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Dr. Sonia Kline

Associate Professor
Teaching and Learning
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 310a
Office Phone
(309) 438-5425office
phone
Email
skline@ilstu.eduemail
  • About
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Biography

Dr. Sonia Kline is an associate professor in elementary education and literacy. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with an emphasis in Language and Literacy education and a Writing Studies specialization.

Current Courses

462.091Connecting Literacy Theory, Research & Practice

576.001Contemporary Curriculum Theory And Design

599.010Dissertation Research

264.001Language Arts Instructional Strategies

224.003Developing Readers Through Writing

599.013Dissertation Research

264.008Language Arts Instructional Strategies

264.009Language Arts Instructional Strategies

Teaching Interests & Areas

Dr. Kline advocates for approaches to teaching that involve valuing the social, cultural, and linguistic resources of students and that highlight issues of power, equity, and social justice. She strives to engage learners in critical inquiry, deep reflection, and collaborative learning, and she strives to make visible for learners the complex processes involved in literacy teaching and learning.

Research Interests & Areas

The overarching purpose of Dr. Kline's research is to illuminate broad and disrupt narrow understanding of literacy. Her current scholarship centers on literacy in teacher education with an emphasis on writing as a sociocultural and sociopolitical activity.

Journal Article

Tracy, Kelly N.; Scales, Roya Q.; Myers, Joy; Scales, David; Kline, Sonia M.; Wall, Amanda; Ikpeze, Chinwe;Raskauskas, Jenn; McQuitty, Vicki; Kang, Grace Y.; and Smetana, Linda D. (2024) "A Study of TeacherCandidates’ Changing Perceptions of Confidence within Writing-Focused Methods Courses," LiteracyPractice and Research: Vol. 49: No. 1, Article 4.
Kline, S., & Kang, G. (2022). Reflect, Reimagine, Revisit: A Framework for Centering Critical Writing Pedagogy. Language Arts, 99(5), 300-311.
Myers, J., Tracy, K., Wall, A., Smetana, L. D., Ikpeze, C. H., Kline, S. M., Raskauskas, J., Scales, R. Q.,McQuitty, V., & Hickey, P. (2022). The Teacher’s Role in Writing: A Study of Teacher Candidates’Perceptions. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 61 (3).
Raskauskas, J., Kline, S., Wall, A., Kang, G., Ikpeze, C., Myers, J, Scales, R., Smetana, L., & Tracy, K. (2022). “I think writing is….” A Multi-State Study of Teacher Candidates’ Changing Beliefs about Writing. Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teaching Education, 11(3), 3.
Kaczorowski, T. L., & Kline, S. (2021) Teachers’ perceptions of preparedness to teach students with disabilities. Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 33(1), 36-58. Retrieved from https://www.mwera.org/MWER/

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