James Richard Birrell
Associate Professor
Teacher Education, Department of
Education, David O. McKay School of
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Office: 206F MCKB
Phone: 801-422-6194
Email: james_birrell@byu.edu
Office hours: M-W 11-12 (FW)

Area of Discipline / Professional Expertise

• Moral and social dimensions of education
• Multicultural issues in education or intervention
• Multiculturalism and diversity

Research

• Examining multiple dimensions of preparing preservice and inservice teachers for diverse classroom settings; exploring effective ways of preparing prospective and professional teachers to promote the ideals of democratic education; investigating the work of former BYU student teachers now teaching in urban classrooms.

Education

• Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Nevada, 1993
• M.Ed., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Utah, 1984
• B.S., Elementary Education, Brigham Young University, 1981

Affiliations

• Elementary Education - Primary

Selected Publications

• "The paired-placement of student teaching: An alternative to traditional placements in secondary schools", Teaching and Teacher Education, Nokes, J., Bullough, R., Egan, M., Birrell, J., Volume 24, September, 2008 
• "The "U" Curve Hypothesis: A Framework for Making Sense of Learning to Teach in Diverse Settings", Multicultural Learning and Teaching, Birrell, J.R., & Tinney, M.V., Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 28-48, Peer reviewed on line Journal, March, 2008  View Abstract
• "A beginning teacher's journey to culturally responsive teaching", Multicultural Teaching and Learning, Birrell, J.R., Vanatter, R., & Tinney, M., Volume One, Issue One, January, 2006  View Abstract
• "Teaching with a peer: A follow-up study of the 1st year of teaching", Action in Teacher Education, Birrell, J.R., & Bullough, R.V., Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 72-81, Rowman & Littlefield Education, Lanham, MD, 2005  View Abstract
• "Moving beyond collusion: clinical faculty and university/public school partnership", Teaching and Teacher Education, Bullough, R.V., Draper, R.J., Smith, L., Volume 20, Pages 505-521, April, 2004  View Abstract
• "Confirming Remarkableness: Secondary student teaching in inner city Washington D.C.", Impact. A Journal for Secondary School Principles, B. Vanatter, 2003 
• "Teaching with a peer: A comparision of Two Models of Student Teaching", Teaching and Teacher Education, R. Bullough, J. Young, C. Clark, M. Egan, L. Erickson, M. Frankovitch, J. Brunetti, Volume 19, Pages 57-73, 2003 
• "The worth on nontraditional preservice teachers to urban children", Impact. A Journal for Secondary School Principles, J. BIRRELL, 2002 
• "Rethinking field experience: Partnership teaching versus single-placement teaching.", Journal of Teacher Education, R. Bullough, J. Young, L. Erickson, C. Clark, W. Egan, et al., Issue 53, Pages 68-80, 2002 
• "Overcoming parental resistance to school change", Educators for Urban Minorities, K. Allred, J. Butler, Issue 1, Pages 33-43, 1999 
• "Paradise unrealized: Teacher educators and the costs and benefits of school/university partnerships", Journal of Teacher Education, R. Bullough, J. Young, C. Clark, L. Erickson, R. Earle, et al., Issue 50, Pages 381-390, 1999 

Experience

Teaching

• Associate Professor or Elementary Education, Brigham Young University, 1999
• Assistant Professor of Elementary Education, Brigham Young University, 1993-1999

Awards

• Research Grant, School of Education, 2007
• Research Grant, School of Education, 2005
• Research Grant, School of Education, 2004
• Research Grant, Educate America Act, 2001
• Research Grant, Educate America Act, 2001
• Research Grant, Educate America Act, 2000
• Research Grant, Educate America Act, 2000
• Research Grant, College of Education, 2000
• Research Grant, Educate America Act, 1999
• Tenure and Continuing Faculty Status, Brigham Young University, 1999

Languages

• English