A series of books by UW–Madison’s Michael Apple, the John Bascom Professor Emeritus in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Department of Educational Policy Studies, has been translated and published by the company Agahpub in Iran. The titles Agahpub has published include: Apple’s volume, “Teachers and Texts: A Political Economy of Class and Gender …
UW–Madison’s Carl Grant, the Hoefs-Bascom Professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is the author of a new book that is titled, “James Baldwin and the American Schoolhouse.” The book — written for teacher educators, teachers, and admirers of James Baldwin — employs James Baldwin’s essays and speeches to discuss how the …
Erica Halverson’s new book, “How the Arts Can Save Education: Transforming Teaching, Learning, and Instruction,” is receiving significant media coverage. Halverson is a professor and chair in the School of Education’s highly regarded Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her book, which was released on Oct. 22 by Teachers College Press, provides a blueprint for utilizing the arts …
UW–Madison’s Jeremy Stoddard and Diana Hess are co-authors of a new study published in the Journal of Curriculum Studies that is titled, “Teaching the U.S. 2018 midterm elections: a survey of secondary social studies teachers.” Stoddard is a professor and chair of the secondary education program in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. …
UW–Madison’s Noah Weeth Feinstein is participating in an international seminar, “Climate Change Education: Reflecting on COP26,” on Monday, Nov. 8. Feinstein is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The seminar, which is part of a series hosted by the Academic Network for Global Education and Learning (ANGEL) aims to address the …
UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings is the author of a new book that is titled, “Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Asking a Different Question.” Ladson-Billings is a professor emerita in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and the president of the National Academy of Education. A preview for the book notes that for the first time, the volume …
UW–Madison’s Julia Eklund Koza is the author of a newly released book titled, “ ‘Destined to Fail:’ Carl Seashore’s World of Eugenics, Psychology, Education, and Music.” Koza is a professor emerita in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and with the Mead Witter School of Music. Her widely published research primarily focuses on equity issues …
UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple gave the opening keynote address on Sep. 27 at a conference honoring the centenary of the birth of the great critical educator Paulo Freire at Pontifical Catholic University in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Apple is the John Bascom Professor Emeritus in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Department of Educational Policy …
Erica Halverson notes with a smile that she is sometimes referred to as the “arts in education lady.” And that makes sense. For more than 25 years, she has brought the arts into schools in various forms as a performer, teacher, and now a professor and researcher with the UW–Madison School of Education. While it’s not …
UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings was featured recently on WORT-FM’s “The 8 O’Clock Buzz” morning show to discuss her perspective on critical race theory, and how it’s often misrepresented. Ladson-Billings is a professor emerita in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and is president of the National Academy of Education. The WORT-FM webpage previewing Ladson-Billings’ appearance explains …