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Stephanie Moore

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Join date: Jun 26, 2025

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Stephanie Moore is an educator with experience in K–8 education, including several years supporting multilingual learners as an ESOL teacher. She serves part-time as an ESOL teacher and as an adjunct professor at the University of North Georgia. Stephanie earned her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Mercer University, where her research focused on constructivism, play-based learning, assessment, and multilingual education. Through her work with school systems, pre-service teachers, and the Joyful Learning Collaborative, she champions equity, inclusion, and joyful learning for linguistically and culturally diverse students.

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Nov 12, 2025 ∙ 3 min
Play on Purpose: Bridging What We Know and What We Do for Multilingual Learners
In this post, Stephanie Moore explores how purposeful play bridges research and classroom practice—showing how cognitive, linguistic, and social learning come together to support multilingual learners through joyful, authentic experiences.
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Aug 21, 2025 ∙ 2 min
Play: The Universal Language for Multilingual Learners
“As teachers strive to help multilingual students achieve English proficiency, they must consider the possibility that the path to proficiency might not be found in drills, but in joyful and intentional play. Creating playful spaces for multilingual learners honors their voices, builds bridges across cultures, and reminds every child that school is a place where joy and belonging matter.”
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