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Olga Jarrett, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Room 550
Phone: 404-413-8242
Email: ojarrett@gsu.edu

Department of Early Childhood Education
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3980
Atlanta, GA 30302-3980


Education

Ph.D., Georgia State University

M.A., Pennsylvania State University

B.A., Pennsylvania State University

Specializations

Inquiry science teaching methods
Child Development, especially social development and the role of play in development. Research Methods. Effective practices in urban education.

 

Bio

Dr. Jarrett teaches science methods in the Early Childhood Education's
Urban Alternative Preparation Program. She is a University Fellow in the Urban Atlanta Coalition Compact, an Annenberg funded project whose purpose is excellence in education for African American students. She also serves as a project coordinator of Project DOVE (Drop-out, Violence Elimination), a systematic prevention/intervention program which includes mentoring and a curriculum on empathy, impulse control, and bully prevention. Dr. Jarrett's research has focused on recess and playground behavior, bully prevention, effective teaching in urban
schools, and effective methods of teaching science (pre-k to fifth grade). Her most recent research was published in School Science and Mathematics, and The Journal of Educational Research.