Nathan Ziegler
The University of Toledo, Educational Foundations and Leadership, Graduate Student
- Second Language Acquisition, Teaching English as a Second Language, Cognitive development, Personal epistemology, Langauge Development, Literacy, Reading Comprehension, Media, Journalism, Communication, and 8 moreDevelopment communication, Media Studies, Media Literacy, Media Education, Alternate Media, Media Research, Social Communication, and Media Impact and Effects and Usagesedit
- English as a Second language can be considered an umbrella of my areas of specialization: technology and language development; cognition and reading, personal epistemology (i.e., beliefs about knowledge and process of knowing), and linguistics. My research line focuses on English language learners’ language development, technology and its influence on learning, multi-text literacy and reading comprehension, and the role of personal epistemology and critical thinking in second language development. I have taught ESL in the U... moreEnglish as a Second language can be considered an umbrella of my areas of specialization: technology and language development; cognition and reading, personal epistemology (i.e., beliefs about knowledge and process of knowing), and linguistics.
My research line focuses on English language learners’ language development, technology and its influence on learning, multi-text literacy and reading comprehension, and the role of personal epistemology and critical thinking in second language development.
I have taught ESL in the U.S. and abroad (e.g., South Korea, China) in K-12 schools, as well as for undergraduate and graduate level students. Specifically, I use social-constructivist approaches to teaching with an emphasis on real-world learning, critical thinking pedagogy, and project-based assignments. Additionally, I have been teaching educational psychology at the undergraduate level for the last two years.edit
