Dagny Bloland
Instructor, Master of Science in Education
English Teacher, Whitney Young Magnet School
d-bloland@northwestern.edu 618 Garrett Place
Evanston, IL 60208-4135
Phone: (847) 467-1458
Biography
Dagny D. Bloland is a classroom teacher in the Chicago Public Schools. She has taught the English Methods and Foundations in Writing Processes courses at Northwestern since 1999. Previously she taught courses in qualitative research, English methods, and educational foundations at National-Louis University. In addition to teaching eighth grade English at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, she is also the school's curriculum director. She has been a National Board Certified Teacher since 2002 and has been an Illinois Writing Project professional development facilitator.Research/Scholarship
Education
| Year | Degree | Institution |
| PhD, English Education | New York University | |
| MA, English | Northwestern University | |
| BS, Education | Northwestern University |
Selected Publications
Bloland (2006). Ready, Willing, and Able. Heinemann, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.Bloland (April, 2003). It's Not About the Book. English Leadership Quarterly: 20:2.
Bloland (February, 1998). O Taste and See: Poetry with Eighth Graders. Voices from the Middle: 5:1.
Bloland (1998). Studying Architecture Collaboratively in Daniels and Bizar, Methods that Matter: Six Structures for Best Practice Classrooms Stenhouse.