Professor of Education
Division of Education Chair
Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy, the University at Albany
Master of Science, SUNY, New Paltz
Bachelor of Science, Wayne State University
Office: Hudson Hall, Room 109 -A
Office Hours: Scheduled by
appointment.
Phone: 845-569-3542
email: reva.cowan@msmc.edu
Courses, Spring 2012
ED 5620
Bio
After teaching in the public schools as a literacy specialist,
Professor Cowan is pleased to be working with teacher candidates at
the undergraduate and graduate levels. One of her areas of interest
involves investigating the role that faculty-supervised course
embedded fieldwork plays in the development of good literacy
instruction.
Professor Cowan is interested in helping teacher candidates
become focused on supporting students to develop all facets of
literacy knowledge involving reading, writing, speaking, listening,
and viewing. She works to help teacher candidates assess, plan
instruction, and then model and support students through gradually
releasing responsibility for effective strategy instruction based
on research evidence.
Another area of interest is researching how teacher candidates
become more reflective about their own practices. Professor Cowan
has done this with teacher candidates in the capstone literacy
master’s course, as they reflect on viewing themselves teaching
lessons to challenged literacy learners.