School of Education

Patricia Bonner’s professional experience encompasses K-12 public school teaching and site and district level administration; higher education teaching in undergraduate, teacher education, and master's and doctoral levels; and higher education administration at the program director, department chair, and dean levels. Her current interests are in teaching and learning at the K-12 and higher education levels. This includes an interest in the professional development of educators, with a specific focus on action research as a vehicle for effective professional practice transformation and growth. Other interests include issues of equity in the schools, effective teaching models for all levels of education, motivation for learning, and resilience in school leaders. She is particularly active as a reviewer for American Educational Research Association (AERA) presentations, Teacher’s College Record manuscripts, California Association of Professors of Education manuscripts, and other professional organization journals and yearbooks. She has presented at AERA numerous times for various special interest groups, including Action Research, Studies of the Superintendency, and Bilingual Education Research.