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DEPARTMENTS:
Education Dept
MA in Education, Harrisonburg

LOCATION: Main Campus, Harrisonburg | CC 209

PHONE: (540) 432-4638

Cathy Smeltzer Erb is chair of the undergraduate teacher education program, Jesse T. Byler Endowed Chair, and professor of teacher education. Cathy earned a Ph.D. and M.Ed. in curriculum, teaching, and learning from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT), and a B.S. in vocational home economics education from Eastern Mennonite University. Prior to entering teacher education in 2002, Dr. Smeltzer Erb spent over 15 years as a middle and high school family studies teacher and guidance counselor in Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She teaches undergraduate and graduate curriculum and methods courses with an emphasis on student-centered pedagogy, constructivism, and equitable classroom environments. She has provided consultation services to pre-service, in-service, and university faculty in the U.S., Canada, Indonesia, and Vietnam in the areas of curriculum development, beginning teacher induction, teacher development, instructional practices, and action research. Her research explores the emotional dimension of beginning teaching, auto-ethnography and personal narrative of the calling to teach, teacher development, equitable instruction, and action research. She has presented at local, national, and international conferences. Cathy received the AILACTE Scholar Award in 2004.

Education

• Ph.D., University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 2004
• M.Ed., University of Toronto, 1999
• B.S., Eastern Mennonite University, 1985

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