College of Education
Mark Pacheco Research Group
Led by Mark Pacheco · School of Teaching and Learning
What we study
The Pacheco Lab studies how teachers can foster students' character development in literacy and language instruction, focusing on diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Their work includes examining practical wisdom in school leadership and responsive instruction for diverse learners.
What working here is like
- Surveys & interviews
- Human participants
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Wisdom at Work
Explores how school leadership teams use practical wisdom, meaning good judgment in everyday decisions, by studying how principals and teachers work together.
Project VITE: Virtue in Teacher Education
Examines how students cultivate virtue through meaningful engagements with texts.
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Responsive Instruction for Emergent Bilingual Learners in Biology Classrooms
Focuses on responsive instruction for diverse learners in biology classrooms.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Phronesis and flourishing in school leadership: Exploring the effects of an executive education program in practical wisdom
2026 · Journal of Moral Education
Tests whether an executive education program boosts school leaders' practical wisdom.
- Teachers' Ratings of Multilingual Learners' Science Skills: Seeing Skills Beyond Standardized Test Performance
2026 · Science Education
Compares teacher ratings of science skills for multilingual learners vs. non-MLs.
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- Wisdom in Their Words: A Phenomenological Study of Practical Wisdom in School Leadership
2026 · Journal of School Leadership
Studies school leaders' practical wisdom and how it affects their decision-making.
- Design-based research: Possibilities for practice, theory, and practical wisdom in character education research
2026 · Journal of Moral Education
Describes how design-based research can improve character education in schools.
- From concept to capacity: Evidence of school leaders activating the four functions of Phronesis
2025 · Journal of Moral Education
Investigates whether a leadership program helps school leaders develop practical wisdom.
Plain-language summaries are AI-written and reviewed by us; check the paper for details.
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