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Rachel Ranschaert

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Teacher Education and Administration

College: College of Education

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Georgia, 2022
    Major: Educational Theory and Practice
    Specialization: Teacher Education
    Dissertation: Conceptualizing Justice with First-Year Teachers
  • MEd, University of Notre Dame, 2014
    Major: Social Science
    Specialization: Secondary English Education
  • BA, University of Notre Dame, 2012
    Major: English & Spanish

Current Scheduled Teaching

EDRE 4860.012Teaching the Tools and Practices of Writing across the CurriculumSpring 2025
EDRE 4860.014Teaching the Tools and Practices of Writing across the CurriculumSpring 2025
EDRE 5550.430Literacy Instruction in Our Culturally Diverse SocietyFall 2024
EDRE 4860.015Teaching the Tools and Practices of Writing across the CurriculumFall 2024 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

EDEE 4890.023Practice Based ResearchSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
EDRE 4850.012Teaching the Tools and Practices of Reading Across the CurriculumSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
EDRE 4850.013Teaching the Tools and Practices of Reading Across the CurriculumSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
EDRE 5370.030Advanced Reading Theory/PracticeFall 2023 SPOT
EDCI 4010.023Classrooms as CommunitiesFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
EDRE 4860.007Teaching the Tools and Practices of Writing across the CurriculumFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
EDSE 5004.030Literacy for AllSummer 10W 2023 SPOT
EDCI 4010.019Classrooms as CommunitiesSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
EDRE 4850.013Teaching the Tools and Practices of Reading Across the CurriculumSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
EDRE 4850.019Teaching the Tools and Practices of Reading Across the CurriculumSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
EDRE 4860.013Teaching the Tools and Practices of Writing across the CurriculumSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
EDRE 4840.001Linguistically Diverse LearnersFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
EDCI 4070.002Teaching Diverse PopulationsFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
EDRE 4860.020Teaching the Tools and Practices of Writing across the CurriculumFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
EDRE 4860.601Teaching the Tools and Practices of Writing across the CurriculumFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Dresden, J., Erica, G., Nylin, A., Burgum, A., Ceron, I., Fasig, M., MacMillan, T., Ranschaert, R., Waldrip, P. (2022). Stories of possibility: A partnership creates a summer learning community. PDS and Community Schools: The Nexus of Practice. Information Age Publishing.
  • Ranschaert, R., Sharma, A., Harman, R. (2022). Teachers as superheroes: Ethical Jeopardy and Progressive Neoliberalism. Progressive Neoliberalism in Education. 78-92. Routledge.

    • Journal Article

  • Ranschaert, R. (2023). Engaged pedagogies in the middle grades: A case study of justice-oriented teachers in COVID times. Middle Grades Review. 9 (3)
  • Ranschaert, R. (2023). When shutting the door won't do: Teaching with the specter of community backlash and the implications for teacher education. Journal of Teacher Education. 74 (4) 371-382. Sage.
  • Hughes, H., Benson, K., Brody, D., Murphy, A., Ranschaert, R. (2022). A case study: Enacting courage and collaboration in equity and justice-oriented educational leadership. Middle School Journal. 53 (2) 5-11.
  • Ranschaert, R. (2021). Neutrality and narratives: Situating middle grades preservice teachers in broader educational discourses. Middle Grades Review. 7 (1)
  • Ranschaert, R. (2020). Authority and carnival: Preservice teachers' media literacy education in a time of truth decay. Educational Studies. 56 (5) 519-536.
  • Ranschaert, R., Murphy, A. (2020). Developing preservice teachers' critical consciousness and understanding of community contexts. School-University Partnerships Journal. 13 (3) 85-101.
  • Schmeichel, M., Garrett, J., Ranschaert, R., McAnulty, J., Thompson, S., Janis, S., Yagata, S., Bivens, B. (2018). The complexity of learning to teach news media in Social Studies education. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 10 (2)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Ranschaert, R. (Principal), "Dissertation Research Grant," sponsored by American Educational Research Association Division G: Social Foundations of Education, National, $4000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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out of 7		 %
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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