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Block, Meghan

Faculty

FACULTY

Biography

Dr. Meghan Block is a Professor in the Department of Teacher and Special Education. Her area of focus is literacy development and instruction in the early childhood and elementary classrooms. Dr. Block teaches both undergraduate and graduate literacy courses. 

More about Meghan Block

Strachan, S. L., Block, M. K., & Roberts, S. L. (2016). Cardboard airplanes: Authentic ways to foster curiosity about geography in the early childhood classroom. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 29(2),

 

Block, M. K. & Duke, N. K. (2015). Letter names can cause confusion and other things every early childhood educator should know about English orthography. Young Children, 70(1), 84-91.

 

Knight, J. A. & Block, M. K. (Fall 2014). “They just loved to be experts!”: Inspiring writing in the kindergarten classroom. Utah Journal of Literacy 17(2), 17-24.

Doctor of Philosophy, 2013, Michigan State University

Masters, Northern Illinois University

Bachelors, University of Michigan

Literacy

Courses Taught

EDU 330: Reading in the Elementary School

EDU 380: Pre-Student Teaching