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J Merrell Hansen


Area of Discipline / Professional Expertise
  • Instructional leadership in schools
  • Social studies instruction
  • Teacher preparation and professional development
  • Teaching methods and instruction
Research
  • Clinical field experiences Social studies renewal and reform
  • Student teacher placements in partnership schools. The moral dimensions of teaching. Data-driven decision-making. Social studies standards and the utilization of these in classrooms.
Education
  • Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, Social Studies Education, Educational Foundations, The University of Texas at Austin, 1971
  • M.Ed., Education Administration/Curriculum and Instruction, Brigham Young University, 1966
  • B.A., Secondary Education, Sociial Studies, Composite History, Sociology, Geography, Brigham Young University, 1964
Affiliations
  • Secondary Education - Primary
Selected Publications
  • "Exploring the Moral Dimensions of Teaching to Improve Teachers and Teaching", Proceedings: Hawaii International Conference on Education, j Merrell Hansen and Nancy Wentworth, Pages 134, East West Council for Education, Asia-Pacific Research Institute of Peking University, and University of Louisville, Honolulu, January, 2005 
  • "Building a School Culture with a Data-Driven Vision", Theories and Practices, J. Merrell Hansen, Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 78-82, Utah Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, Salt Lake City, Utah, July, 2004 
  • "The Power of Action Research, Technology and Teacher Education", Computers in the Classroom, J. Merrell Hansen and Nancy Nalder-Godfrey, Volume 21, January, 2004 
  • "Business as Usual: No Longer Good Enough", Snapshots: The Specialist Schools Trust Journal of Innovation in Education, J. Merrell Hansen and Robert Gentry, Volume 1, Issue 4, April, 2004 
  • "The Principal's Role in Mentoring: Implications Not Always Considered", The Researcher, L. Joseph Matthews, J. Merrell Hansen and Ellen J. Williams, Volume 18, April, 2004 
  • "The American Tradition of Education", J. Merrell Hansen, Edition 1, Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, Bloomington, Indiana, Donovan R. Walling, 2004 
  • "The Power of Action Research, Technology and Teacher Education", J. Merrell Hansen and Nancy Nalder-Godfrey, Edition 1, Haworth Press Inc., New York, Nancy Wentworth, Rodney Earle and Michael L. Connell, 2004 
  • "Technology as a Resource for Students' Action Research Projects", Information Technology and Teacher Education Annual, J. Merrell Hansen and Nancy Nalder-Godfrey, 2003 
  • "The Electronic Portfolio: A New and Better Way for Teachers to Show What They Can Do", Theories and Practices in Supervision and Curriculum, J. Merrell Hansen, Mary Hansen and Roger Olsen, Volume 14, May, 2003 
  • "Mindful Change in a Data-Driven School", Principal Leadership, J. Merrell Hansen, Robert Gentry and Todd Dalley, Volume 3, Issue 6, 2003 
  • "Teaching for Global Understanding: A Necessity in a Global Age", Trends and Issues, J. Merrell Hansen, Volume 14, Issue 3, 2002 
  • "The Power of More than One", Principal Leadership, J. Merrell Hansen and Joe Matthews, Volume 3, Issue 2, March, 2002 
  • "Making a Professional Learning Community: Getting Better, One Group at a Time", Theories and Practices in Supervision and Curriculum, J. Merrell Hansen, Volume 13, May, 2002 
  • "Effective Schools, Effective Learning, Effective Tools", Technology and Teacher Education Annual, J. Merrell Hansen and Robert Gentry, 2002 
  • "Rediscovering Ourselves and Why We Teach", High School Journal, J. Merrell Hansen and Nancy Wentworth, Volume 85, Issue 4, April, 2002 
  • "Technology: The Classroom Friend", Impact: A Journal for the Utah Association of Secondary School Principals, J. Merrell Hansen, Issue 2, December, 2002 
  • "Student cohorts, school rhythms, and teacher education", Teacher Education Quarterly, R. Bullough, Jr., D. C. Clark, N. Wentworth, Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 97-110, April, 2001 
  • "Options within the new schoolhouse", Kappa Delta Pi Record, J. Merrell Hansen, R. Gentry, Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages 78-81, October, 2001 
  • "A university/public school partnership: Change Forces of Teacher Education and Professional Development", The Professional Educator, J. Merrell Hansen, Nancy Wentworth, Tina Howard, Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 51-63, April, 2000 
  • "Making clear instructional decisions", The High School Magazine, J. Merrell Hansen, Volume 7, Issue 5, Pages 33-34, January, 2000 
  • "Making clear instructional decisions", Schools in the Middle, J. Merrell Hansen, Volume 9, Issue 5, Pages 8-10, January, 2000 
  • "Citizenship and civic education: Back on the agenda for the schools", The High School Journal, Issue 82, Pages 117-122, 1999 
  • "Reflective inquiry and the nature of professional growth", Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines, Issue 18, Pages 87-94, 1999 
Experience

Teaching
  • Professor, Department of Secondary Education, Brigham Young University, 1995
  • Associate Professor, Department of Secondary Education, Brigham Young University, 1988-1995
  • Professor, Washington State University, 1975-1982
  • Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, 1971-1975

Awards
  • Recognition, Program Honoring Teachers Who Made a Difference, The University of Kentucky, 2000
Languages
  • Danish

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