Daniel Allbery, a recent graduate of the WSU Master of Education program, has won the Master’s Research Award from the Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers. Allbery, a Spokane native, will accept the award at the organization’s national conference in November.
Allbery won for his graduate project, “Bridging Fact and Story: Using Historical Fiction in Middle School Social Studies.” It was a retrospective analysis of lesson plans he wrote during undergraduate and student teaching experiences at WSU. He reworked the plans using young adult historical fiction and pairing it with critical literacy strategies.
After receiving his M.Ed. in 2008, Allbery taught in Japan as part of the WSU-Nishinomiya Board of Education Exchange program. This year, he is working at Hamilton Elementary School in Port Angeles, Wash., as an AmeriCorps volunteer.
