Associate Professor & Director of Teacher Education, EC-4 QUEST 2 Director

Department:
Curriculum and Instruction
Quality Urban Education for Students and Teachers

Instructional Technology

Office Number: 242 FH

Phone/Fax:
(713) 743-4961 , (713) 743-4990  (Fax)

Email: mpierson@uh.edu

Research Interests:

integration of technology into PreK-12 curriculum;
expert/novice teacher technology use;
technology-enabled teacher mentoring

Recent Publications:

Pierson, M. E. (2001). Technology integration practice as a function of pedagogical expertise. Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 33(4), 413-430.

Bitter, G. G., & Pierson, M. E. (2002). Using technology in the classroom (5th ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Education:

B.S. in Elementary Education, Northern Arizona University, 1990.
M.Ed. in Elementary Education, Northern Arizona University, 1994.
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Media & Computers, Arizona State University, 1999.