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Overview
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Professional and Personal Interests
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Dr. Laura Barwegen sees her mission as working with Wheaton
students to enhance their intellectual and spiritual development.
She is continuing her research in professional development schools
and educational psychology, while involving students in the
research process. Dr. Barwegen joined Wheaton’s faculty from
Aurora University where she was the Assistant Dean of Education
and Director of the Center for Professional Renewal. In that
role she has provided professional development for teachers
in many school districts. Previously she was the University
Coordinator of Teacher Certification at Northern Illinois University
and a 7th and 8th grade language arts teacher at a public Middle
School.
While attending graduate school, a friend shared his faith in
Christ and understanding of Scripture which led to her acceptance
of Jesus Christ as both Savior and Lord. She later married this
friend, a middle school art teacher, and they currently have
two delightful sons.
She is currently very active in her church, serving on the local board of administration as Director of Christian Education as well as leading a parenting small group.
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- Learning and Development
- Senior Seminar
- The Psychology of Human Learning
- Content Reading Practicum
- Methods Practicum
- Student Teaching Supervision
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Membership in Professional Societies
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- American Educational Research Association
- Phi Delta Kappa
- National Staff Development Association
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Association for Teacher Education
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Research
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Individual
- Professional development schools
- Neuropsychology
- Christianity and gender studies
- Teacher efficacy
With Students
- The Impact of the Perception of Parent Involvement upon the Academic
Achievement of Home School and Public School Students
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- Barwegen, L. A., Falciani, N. K., Putnam, S. J., Reamer,
M. B., & Stair, E. E. (2004, Fall). Academic achievement
of homeschool and public school students and student perception
of parent involvement. School Community Journal, 14(1),
38-58.
- Barwegen, L. M., Stair, E. E., & Putnam, S. J. (2004,
April). Student research teams: One teacher educator's
response to NCLB. Paper presented at the Regional Spring
Conference of the Midwest Association of Teacher Educators:
Champaign-Urbana, IL.
- Brulle, A., Lederhouse, J., Egeland, P., Morrison, S.,
& Barwegen, L. (2004, February). Keeping our priorities
straight: More than just meeting standards. Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the Association of Independent
Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education: Chicago.
- Lederhouse, J., Egeland, P., Morrison, S., Barwegen, L.
& Brulle, A. (2004, January). Staying power: The role
of teacher education in preparing and retaining educators
for challenging contexts. Presented at the annual meeting
of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education,
Chicago.
- Brulle, A., Lederhouse, J., Egeland, P., Morrison, S.,
& Barwegen, L. (2003, January). Efficacy, efficiency,
and beyond the standards. Symposium
presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Teacher
Educators: New Orleans.
- Schmalholz, D., Barwegen, L. & Johnson, D. (2002,
December). A partnership in support of the national board
certification process. Paper presented at the National
Staff Development Conference: Boston.
- Barwegen, L., Maxwell, J., & Neupert, E. (2000, February).
Future educators clubs: Recruitment and retention of
the best and brightest into teaching. Paper presented
at the Phi Delta Kappa annual conference: Orlando.
- Barwegen, L. & Neupert, E. (2000, February). Future
educators clubs: Recruitment and retention of the best and
brightest into teaching. Paper presented at the Association
of Teacher Educators annual conference: Orlando.
- Barwegen, L. (1999, October). The center for professional
renewal. Paper presented at the Phi Delta Kappa local
chapter meeting: Aurora, IL.
- Barwegen, L. (1999, September). Using a web board
to develop a learning community and expand student reflectivity.
Paper presented at the Illinois Education & Technology
Conference: Springfield, IL.
Next Faculty: Paul C. Egeland
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