Jeffrey S. Beaudry, PhD, For Deeper Learning Secretary, is Professor in the Educational Leadership Department at the University of Southern Maine. Dr. Beaudry is director of the PhD in Public Policy with a concentration in Educational Leadership. His research interests focus on high impact, classroom and leadership strategies, and how they relate to assessment literacy, assessment for learning (formative assessment), evidence-based practices, outdoor learning, and STEAMS (STEM, arts and service learning). His research textbook, Research Literacy (2016) employs visual learning strategies with complex research concepts.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Research methods (mixed methods design)
- Visual learning and concept mapping
- Classroom assessment and assessment literacy
- Student involvement
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- High-impact teaching and learning strategies
- Visual learning and concept mapping
- Outdoor learning
AREAS OF SCHOLARSHIP
- Research methods
- High-impact teaching strategies
- Visual representations and concept mapping
- Multicultural education
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
. Building Action Research With a Four-Part Framework, Deeper
Learning Journal of Practice (2022)
- Teaching Strategies that Create Assessment-literate Learners (Stewart McCafferty and Beaudry, 2018)
- Research Literacy: A Primer for Understanding and Using Research (Beaudry and Miller, 2016)
- Cases on Teaching Critical Thinking through Visual Representation Strategies (Shedletsky and Beaudry, 2014)
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Carol Trimble Award, 2014
- USM Research Award, 2007
- Leadership in Arts Education in Maine