Research

NATIONAL RESEARCH

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Teachers College ( New York City, New York)
Schools of Education National Research Project, funded by Annenberg, Ford, and Kaufman Foundations. This research is a comprehensive study of schools, colleges, and departments of education in the United States.  Professor Seldin was selected to serve on many Site Visit Teams.

The goal of the national study, as stated by Dr. Arthur Levine, Former President of Teachers College, Columbia University, is to “cut through all the rhetoric and criticism about schools of education and to look at the underlying reality. We plan to describe education schools, to look at what they do well, to discuss what they could do better, and, where useful, to make recommendations for future directions.”

This multi-year research has produced three major reports that provide both an assessment of current practices and clear and informed recommendations.

NATIONAL STUDY ON OFF-CAMPUS INSERVICE ACTIVITIES: Four Year Perspective
This research, directed by Professor Seldin, contrasted findings to a previous study focusing on how schools of education in the United States support and manage their off-campus programs.

NATIONAL STUDY ON OFF-CAMPUS INSERVICE ACTIVITIES
This initial research project focused on how schools of education in the United States promote, manage, evaluate, fund, and govern off-campus programs. It was reported in THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

PUBLICATIONS

40 articles in referred journals including Educational Research Quarterly, Capstone Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Media and Library Sciences (China); Kappa Delta Pi Record; 10 technical reports; six book chapters on professionalizing teaching; parent/teacher conferencing, the teaching portfolio, and institutional service in evaluating faculty performance; and a coauthored book titled The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions, 4th Edition, Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint, 2010.

PRESENTATIONS

Approximately 50 presentations at local, regional, national and international conferences and professional meetings on professionalizing teaching; parent/teacher conferencing, the teaching portfolio, and institutional service in evaluating faculty performance.

HONORS

• Order of Omega Award for Outstanding Teaching, University of Massachusetts
• College Outstanding Teaching Award, School of Education, University of Massachusetts
• Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society Award - Leadership
• David and Dovetta Wilson Foundation Award - Leadership
• Mortar Board Award for Outstanding Teaching, University of Massachusetts
• The Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Massachusetts
  
  

CONSULTANT

NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH (New York City, New York)
Four-day program on Academic Portfolio

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY (Logan, Utah)
Four-day program on Academic Portfolio

NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY (Las Cruces, NM)
Four-day program on Academic Portfolio

FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY (Fort Myers, Florida)
Five-day program on Academic Portfolio

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (Fort Worth, Texas)
Five-day program on the Academic Portfolio

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Teachers College (New York)
National Research Study of Schools of Education
Regional Research Study of Schools of Education, Missouri and Kansas

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (Provo, Utah)
Four-day program on Teaching Portfolio

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI (Kansas City)
Four-day program on Teaching Portfolio

MIAMI UNIVERSITY (Oxford, Ohio)
Four-day workshop on Teaching Portfolio

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON (Akron, Ohio)
Four-day workshop on Teaching Portfolio

UNIVERSITY OF THE IMMACULATE WORD (San Antonio, Texas)
Four-day program on Teaching Portfolio

EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia)
Four-day program on Teaching Portfolio

ADDISON WESLEY LONGMAN (New York)
Reviewed manuscript for publication on foundations of education.

HARCOURT BRACE PUBLISHERS (Dallas, Texas)
Reviewed manuscript for publication on foundations of democratic education.

BROWN & BENCHMARK PUBLISHERS (Madison, Wisconsin)
Reviewed manuscripts for publication on social foundations of education.

STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (Massachusetts)
Presented workshops on Enhancing Parent/Teacher Communication.

WADSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY (Belmont, California)
Reviewed manuscript on Foundations of Education for publication consideration.

ALLYN & BACON PUBLISHING, INC. (Newton, MA)
Reviewed manuscripts for publication in teacher education.