Nathan Brubaker


Assistant Professor, Elementary and Early Childhood Education

Academic degrees:
Ed.D., M.Ed. Montclair State University
B.S. University of Vermont

Professional experience:
Four years full-time elementary teaching in Vermont; five years part-time teaching in New Jersey; one summer teaching abroad in Ukraine.

Professional interests:
Inquiry-based and dialogical approaches to teaching for critical thinking; teacher preparation for a democratic society; teacher education pedagogy; negotiating authority; self-study; diversity

Professional involvement:
American Educational Research Association (AERA), Self-study of Teacher Education Practices (S-STEP), National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), Phi Delta Kappa (PDK), Rethinking Schools

Professional Service:
International Advisory Board member for Teaching and Teacher Education (TATE) and Studying Teacher Education (STE)

Professional Publications (Selected Journals):
Teaching and Teacher Education
Teacher Education Quarterly
Studying Teacher Education
Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice
Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children
Questions: Philosophy for Young People

Courses taught at JMU:
Facilitating Children's Natural and Social Science Constructions
Diversity in Elementary Education
Families, Schools and Communities
Problems in Early Childhood Education
Teaching for Critical Thinking
Practicum in Early Childhood Education with Attention to Diversity
Practicum in Early Childhood Education with Attention to Special Needs

Personal interests:
Classical music, backpacking, biking, jogging, baking


 

Nathan Brubaker

Dr. Nathan Brubaker

Memorial 3104C

568-5536

brubaknd@jmu.edu


OFFICE HOURS - Spring 2012
Mon 12:00-3:00
Wed 11:00-1:00
or by appointment