Simona Laurian-Fitzgerald

Simona Laurian-Fitzgerald (PhD., born on February 7, 1974) is an associate professor at the Department of Sciences of Education, Faculty of Social and Humanistic Sciences, University of Oradea (Romania). Her specialty is children’s literature, education, and English. She teaches classes in literature, drama in the classroom, cooperative learning, practicum experiences, and the capstone research projects for graduating students at University of Oradea. She teaches each student to develop and implement curriculum, lesson plans and assessment strategies. She incorporates strategies that instill cooperative learning techniques, student centered learning, multiple intelligences, differentiated instruction into the repertoire of students. Simona taught a number of online classes for the NEC graduate program and is teaching in a weekend hybrid program at the University of Oradea.

Publications

The New Normal: Adult Online Learners
The New Normal: Adult Online Learners
Simona Laurian-Fitzgerald, Carlton J. Fitzgerald, Carmen Alina Popa, Laura Bochis. © 2021. 33 pages.
Adult learners are different from younger learners. Many have taken Knowles' ideas to work with adult learners as if they all are the same. Knowles described adult learners...
Handbook of Research on Student-Centered Strategies in Online Adult Learning Environments
Handbook of Research on Student-Centered Strategies in Online Adult Learning Environments
Carlton J. Fitzgerald, Simona Laurian-Fitzgerald, Carmen Popa. © 2018. 554 pages.
As traditional classroom settings are transitioning to online environments, teachers now face the challenge of using this medium to promote effective learning strategies...
The New Normal: Adult Online Learners
The New Normal: Adult Online Learners
Simona Laurian-Fitzgerald, Carlton J. Fitzgerald, Carmen Alina Popa, Laura Bochis. © 2018. 32 pages.
Adult learners are different from younger learners. Many have taken Knowles' ideas to work with adult learners as if they all are the same. Knowles described adult learners...
Cooperative Learning and Student Mentors in a Hybrid Teacher Preparation Program
Cooperative Learning and Student Mentors in a Hybrid Teacher Preparation Program
Carmen Alina Popa, Laura Nicoleta Bochis, Simona Laurian-Fitzgerald, Carlton J. Fitzgerald. © 2018. 20 pages.
In this chapter, professors employed cooperative learning techniques that included assigned student mentors to assist students in their learning, assignments, and final project....
Case Study of a Hybrid Undergraduate Elementary Certification Program
Case Study of a Hybrid Undergraduate Elementary Certification Program
Carmen Popa, Simona Laurian, Laura Bochis, Carlton J. Fitzgerald, Delia Birle, Elena Bonchis. © 2015. 21 pages.
The goal of this study was to assist instructors and leadership of a hybrid weekend pre-service teacher education program at the University of Oradea to improve their...
Case Study of a Hybrid Undergraduate Elementary Certification Program
Case Study of a Hybrid Undergraduate Elementary Certification Program
Carmen Popa, Simona Laurian, Laura Bochis, Carlton J. Fitzgerald, Delia Birle, Elena Bonchis. © 2015. 20 pages.
The goal of this study was to assist instructors and leadership of a hybrid weekend pre-service teacher education program at the University of Oradea to improve their...