Lynn E Nielsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1119397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynn E Nielsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynn E |
| FAMILY NAME | Nielsen |
| SIGNATURE | NIELSEN L E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Northern Iowa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Designing Discussions: Four Ways to Open Up a Dialogue
Discussion-based teaching has long been recognized as a way to promote civic engagement. However, increasing the amount and quality of student talk in social studies classrooms has proven very difficult in practice. This article's purpose is to show how teachers can design a discussion to increase student involvement. A well-designed discussion will satisfy the following three conditions: the topic will be arguable, located within the students' e…
Male Elementary Preservice Teachers' Gendering of Teaching
In this article, we examine how prevailing and al-ternative conceptions of masculinity framed the ways in which 40 White, male, elementary preservice teachers constructed the meaning of teaching. The imperatives associated with male-ness were recognizable through four metaphors frequently used to define teaching and themselves as teachers; to teach is as follows: (a) to be a male role model, (b) to be a sports coach, (c) to appeal to reason, and …
Gender and Cohort Differences in University Students' Decisions to Become Elementary Teacher Education Majors
From 1980 to 1988, Lynn Nielsen, one of the authors, taught second- and third-grade students in a midsized town in the Midwest. He was the only male primary teacher during that period and one of few males among all elementary teachers in the building. A laboratory school instructor, he also supervised teacher education students. He often asked the few men under his supervision how they came to choose elementary education as their university major…
History in the First Person
Opening a Window on the World
The development of citizenship traditionally has been the major goal of American education. While the meaning of citizenship has long been debated by American educators, today it is often associated with global awareness. Limiting citizenship by political boundaries is no longer acceptable, and where yesterday the responsibility for directing their students' attention to the world lying beyond the borders of their own nation was assigned primaril…
Celebrating a Centennial—An Approach to Teaching Historical Concepts to Young Children
(1985). Celebrating a Centennial—An Approach to Teaching Historical Concepts to Young Children. The Social Studies: Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 100-102
An Investigation of Correspondence Courses for Naturalization Applicants
Gender and Cohort Differences in University Students' Decisions to Become Elementary Teacher Education Majors
From 1980 to 1988, Lynn Nielsen, one of the authors, taught second- and third-grade students in a midsized town in the Midwest. He was the only male primary teacher during that period and one of few males among all elementary teachers in the building. A laboratory school instructor, he also supervised teacher education students. He often asked the few men under his supervision how they came to choose elementary education as their university major…
Male Elementary Preservice Teachers' Gendering of Teaching
In this article, we examine how prevailing and al-ternative conceptions of masculinity framed the ways in which 40 White, male, elementary preservice teachers constructed the meaning of teaching. The imperatives associated with male-ness were recognizable through four metaphors frequently used to define teaching and themselves as teachers; to teach is as follows: (a) to be a male role model, (b) to be a sports coach, (c) to appeal to reason, and …
Designing Discussions: Four Ways to Open Up a Dialogue
Discussion-based teaching has long been recognized as a way to promote civic engagement. However, increasing the amount and quality of student talk in social studies classrooms has proven very difficult in practice. This article's purpose is to show how teachers can design a discussion to increase student involvement. A well-designed discussion will satisfy the following three conditions: the topic will be arguable, located within the students' e…
Celebrating a Centennial—An Approach to Teaching Historical Concepts to Young Children
(1985). Celebrating a Centennial—An Approach to Teaching Historical Concepts to Young Children. The Social Studies: Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 100-102
An Investigation of Correspondence Courses for Naturalization Applicants
History in the First Person
Opening a Window on the World
The development of citizenship traditionally has been the major goal of American education. While the meaning of citizenship has long been debated by American educators, today it is often associated with global awareness. Limiting citizenship by political boundaries is no longer acceptable, and where yesterday the responsibility for directing their students' attention to the world lying beyond the borders of their own nation was assigned primaril…
Gender and Cohort Differences in University Students' Decisions to Become Elementary Teacher Education Majors
From 1980 to 1988, Lynn Nielsen, one of the authors, taught second- and third-grade students in a midsized town in the Midwest. He was the only male primary teacher during that period and one of few males among all elementary teachers in the building. A laboratory school instructor, he also supervised teacher education students. He often asked the few men under his supervision how they came to choose elementary education as their university major…
Male Elementary Preservice Teachers' Gendering of Teaching
In this article, we examine how prevailing and al-ternative conceptions of masculinity framed the ways in which 40 White, male, elementary preservice teachers constructed the meaning of teaching. The imperatives associated with male-ness were recognizable through four metaphors frequently used to define teaching and themselves as teachers; to teach is as follows: (a) to be a male role model, (b) to be a sports coach, (c) to appeal to reason, and …
Designing Discussions: Four Ways to Open Up a Dialogue
Discussion-based teaching has long been recognized as a way to promote civic engagement. However, increasing the amount and quality of student talk in social studies classrooms has proven very difficult in practice. This article's purpose is to show how teachers can design a discussion to increase student involvement. A well-designed discussion will satisfy the following three conditions: the topic will be arguable, located within the students' e…
Mathematics education (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Social studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (2 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Political science (2 works)