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Faculty Education Ph.D.
- University of Virginia, 1978 Research Projects For several years I have been researching various aspects of alternative education in Iowa. I started with a study of teachers in alternative schools - their multiple roles, their morale, and their relations with the traditional school systems. I am currently working, with the help of a colleague at the Department of Education, on alternative assessment measures for evaluating at-risk programs in the state of Iowa. On the international education side, I am pursuing contacts with colleagues at Burapha University in Bang Saen, Thailand, to conduct research Thailand's sweeping plans for the decentralization of education. This work builds on six years of teaching and research in Thailand on topics including student development work in rural areas, non-formal education, and minority education in the far north. Professional Organization Memberships Comparative
and International Education Society Recent Publications "The Personal Approach in Alternative Schools: Roles, Realities and Relationships," Iowa Educational Leadership, September, 1999 "Public Perceptions vs. Educational Realities: Changing the Image of Iowa's Alternative Schools," Iowa Association of Alternative Education Journal, Spring, 2000 "Who Are Our Students?" (with Lori Francis), Iowa Association of Alternative Education Journal, Spring, 2000. "Reflections on Iowa's Alternative School Teachers: Multiple Roles, Relationships and Resilience," School Administrators of Iowa, forthcoming. "On Monks and Methodologies," Burapha University Faculty of Education Journal, Bang Saen, Thailand, 1997. Courses Typically Offered 07B:104 -- Education in the Third World This course examines the historical development and contemporary impact of various educational institutions in developing countries. Internal and external actors are studied, including aid agencies, the World Bank, and NGO's. Particular attention is given to educational responses to globalization pressures and attempts to increase educational opportunities for minorities and women. 07B:195 -- Research in Cross-Cultural Settings This course is designed to explore psychological, cultural and practical aspects of conducting qualitative research in cross-cultural environments. Students read critics' (Coles, Finnegan, Agar, Rosaldo, Kluge) reflections on the nature of this kind of work and develop their own research strategies for carrying out a cross-cultural research project. This course provides historical context for understanding the educational challenges currently facing the People's Republic of China. Readings focus on the work of historians, sociologists and journalists (Fairbank, Vogel, Hinton, Snow, Terrill) who have reported on and studied Chinese society during the past seven decades. Educational policy toward minorities is examined, including the case of Tibet.
07B:180 -- Human Relations for the Classroom Teacher Faculty in the Social Foundations Program coordinate the course 07B:180 Human Relations for the Classroom Teacher. This course, which combines weekly lectures by faculty with discussion groups led by Social Foundations teaching assistants, explores social issues such as discrimination, diversity, equity, educational opportunity, racism, sexism and pluralism and their impact on American schools. Historical and contemporary perspectives are examined. In the discussions students identify sources of their own understandings of multicultural issues (family, friends, media, experience), study the past experience of women and minorities in American schools, and think through how these issues will effect their professional lives as teachers. Currently course readings include work by Gollnick and Chinn, Orenstein, Delpit and Spring. To my Homepage | To SFE Homepage To EPLS Homepage | To College of Education |
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