Bean, Mandy

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Phone: (703) 993-5253
Fax: (703) 993-2013
Email: abean5 (@gmu.edu)

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A former elementary school teacher for 14 years in Virginia and North Carolina, I am currently an Associate Professor of Education at George Mason University. My main focus is preparing students to become Elementary Education teachers. I teach courses on K-6 Social Studies methods, Fine Arts integration, Child Development, Foundations of Education, and Curriculum and Management, among many others. I am also Senior Co-Editor of School-University Partnerships (SUP), a research journal of the National Association for Professional Development.

Elementary Curriculum and Methods

Social Studies Education

Project Based Learning

Arts Integration

Professional Development Schools

Parker, A. K., Parsons, S., Groth, L., Bean, A., Slattery, C. (2020). George Mason University’s Elementary Education PDS Program: Structures for shared governance, reflection and collaboration. In E. Garin and R. Burns (Eds.) The NAPDS Nine Essentials in Action: Cases of Professional Development Schools. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Glazier, J., & Bean, A. (2018). The promise of experiential education in teacher education: transforming teacher beliefs and practices. Teaching Education, 1-17.

• School of Education
• Division of Elementary, Literacy, and Secondary Education
• Elementary Education PK-6
• Elizabeth G. Sturtevant, PhD, Center for Literacy

• Introduction to Elementary Methods and Management (ELED - 544)
• Methods of Teaching Social Studies and Integrating Fine Arts in the Elementary Classroom (ELED - 554)
• Research and Assessment in Elementary Education (ELED - 559)
• Introduction to Education: Teaching, Learning and Schools (EDUC - 200)
• Children's Literature for Teaching in Diverse Settings (ELED - 258)

• Special Topics in Early Childhood Education (ECED 497)
• Curriculum and Methods of Teaching in Elementary Education (EDCI 544)
• Methods of Teaching Social Studies and Integrating Fine Arts in the Elementary Classroom (EDCI 554)
• Research and Assessment in Elementary Education (EDCI 559)
• Special Topics in Education (EDCI 597)
• Internship in Education (EDCI 790)
• Foundations of Education (EDUC 542)
• Children, Family, Culture, and Schools, 4-12 Year Olds (EDUC 543)
• Foundations of Elementary Education (ELED 342)
• Children's Literature for Teaching in Diverse Settings (ELED 358)
• Methods of Teaching Social Studies and Integrating Fine Arts in the Elementary Classroom (ELED 454)
• Internship in Elementary Education (ELED 490)
• Children, Family, Culture, and Schools, ages 4-12 Years (ELED 543)
• Internship in Elementary Education (ELED 790)