Lisa DembouskiFaculty
My colleagues and I in the Education Department prepare teachers. I am, myself, a teacher. In his book It won't be easy, fellow educator Tom Rademacher describes our noble profession like this: "Teaching is like putting together a puzzle without all the pieces. On a table that is too small. Also, the puzzle is on fire." And so is that too-small table...and your hair!
So now if any of you are thinking to yourself, "Well, if that's true, then why on earth would anyone ever want to teach?" Rademacher's got that covered, too, when he goes on to write, "Ask three different people who their favorite teacher in school was. Watch their eyes...[and listen to the joy in their voices] as they describe those special people." You ... we... get to be that.
Education
Ph.D. in Education, Curriculum, & Instruction/Culture and Teaching from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; M.Ed. in Special Education/Deaf-Hard of Hearing Education from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; B.A. in Psychology from the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
Areas of Expertise
Pre- and in-service teacher education, Special Education and Dis/Ability, Deaf/Hard of Hearing topics, Inclusion & Inclusive Pedagogies, Narrative Inquiry, Social Justice Pedagogy and Research, and Mentoring & Teacher Induction
Interests
growing things, great books, teaching, and travel
Courses Taught
EDU-350 (Reading in Content Area), EDU-389 (Inclusive Classrooms), EDU-392 (Elem Directed Tchng), EDU-394 (Secondary Directed Teaching), EDU-395 (K-12 Directed Teaching), EDU-396 (Middle Level Dir Tchng), and EDU-399 (Seminar in Curriculum)
| Synonym | Title | Times Taught | Terms Taught |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDU-389 | Inclusive Classrooms | 19 | 2024/SP, 2023/FA, 2023/SP, 2022/FA, 2022/SP, 2021/FA, 2020/FA, 2020/SP, 2019/FA, 2019/SP, 2018/FA, 2018/SP, 2017/FA, 2017/SP, 2016/FA, 2016/SP, 2015/FA, 2015/SP, and 2014/FA |
| EDU-350 | Reading in the Content Areas | 12 | 2020/SP, 2019/FA, 2019/SP, 2018/FA, 2018/SP, 2017/FA, 2017/SP, 2016/FA, 2016/SP, 2015/FA, 2015/SP, and 2014/FA |
| EDU-395 | K-12 Directed Teaching | 8 | 2024/SP, 2023/FA, 2023/SP, 2022/FA, 2022/SP, 2021/FA, 2020/FA, and 2020/JN |
| EDU-394 | Secondary Directed Teaching | 7 | 2024/SP, 2023/FA, 2023/SP, 2022/FA, 2022/SP, 2021/FA, and 2020/FA |
| EDU-392 | K-6 Elementary Directed Teaching | 7 | 2024/SP, 2023/FA, 2023/SP, 2022/FA, 2022/SP, 2021/FA, and 2020/FA |
| EDU-399 | Seminar in Curriculum | 7 | 2024/SP, 2023/FA, 2023/SP, 2022/FA, 2022/SP, 2021/FA, and 2020/FA |
| EDU-241 | Educational Technology | 7 | 2020/FA, 2020/SP, 2019/FA, 2019/SP, 2018/FA, 2018/SP, and 2017/FA |
| EDU-268 | Orientation to Teaching | 5 | 2019/JN, 2018/JN, 2017/JN, 2016/JN, and 2015/JN |
| EDU-235 | Island Schooling - Supporting | 2 | 2023/JN and 2020/JN |
| EDU-368 | Secondary Practicum | 2 | 2022/SP and 2021/FA |
| EDU-398 | Human Relations in Education | 2 | 2020/SP and 2019/FA |
| EDU-396 | Middle Level Dir Tchng | 1 | 2020/JN |