Edward Mikel
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Core Faculty, Center for Programs in Education
Summary of Education and Relevant Experience
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Washington University.
Edward Mikel's primary academic and professional interest lies in the application of participatory democratic principles to curriculum and instruction, school governance and the role of schools in progressive social change. Recent research, writings and presentations have focused on democratic approaches to teacher education, integrative curriculum, alternative assessment, the culture of democratic classrooms and curriculum and progressive teacher activism. Areas where his academic, professional and civic lives overlap most are in school reform on a local and personal scale, human rights awareness and education and resurgence in the organized labor movement in the United States and abroad.
Affiliations
Publications
Mikel, E., MacPherson, I., Elliott, R., Crosswell, L., Joseph, P., and Aspland, T. (2005, in press). "Defining A Conversational Space for Curriculum Leadership." Journal of Curriculum & Pedagogy.
Mikel, E., & Hiserman, S. (2001). "Beyond the classroom: Progressive Activist Teachers and Images of Experience, Meaning, Purpose, and Identity." In P. Joseph, & G. Burnaford (Eds.), Images of Schoolteachers in America (115-131) (2nd Ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Mikel, E., Joseph, P., Bravmann, S., Windschitl, M., and Green, N. (2000). Cultures of Curriculum. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Professional Interests
Mikel recently co-founded the Project on Global, Social and Civic Education.
His research, writing, consultations and presentations during the last 15 years have focused on:
- teacher leadership
- integrative curriculum
- authentic assessment
- democratic principles in classrooms and schools;
- progressive teacher activism
- education for civic engagement, social justice and democratic renewal of communities and society.
On Interest Area
"Schools, at whatever level, are wonderful places in which to pursue the great experiment of democracy. Although this adventure is often taken against great odds, what we accomplish can mean so much for those we know directly and well, and for those we will never encounter in person."
On Teaching at Antioch
"I am continually impressed with how Antioch students and colleagues think imaginatively and work hard to make the world a more habitable place. There is an unusual depth of concern for the well-being of all people and, for that matter, for all of life on earth."
Contact Information
Center for Programs in Education
206-268-4600
Edward Mikel
206-268-4617
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