Dr. Hadjioannou's research focuses on observing, describing, understanding, and supporting practices that nurture literacy development. Much of her work involves the study of language-in-use: examinations of individuals and groups as they are interacting within and outside classroom settings, as well as studies of context-sensitive implementations of exemplary instructional practice. Another significant aspect of her research concerns the preparation of teachers to knowledgeably and effectively serve the needs of diverse learners in the 21st century. Within this strand falls her work on the education of emergent bilinguals and of nonstandard dialect speakers. In addition, Dr. Hadjioannou is highly interested in the texts that nurture our literacies and children's literature in particular.
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