Elizabeth A. Sherwood, Ed.D.
Professor
Phone: (618) 650‑3765
Office: 1339 Founders Hall
About Dr. Sherwood
Elizabeth Sherwood, Ed. D. is a Professor of Early Childhood Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning in the School of Education, Health, and Human Services at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She joined SIUE in 2004 after obtaining her Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Illinois State University. Her interests include prekindergarten education, early childhood education history, nature and the young child, and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics) education in the early years. She is the co-author of numerous books in science education for early childhood teachers and was a consultant with the Illinois State Board of Education for the development of Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards in science. She co-chaired the SIUE STEAM Conference for Early Educators in 2014 and 2016.
She has over thirty years of experience as an early childhood educator, served twelve years as a state-funded prekindergarten program coordinator, and has extensive experience in professional development for early childhood professionals at national, state, and local levels.
Research Profile
Dr. Sherwood’s research focuses on the history of early childhood education and early childhood science education. She was the principal early childhood consultant for a National Science Foundation grant through the University of Texas-Austin investigating what four-year-old children know and can do in science. She also has several publications that explore teaching practices during the early to mid-twentieth century and their relevance to the work of current educators.
Education:
- Ed.D., 2004, Illinois State University
- M.S., 1981, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- B.S., 1975, Missouri State University
Specialization:
- Early Childhood Education, Prekindergarten, Early Childhood Science Education, Early Learning Standards, History of Early Childhood Education
Publications:
- Sherwood, E. A., Freshwater, A. (2015). Exploring Motion. In Derry Koralek (Ed.), Exploring Math and Science in Preschool (pp. 52-57). Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
- Sherwood, E. & Freshwater, A. (2013). Patty Smith Hill and the case study of Betty Kirby. In B. Hinitz (Ed.), The hidden history of early childhood education. NY: Routledge.
- Hobbs, M., Williams, R., & Sherwood, E. (2012). Collaborating with Teacher Researchers to Study What Young Children Know and Can Do in Science. Voices of Practitioners, 7http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/vop/Hobbs_0622_Final.pdf
- Sherwood, E. & Freshwater, A. (2010). All in the family or whose life is it anyway? Challenges of writing narrative educational biography about a relative. Vitae Scholasticae, 27
- Reading, G., Smith, R., Hunt, J., Sherwood, E., & McAndrews, C. (2010). Taking your reading classroom to the Middle East. Illinois Reading Council Journal, 38, 11-19.
- Sherwood, E. & Freshwater, A. (2009). Early learning standards in action: Young children exploring motion. In C. Copple & S. Bredekamp (Eds.), Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8 (3rd ed.). (distributed on CD-ROM). Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
- Sherwood, E. & Freshwater, A. (2009). Betty Kirby: Travels and translations in the kindergarten. Educational Studies, 45, 463 - 477.
- Freshwater, A. & Sherwood, E. (2008). Building Marble Racetracks: Examining College Student’s Persistence, Creativity, and Use of Early Learning Standards. Campus Children's Centers Journal.
- Freshwater, A., Sherwood, E., Mbugua, E. (2008). Music and Physical Play: What can we learn from early childhood teachers in Kenya? Childhood Education. 85, 2 - 5.
