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Dr. Beverly D. Shaklee is Director of the Center for International Education and Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. The Center for International Education (CIE) focuses on research and development of K12-university international education. CIE supports projects that explore the nature of international education, teacher education and provides professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators that advance international and intercultural understanding through education. CIE is an active participant in The Alliance for International Education.

Dr. Shaklee received her bachelor's degree in 1975 from the University of Kansas in elementary education and her master's degree in 1981 in Gifted Studies (Educational Psychology) also from KSU. In 1985 she received her Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, early childhood education, from Mississippi State University. She has been a regular elementary classroom teacher, teacher of the gifted and teacher educator for some twenty-five years.

Dr. Shaklee has a focused research agenda on the representation of diverse populations in gifted child education programs. She has served on the Board of Directors for the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and currently serves on the Board of Directors for SENG (Serving the Needs of Gifted), an international organization focused on the social and emotional needs of gifted individuals.

Prior to her appointment as Director, Dr. Shaklee served as elementary program coordinator for the nationally recognized Professional Development Schools at GMU. She also held joint appointment at Kent State University in teacher and special education for some seventeen years focusing her work on international education, gifted children, honor's programs and assessment. In addition, she served as senior lecturer at the College of The Bahamas (COB), involved in the reorganization of the College and faculty evaluation. She was instrumental in the development of the joint COB/KSU master's degree programs. She has provided a number of professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators internationally and domestically on differentiation, giftedness in culturally diverse populations, culturally responsive teaching, assessment, portfolios and teacher development/evaluation.

• The relationship between culturally responsive teaching and the identification of diverse populations for gifted programs
• The relationship between differentiated instruction and student achievement
• Assessment of teacher candidates and ongoing assessment of practitioners using performance based assessments
• The effectiveness of online learning environments for international delivery of graduate coursework
• Teacher development through professional learning communities, action research, inquiry and mentoring

Dr. Shaklee is author of a number of books, chapters and articles:

• Castle, S. and B. Shaklee (in press). Performance Assessment Along The Continuum of Teacher Education, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Publications Inc.
• Shaklee, B. (2005). Director's Corner: Parenting young gifted children. May 2005, www.seng.org.
• Shaklee, B. (2004). Examining the identification of gifted children through the lens of culturally responsive teaching. Understanding Our Gifted, Vol. 18, Issue 3.
• Shaklee, B. (2004). Culturally responsive teaching: Supporting the identification of young children in diverse populations. IAGC Journal 2004, 21-14.
• Shaklee, B. and A. Hamilton (2003). Urban gifted youth. In J. Smutny (Ed.) Underrepresented populations in gifted child education. New York: Allyn & Bacon.
• Landrum, M., Callahan, C. and B. Shaklee (2001). Aiming for Excellence: Gifted Program Standards. A service publication for the National Association for Gifted Children. Prufrock Press Inc. Waco, TX.
• Shaklee, B., Barbour, N., Ambrose, R. & S. Hansford (1997). Designing and Using Portfolios. Allyn & Bacon: New York. (Japanese edition, 2001; Spanish edition, 1999).

Mason Courses

• EDCI 625: Applied Research in Elementary Education
• EDCI 620: Curriculum Differentiation for Diverse Learners
• EDCI 624: Assessment and Identification of Gifted Learners
• EDCI 625: Contemporary Issues and Trends in Gifted Child Education
• EDCI 626: Action Research in Gifted Child Education
• EDUC 895: Introduction to International Education

• Graduate School of Education
• Center for International Education
• Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning
• Educational Psychology
• Elementary Education PK-6
• Fast Train
• Teaching and Teacher Education
• International Education

No courses taught this semester.

• Models and Strategies for Teaching Gifted Learners (EDCI - 623)
• Advanced Practicum and Research in Gifted Education (EDCI - 627)
• Action Research in Gifted Education (EDCI - 626)
• Applied Research in Elementary Education (EDCI - 635)
• Introduction to Gifted and Talented Learners (EDCI - 621)
• Contemporary Issues and Trends in Gifted Education (EDCI - 625)