Kathryn Castle

author of Early Childhood Teacher Research

February 4, 2012

Dr. Kathryn Castle, Professor and Chuck & Kim Watson Endowed Chair in Education, is a faculty member and Graduate Coordinator in the School of Teaching & Curriculum Leadership in the College of Education. Dr. Castle has been at OSU since 1975. She has authored 7 books including 2 children's books, numerous book chapters and monographs, over 30 peer reviewed journal articles, and numerous other publications. She serves on 2 national boards of professional associations and on 3 editorial boards of professional journals. She is a member of the Teacher Research Steering Committee of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. In addition to 2 national research awards, she is the recipient of the national Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Educator Award, the OSU Regents Distinguished Teaching Award, and the OSU Regents Distinguished Research Award. Before coming to OSU, she was an early childhood teacher and the director of test evaluations for a national learning foundation.

Early Childhood Teacher Research is an exciting new resource that will address the sorts of questions and concerns that pre- and in-service teachers of young children frequently have when engaging in teacher research.

Accessible and interactive, this book touches upon the important issues every early childhood teacher should know – the uniqueness of early childhood teacher research, reasons for doing it, and how to do it. In this comprehensive guide, Kathryn Castle explores each stage of teacher research, from conceptualization, generating research questions, identifying data sources, gathering and analyzing data, interpreting results, sharing results, to taking action based on results.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2012-honorees/kathryn-castle

Last Updated: 12 January 2022