Geoffrey Scheurman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1603525 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geoffrey Scheurman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geoffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Scheurman |
| SIGNATURE | SCHEURMAN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–River Falls |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A local two-way partnership for teacher development
Middle school teacher Michael Yell and education professor Geoffrey Scheurman discuss a decades-long partnership of ongoing professional development opportunities that involve teachers, university faculty, and teacher candidates working together to create personalized, meaningful, and sustained initiatives that enhance the growth and skills of all those involved. The resulting professional laboratory includes classroom collaborations, preservice …
A "Canon" for American Identity
During our collaboration, our group never resolved the issue of a “canon” of national history. I remember Neil Postman's claim that, no matter the approach to unveiling the American story, if a teacher had not read the following, Postman “would be reluctant to have him or her in close contact with American children”: The Rights of Man, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Democracy in America, the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipatio…
America as Metaphor
America is a metaphor defined by the arguments that frame its story. In my experience, young people often think of personal disagreements or differences of mere opinion when they hear the word “argument,” as opposed to reasoned judgments formed by deliberate intellectual processes (1). When they hear the term “America,” they may think of a place, but seldom an “essentially contested idea” or “an idea sustained through argument” (2). In this artic…
Still Searching for America
Now the onlely way to... provide for ouir posterity is to... doe Justly, to love mercy, to walke humbly with our God, for this end, wee must be knitt together in this worke as one man,... allwayes haveing before ouir eyes... our Community as members of the same body.... [F]or wee must Consider that wee shall be as a Citty upon a Hill, the eies of all people are upon us... (1). Much like John Winthrop boarded ship with other Puritans bound for the…
Looking twice means seeing more
The Emperor's New Computer
The Emperor's New Computer
Looking twice means seeing more
A "Canon" for American Identity
During our collaboration, our group never resolved the issue of a “canon” of national history. I remember Neil Postman's claim that, no matter the approach to unveiling the American story, if a teacher had not read the following, Postman “would be reluctant to have him or her in close contact with American children”: The Rights of Man, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Democracy in America, the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipatio…
America as Metaphor
America is a metaphor defined by the arguments that frame its story. In my experience, young people often think of personal disagreements or differences of mere opinion when they hear the word “argument,” as opposed to reasoned judgments formed by deliberate intellectual processes (1). When they hear the term “America,” they may think of a place, but seldom an “essentially contested idea” or “an idea sustained through argument” (2). In this artic…
Still Searching for America
Now the onlely way to... provide for ouir posterity is to... doe Justly, to love mercy, to walke humbly with our God, for this end, wee must be knitt together in this worke as one man,... allwayes haveing before ouir eyes... our Community as members of the same body.... [F]or wee must Consider that wee shall be as a Citty upon a Hill, the eies of all people are upon us... (1). Much like John Winthrop boarded ship with other Puritans bound for the…
A local two-way partnership for teacher development
Middle school teacher Michael Yell and education professor Geoffrey Scheurman discuss a decades-long partnership of ongoing professional development opportunities that involve teachers, university faculty, and teacher candidates working together to create personalized, meaningful, and sustained initiatives that enhance the growth and skills of all those involved. The resulting professional laboratory includes classroom collaborations, preservice …
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (3 works) · Identity (music (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Art (2 works)