A Conversation with Seth A. Parsons

Send us Fan MailDr. Seth Parsons talks to us about the power of the teacher, the value of good curriculum, and motivation and engagement in learning. Seth is known for his work in the areas of elementary literacy instruction, student engagement and motivation, adaptive teaching, and metacognitive strategy development. His research has been published in many of the field’s top journals, including the Journal of Literacy Research, Review of Educational Research, Educational Researcher, Reading Research Quarterly, Elementary School Journal, The Reading Teacher, and Literacy Research and Instruction. In addition to journal articles, he has co-authored and edited several practitioner-facing books, including Principles of Effective Literacy Instruction, Grades K–5, and Accelerating Learning Recovery for All Students and Becoming a Metacognitive Teacher. He has served as President of Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) and currently serves as Executive Editor of The Journal of Educational Research, and Co-Editor of the Literacy Research Association’s Journal of Literacy Research, and Associate Editor of Reading and Writing Quarterly. Dr. Seth A. Parsons is a Professor of Literacy in the Sturtevant Center for Literacy at George Mason University. Email: [email protected] @sethaparsonsGoogle Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PPa2WcoAAAAJ&hl=enLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-seth-parsons/Books: Accelerating Learning Recovery for All Students: Core Principles for Getting Literacy Growth Back on TrackPrinciples of Effective Literacy Instruction, Grades K-5Becoming a Metacognitive TeacherConnect with Classroom Caffeine at www.classroomcaffeine.com or on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.