Education
Karalyn McGrorty Derstine
Adjunct Professor/Student Teacher Supervisor
“It is impossible to prepare the child for any precise set of conditions. To prepare him for the future life means to give him command of himself.” (John Dewey, 1897)
Department
Degrees
Ed.D., Gwynedd Mercy University
M.L.A., University of Pennsylvania,
B.S., Temple University
Teaching
EDUC-280: Education and Inequality
EDUC-453/493: Student Teaching
EDUC-454: Professional Seminar
Research Interests
Race & Gender
Intersectionality
Inequity
Inclusion
Disability Studies
Education Policy
History of Education
Public Health
Educational Neuroscience
American Studies
Recent Work
CVI Now Perkins School for the Blind “Have you ever heard of CVI?” A parent story of persistence and support https://www.perkins.org/have-you-ever-heard-of-cvi-a-parent-story-of-persistence-and-support/
Social Studies and the Young Learner (NCSS) “If You’re Not Intentionally Including, You’re Unintentionally Excluding: Implementing Best Practices in Universal Design for Learning in a Social Studies Classroom.” (in progress)
Legacies, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Teacher’s Turn: Pestilence and Pandemics through Pennsylvania History, Spring 2019
Legacies, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Teaching Organized Labor in American History, Spring 2014