Education Research Association
Association for Childhood Education International
Contact
Josh Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Early Childhood Education
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Midlothian Campus of the
Navarro College District
899 Mt. Zion Road
Room 207
Midlothian, Texas 76065
972-775-7230
Fax 972-775-7233
Cell: 214-663-6102
Email: note new email eddress: Josh.Thompson@tamuc.edu
Department of Curriculum &
Instruction
Texas A&M University-Commerce
P.O. Box 3011
Commerce, Texas 75429-3011
