Journal of Curriculum Theorizing

School of Education
Brooklyn Campus
Visiting Professor Position for Fall, 2011

Visiting Professor of Teaching and Learning (Adolescence Urban Education)

Position Description: The successful candidate will coordinate and develop the existing Adolescence Urban Education programs in the Department of Teaching and Learning, teach graduate and undergraduate courses in secondary curriculum, instruction and classroom-based teacher research, and supervise student teachers, grades 7-12.
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The 12th Annual Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference

October 19-22, 2011

Akron, Ohio

www.curriculumandpedagogy.org

Priority Deadline for Proposal Submissions: JUNE 30, 2011

Proposals received by June 30, 2011 are given priority in terms of placement on the program. Because of the peer review and schedule development processes, proposals received after July 30, 2011 may not be guaranteed a spot.

The Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference is an annual gathering of diverse individuals seeking academic enrichment and professional engagement who are committed to educational reform and social change. The conference opens spaces to advance the ideals of progressive curriculum and democratic leadership in education through dialogue and action. The conference organizers seek to bring together individuals from diverse settings, including academics, graduate students, school district administrators, PreK-12 teachers, and all other cultural and educational workers from community groups and organizations who hope to integrate, interrogate, and develop theories and practices for educational change and social justice.

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Society of Professors of Education Meeting

New Orleans Marriott

Iberville Room

Saturday, April 9, 2011

12:00pm – 4:00pm

All Are Welcome

The Society of Professors of Education (SPE) is a professional and academic association open to all persons engaged in teacher preparation or related activities.  Its purpose is to serve the diverse needs and interests of the education professorate. The Society’s primary goal is to provide a forum for consideration of substantive issues, tasks, problems, and challenges confronting professional educators.  SPE is an interdisciplinary organization that began in 1902.  Founding members included John Dewey, Charles De Garmo, and Walter B. Jacobs.  Several other noteworthy early members were William Kilpatrick, George S. Counts, Elwood P. Cubberley, Harold O. Rugg, Edward L. Thorndike, and George Herbert Mead symbolizing the diverse interests and ideological diversity of the organization.  Its current members include several award winning theoreticians, researchers, and practitioners in education.

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We are still looking for project descriptions!
We in the Schools and Colleges of Education around America are doing productive, progressive, and prolific curriculum work that imagines a future of social justice. The call of this Committee is for us to join together and share that work so that we may regain our seat at the table of the national curriculum debate. While curriculum scholars may all have varied values and purposes in what we do, we draw on Spivak’s notion of strategic essentialism—the intentional coming together across difference to enable more effective and responsible action–to suggest a type of “strategic consensus.” We need to come together in this moment, for this purpose, and define our vision for America’s schools.

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OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Education
School of Teaching and Curriculum Leadership
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Position: Assistant Professor, Curriculum Studies, Tenure Track, Oklahoma State University-Stillwater
(contingent upon available funding)

Responsibilities: 1) Teaching graduate level courses in Curriculum Studies, with emphasis in one or more of
the following: multicultural and diversity issues in curriculum; curriculum theory and theorizing; curriculum
inquiry; curriculum history; preK-12 curriculum; media literacy; teacher research. 2) Advising Masters and
doctoral students and directing their research projects; participating in graduate student recruitment. 3)
Conducting a program of research and publication in areas within or related to Curriculum Studies; active
involvement in appropriate professional organizations; grant writing. 4) Service on departmental, college,
and university committees. Primary assignment would be OSU-Stillwater with some responsibilities at the
OSU-Tulsa campus.
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