Edward Mikel
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Interim Dean and Core Faculty, School of Education
Summary of Education and Relevant Experience
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Washington University.
Edward Mikel's teaching, writings, and presentations over the last two decades have been focused on the application of participatory democratic principles to curriculum and instruction and to school governance, the role of schools in progressive social change, and teacher activism for education and social justice. The recently published volume Cultures of Curriculum (Routledge, 2011), to which he is a contributing author, captures many aspects of this broad interest. Taking the idea of democracy as appropriate to the whole life-world, he is currently exploring the potential contributions of eco-justice, indigenous wisdom, and the project to revive local living economies to elementary and secondary level curriculum for environmental and sustainability education.
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
School of Education
206-268-4600
Edward Mikel
206-268-4617
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