Gary L. Padgett
Professor, Education
Bio
Gary Padgett has earned a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction and his research interests involve multicultural education and ecopedagogy. He has worked in magnet schools, Title I schools, renaissance schools, and in tribal education systems. He is proud to have served as a Title I liaison and as a Title VII teacher representative. He is currently an Associate Professor in Secondary Education at the University of North Alabama and the Director of the Center for Student Research.
Research Interests
- Curriculum and Instruction, Diversity, Qualitative Methods, Ecoliteracy, Ecopedagogy
Courses Taught
- ED 655 - Evaluation in Modern Education
- ED 644 - Ethics and Education
- ED 603 - Trends, Issues, & Div in Lrng
- ED 582 - High School Internship
- ED 497 - Special Topics in Education
- ED 484 - Multilevel Student Internship
- ED 482 - High School Student Internship
- ED 481 - Senior Seminar
- ED 477 - Curriculum and Teaching
- ED 401 - Eval of Teaching & Learning
- ED 382 - Classrm Mgmt-Diverse Learning
- ED 333W - Lrng Theories and Student Dev
- ED 292 - Preprofessional Sem & Lab Exp
Education
- Curriculum and Instruction (PhD)
University of South Florida - History (MA)
University of South Florida - Social Science Education (BS)
University of South Florida
Selected Intellectual Contributions
- Gary Padgett and Bishop. 2021. Middle Grade Students’ Perception of Their Connectedness to Nature: Application and Analysis of a Talking Circle Model.
- Argie J. Campbell and Gary Padgett. 2020. Ecopedagogy in the Fourth Grade Classroom: Reflections on Implementing a Multidisciplinary STEAM Program.
- Gary Padgett. 2018. Through their eyes: Pespective taking activities for social studies classes. The Councilor: A Journal for the Social Studies
- Gary Padgett. 2016. Sustainability of Education: An Ecopedagogical Approach. Journal of Sustainability Studies
- Gary Padgett. 2015. A Critical Case Study of Selected U.S. History Textbooks from a Tribal Critical Race Theory Perspective.
- Gary Padgett. 2015. Working with undergraduate researchers..