Dr. Ann Potter Lockledge
Dr. Lockledge came to UNCW in 1987 from Texas. She was a native of Colorado
and a former teacher and school administrator. She had three grown sons,
Scott, David, and Jeff as well as two grandchildren.
A Social Studies educator, Ann’s interests were wide-ranging. Among the topics
she conducted research on were factors that made overseas teachers
successful, rating the practices of general and special educators who were coteaching, the behavior of middle school students at the mall, and portfolio
development and assessment. She had a special interest in local festivals and
presented an NCCAT workshop on this topic.
She also wrote extensively, both professional journal articles and a series of
teacher resource books in history and geography. Her presentations at state,
regional, national, and international conferences were likewise varied.
Dr. Lockledge was very active in community service. For example, she worked
extensively with secondary social studies teachers and their students and
coordinated an America Reads tutor training program. She also served on
numerous university and department committees, including the graduate
council and accreditation writing teams.
Her concern that teachers have a solid content base prompted her, in
collaboration with science educators and scientists from the campus to apply
for grants dealing with geography and environmental education. These resulted
in several summer institutes for local public school teachers.
To provide new ideas for her classes and her presentations, she traveled widely.
She went on a safari in Kenya, toured Australia, served as principal of a school in
Honduras, and traveled to many parts of the United States. She documented
these visits in photographs featuring her traveling companion, Jeremiah
Geographer, and collected many artifacts for use in her methods courses and
with public school students.