Olga Jarrett, Ph.D.

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

Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3978
Atlanta, GA. 30302-3980

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D., Georgia State University, 1980 
• M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1966 
• B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1962

MAJOR AREAS OF INTEREST:

• 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.