Heather D. Young
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Heather D. Young's research focuses on interdisciplinary collaboration in education, particularly concerning literacy and teacher preparation. Her work has investigated the coordination between literacy professionals and speech-language pathologists, aiming to understand how these groups can work together more effectively. Young has also examined teachers' adoption of informational text in primary classrooms and explored the benefits of interprofessional education for pre-service professionals in fields like elementary education, special education, and communication sciences and disorders.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Young studied how school professionals were trained and adapted to new circumstances, including insights from virtual literacy camps. Her research also extends to preparing and mentoring new teachers, with a focus on engaging diverse learners and immigrant families. She has published on topics including cooperating teacher mentorship and agricultural education interns' intent to teach.
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- h-index: 4
- Publications: 8
- Citations: 26
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Associate Professor 2019–presentUniversity of Arkansas Department of Curriculum and Instruction ORCID
Selected Publications
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Cooperating Teacher Mentorship Behaviors and Job Satisfaction as Predictors of Agricultural Education Interns’ Intent to Teach (2025)
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Lessons learned through interprofessional education: exploring collaboration with elementary education, special education and communication sciences and disorders pre-service professionals (2024)
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Preparing and Mentoring New Teachers in an Increasingly Diverse World (2022)
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Training School Professionals in a Global Pandemic: Insights From Elementary Education and Speech-Language Pathology (2022)
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Preparing Teachers to Effectively Engage With Young English Language Learners and Immigrant Families (2019)
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- Training School Professionals in a Global Pandemic: Insights From Elementary Education and Speech-Language Pathology
- Lessons learned through interprofessional education: exploring collaboration with elementary education, special education and communication sciences and disorders pre-service professionals
- Preparing Teachers to Effectively Engage With Young English Language Learners and Immigrant Families
- Training School Professionals in a Global Pandemic: Insights From Elementary Education and Speech-Language Pathology
- Lessons learned through interprofessional education: exploring collaboration with elementary education, special education and communication sciences and disorders pre-service professionals
- Cooperating Teacher Mentorship Behaviors and Job Satisfaction as Predictors of Agricultural Education Interns’ Intent to Teach
- Cooperating Teacher Mentorship Behaviors and Job Satisfaction as Predictors of Agricultural Education Interns’ Intent to Teach
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