Pamela Beach is an Associate Professor in Language and Literacy at the Faculty of Education, Queen’s University. Pamela completed her MA in Child Study and Education at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto and her PhD in Developmental Psychology and Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

 

Pamela has a decade of elementary classroom experience, teaching a range of grades and subject areas from junior kindergarten to seventh grade. Her background as an elementary teacher has influenced her research, which centres on the dissemination of research-informed literacy practices. Pamela is the founding member of the Literacy Learning Research Team whose work examines how literacy is taught, learned, assessed, and supported across diverse educational contexts. The team uses web analytics, screen-capture technology, the virtual revisit think aloud, and eye-tracking technology to study teacher cognition and learning. Pamela is also involved in research exploring the impact of GenAI on teaching and teacher education programs.