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- Brandon Butler
- Assistant Professor
- Teaching & Learning
- 145 Education Building
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-3283
- bmbutler@odu.edu
- Web Page
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Education
- University of Georgia,
2011
- Major: Social Studies Education
- Degree: Ph. D.
- Georgia College and State University,
2003
- Major: Secondary Education
- Degree: M.A.
- Georgia College and State University,
2002
- Major: History
- Degree: B.S.
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Research Interests
- Social Studies Education, Social Studies Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Program
Coherence, Student Teaching, Mentoring, Supervision, Paired Student Teaching
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Licensures and Certifications
- Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies Certificate
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Georgia
- Date Obtained: 2011-08-06
- Teaching, 6-12 Broad Field Social Science
- Sponsoring Organization: Georgia Professional Standards Commission
- Date Obtained: 2003-05-03
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Expertise
- Teacher Quality
- Teacher Education; Social Studies Teacher Education; Student Teaching; Student Teaching Supervision; Mentoring; Teacher Education
Programs
- Education
- Social Studies Education; Culturally Responsive Social Studies; Social Studies Textbooks
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Book Chapters
- Roberts, S. L., and Butler, B. M. Consumers and producers in the social studies classroom: How Web 2.0 technology can break the cycle of "teachers and machines.".Digital social studies.. Information Age Publishing.
- Roberts, S. L., and Butler, B. M. (2012). Idealizing and localizing the presidency: The president's place in state history textbooks..The new politics of the textbook: Critical analysis in the core content areas. (pp. 287-303). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
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Articles
- Logan, K., and Butler, B. M. "What do we know about elementary social studies?": Novice secondary teacher educators on learning to teach elementary social
studies methods.. Studying Teacher Education
- Butler, B. M., and Cuenca, A. (2012). Conceptualizing the roles of mentor teachers in student teaching.. Action in Teacher Education, 34 (4),
- Dinkelman, T., Cuenca, A., Butler, B. M., Elfer, C., Ritter, J. K., Powell, D. J., and Hawley, T. (2012). The influence of a collaborative doctoral seminar on emerging researcher-teacher educators.. Action in Teacher Education, 34 (2), (pp. 172-190).
- Cuenca, A., Schmeichel, M., Butler, B. M., Dinkelman, T., and Nichols, J. R. (2011). Creating a “third space” in student teaching: Implications for the university supervisor’s status as “outsider.”. Teaching and Teacher Education, 27 (7), (pp. 1068-1077).
- Cuenca, A., and Butler, B. M. (2010). Culturally responsible social studies.. Middle States Social Studies Journal, 1 (1), (pp. 5-10).
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Presentations
- Becoming teacher educators: The impact of a pedagogy of teacher education seminar on emerging teacher educator identities.
- Conference Name: AERA
- Sponsoring Organization: AERA
- Location: San Fransisco, CA
- Date: April 29, 2013
- Authors/Presenters:
Butler, B. M.
Burns, E.
Frierman, C.
Hawthorne, K.
Parrott, J.
Innes, A.
- Enacting teacher and emerging teacher educator identity: Implications of a pedagogy of teacher education seminar on practice
- Conference Name: ATE
- Sponsoring Organization: ATE
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Date: February, 2013
- Authors/Presenters:
Butler, B. M. Presenter & Author
Burns, E. Presenter & Author
Frierman, C. Presenter & Author
Hawthorne, K. Presenter & Author
Parrott, J. Presenter & Author
Trizna, A. Presenter & Author
- Uncovering the “black box”: Common attributes of coherent teacher education programs
- Conference Name: ATE
- Sponsoring Organization: ATE
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Date: February, 2013
- Authors/Presenters:
Butler, B. M. Presenter & Author
- Becoming teacher educators: A conversation on the influence of social studies doctoral education on the next generation of
social studies teacher educators
- Conference Name: National Council for the Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: National Council for the Social Studies
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Date: November, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
Dinkelman, T. Moderator
Murphy, K. Panelist
Butler, B. M. Panelist
Elfer, C. Panelist
Pan, S. Panelist
Cuenca, A. Panelist
Nichols, J.
- Knowledge transmission versus social transformation: A critical analysis of big ideas in elementary social studies methods
textbooks
- Conference Name: National Council for the Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: National Council for the Social Studies
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Date: November, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
Butler, B. M. Presenter & Author
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
Scott, W. Presenter & Author
- Metaphors of complexity: The roles of university supervisors.
- Conference Name: Self-Study SIG of AERA
- Sponsoring Organization: Self-Study SIG of AERA
- Location: East Sussex, England
- Date: August, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
Butler, B. M. Presenter & Author
Cuenca, A. Presenter & Author
Elfer, C. Presenter & Author
- Promoting a culture of collaboration: Possibilities and problems of alternative approaches to traditional student teaching.
- Conference Name: American Educational Research Association
- Sponsoring Organization: American Educational Research Association
- Location: Vancover, BC
- Date: April, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
Butler, B. M. Presenter & Author
- Outsourcing Elementary Social Studies: The Influence of Critical Friendship on Learning to Teach Elementary Social Studies.
- Conference Name: National Council for the Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: National Council for the Social Studies
- Location: Washington, DC
- Date: December 1, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Murphy, K. Presenter & Author
Butler, B. M. Presenter & Author
- “Ethic of care” and teacher education research: One teacher educator’s exploration of qualitative research ethics.
- Conference Name: American Education Research Association
- Sponsoring Organization: American Education Research Association
- Location: New Orleans
- Date: April 30, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Butler, B. M. Presenter & Author
- Challenging the construction of student teaching supervision: The possibilities of collaborative action research
- Conference Name: American Educational Research Association
- Sponsoring Organization: American Educational Research Association
- Location: Denver, CO
- Date: November, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Butler, B. M.
- The presidency and state history textbooks: Consequences of ideology and bias in middle grades social studies.
- Conference Name: National Council for the Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: National Council for the Social Studies
- Location: Denver, CO
- Date: November 11, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Roberts, S. L. Presenter & Author
Butler, B. M. Presenter & Author
- Conceptualizing the roles and responsibilities of mentor teachers.
- Conference Name: American Educational Research Association
- Sponsoring Organization: American Educational Research Association
- Location: Denver, CO
- Date: May, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Butler, B. M. Presenter & Author
Cuenca, A. Presenter & Author
- Creating a “third space” in student teaching: Implications for the university supervisor’s status as “outsider.”
- Conference Name: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- Sponsoring Organization: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- Date: February, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Dinkelman, T.
Butler, B. M.
Cuenca, A.
Nichols, J. R.
Schmeichel , M.
- Peering into the black box: A collaborative self-study of social studies teacher education
- Conference Name: University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- Date: November, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Dinkelman, T.
Cuenca, A.
Schmeichel, M.
Butler, B. M.
Nichols, J. R.
- Culturally responsible teaching: A pedagogical approach for the social studies classroom
- Conference Name: International Society for the Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: International Society for the Social Studies
- Location: Orlando Florida
- Date: February, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Butler, B. M.
Cuenca, A.
- Structuring the tandem-placement student teaching experience
- Conference Name: the College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: the College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Date: November, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Butler, B. M.
Elfer, C.
Roberts, S. L.
- Structured academic controversy: A guide to including controversial issues in the classroom
- Conference Name: The Georgia Council for the Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: The Georgia Council for the Social Studies
- Location: Athens, Georgia
- Date: October, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Nichols, J. R.
Cuenca, A.
Butler, B. M.
- How to create and implement historical inquiry in the classroom
- Conference Name: The Georgia Council for the Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: The Georgia Council for the Social Studies
- Location: Athens, Georgia
- Date: October, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Butler, B. M.
- Moving past stereotypes: Approaching world geography in a culturally responsible manner
- Conference Name: Georgia Council for the Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: Georgia Council for the Social Studies
- Location: Athens, Georgia
- Date: October, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Cuenca, A.
Nichols, J. R.
Butler, B. M.
- Mentoring single and tandem-placement student teachers: A comparative self-study
- Conference Name:
- Location: Cambridge MA
- Date: March, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Elfer, C.
Roberts, S. L.
Butler, B. M.
- Integration of GIS in a middle school classroom
- Conference Name: The Georgia Council for the Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: The Georgia Council for the Social Studies
- Location: Athens, Georgia
- Date: October, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Crabb, K.
Butler, B. M.
Carroll, N.
- 2010: GCSS Service Award, Georgia Council for the Social Studies
- 2009: Marion J Rice Award, University of Georgia
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research