Vita of John A. Beineke

1999-present	Dean, College Education and Professor of Educational Leadership/Secondary Education and History (tenured) Arkansas State University, State University, Arkansas.
1994-1999	Associate Director, Kellogg National Leadership Program and Program Director in Higher Education and Youth, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan.
1991-1994	Dean, College of Education and Professor of Education and History (tenured), Kennesaw State University, Marietta, Georgia.
1987-1991	Dean, College of Education and Health Sciences, Professor of Education (tenured), University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana.
1983-1987	Chair, Department of Education and Associate Professor of Education (tenured), Central College, Pella, Iowa.
1979-1983	Director of Teacher Education and Associate Professor of Education, Marion College (chair, Faculty Senate, 1980-82), Marion, Indiana.
1977-1979	Assistant Professor of Social Science and Education, Social Science Division Chair; Bartlesville College, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
1976-1977	Doctoral fellow, teaching assistant, and intern at Indiana Department of Public Instruction, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
1972-1976	Classroom teacher and department chair, Marion Community (IN) Schools.

Individual and Collective Accomplishments During Current Deanship at Arkansas State University

"Going Over All the Hurdles: The Oatess Archey Story, Indiana Historical Society Press, 2007 (in press).

"And There Were Giants in the Land."- The Life of William Heard Kilpatrick, Peter Lang, New York, NY, 1998. (American Educational Studies Association Critic Choice Award, 1999)

"William Van Til: The Consistent Progressive," chapter in Teachers and Mentors: Profiles of Distinguished Twentieth Century Professors of Education, edited by Kridel, Shaker, and Bullough, Garland Publishing, 1996. (Outstanding writing award for the book from American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 1997)

ARTICLES

“Comparing and Contrasting Rural and Urban Schools: A National Perspective and an International Model” with George Foldesy and Don Maness, Occasional Papers of the European Teacher Education Network, (Insituto Politecnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 2004).

"William Heard Kilpatrick" biographical entry in Encyclopedia of Education, Macmillan, (Macmillan, New York, 2002)

"Leadership Programs - Postulates and Competencies: Learning from the
Kellogg National Fellowship Experience" (with Roger Sublett) W.K. Kellogg Foundation Publication, 2000.

"A Reconsideration: William Heard Kilpatrick's Selfood and Civilization: A Study of the Self-Other Process" in Educational Studies, Summer, 1994.

"Is Progressive Education Obsolete?: A Reconsideration" Teaching Education, Volume V, No. 2.,1993.

"The Charge of Anti-Intellectualism in Teacher Education: Historical Roots and Current Controversies" Teacher Education Quarterly, Spring,1989.

"A Progressive at the Pinnacle: William Heard Kilpatrick's Final Years at Teachers College, Columbia University" Educational Theory, Spring, 1989.

"A Conversation with William Van Til", Social Education,January-February,1989.

" Cultural Literacy: Do Future Teachers Need It? Can the Educational Foundations Provide It?" with Robert Primack. Journal (Ohio-Michigan Association of Teacher Educators), Summer,1988.

"Education's Knowledge Base and the Liberal Arts: Is Collaboration Possible?" Contemporary Education, Summer, 1988.

"Sir Francis Gaiton: Pioneer in Gifted Education" Vitae Scholasticae, Spring, 1987.

"The Investigation of John Dewey by the F.B.I." Educational Theory, Winter, 1986-87.

"Critical Thinking, Teacher Education, and the National Reports" Teacher Education Quarterly, Winter, 1985.

"The Mark of Horace Mann on Iowa Education", The Palimpsest, May-June, 1985.

"George Orwell and Education" Social Education, March, 1984.

"Censorship in Indiana High School Libraries" Phi Delta Kappa, May, 1982.

“Expanding the Traditional Roles of Professional Development: Models, Means, and Methods” Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators, Orlando, October 2004

"Developing an International Professional Education Program at Arkansas State University: Meeting the Needs of Underserved Students in the Delta, European Teacher Educational Network, Groningen, Netherlands, February 2003.

"What Left Back Left Out: A Critical examination of Diane Ravitch's Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reform", Lead panelist at Annual Meeting of the History of education Society, New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University, October 2001.

"The Role of Joint Faculty Appointments in Teacher Education: A Model for Campus Collaboration." Presentation at Arkansas Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, Little Rock, April 2001.

"The Impact of Culture on American Education" U.S.-China Education Institute, San Francisco, April, 2000.

"Leadership Issues in American Education" National Junior Achievement Leadership Academy, Chicago, October, 1999

"Can Progressive Education Still Transform the Schools?" Ninth Annual William Van Til Lecture at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, April, 1997.

"Ethnicity, Gender, Personality, and Influence in the Careers of Progressive and Progressive-Era Educators," Symposium presentation at American Educational Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec, November, 1996.

"Perspectives on Educational Biography" Panel presentation at American Educational Research Association, Atlanta, Georgia, April, 1992.

"Growing Our Own: A School/University Partnership to Recruit Minority Teachers"          (with Donald Hunter.) The Minority Student Today National Conference, sponsored by the University of South Carolina, San Antonio, October, 1991.

"Perceptions of Progressive Education in Foundations Textbooks," (with Lawrence Dennis). American Educational Studies Association, Orlando, November, 1990.

"Education and the World of Samuel Johnson" Paper presented at the International Society for Educational Biography, Chicago, April, 1990.

"Teacher Education and the Humanities: Collaboration Within the Liberal Arts Context" Paper presented at Breadloaf Mountain (Vermont) National Endowment for the Humanities Conference, 1986.

"Transition to an Integrated Approach: Restructuring a Secondary Education Pre-Student Teaching Experience" Paper presented at the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, National Conference, Denver, 1985.

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY

Editor of FOCUS-National newsletter of the Kellogg National Leadership Program, 1994-1999.

Editorial Board for Educational Research Quarterly (Grambling State University), 1997-2000.

Textbook editorial consultant for Houghton Mifflin Company; Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc.; Merrill Company, and the Wm. C. Brown Publishers and manuscript reviewer for Southern Illinois University Press, 1987-Present.

Editor of Indiana Association of Colleges of Teacher Education newsletter, 1989-1991.

BOOK REVIEWS

Review of The Discipline of Hope: Learning from a Lifetime of Teaching by Herbert Kohl in Educational Horizons, Fall, 1998

Review of Wise Moves in Hard Times: Creating and Managing Resilient Colleges and Universities by David W. Leslie and E. K. Fretwell, Jr. in Educational Studies, Summer, 1997.

Review of The End of Education: Redefining the Value of Education by Neil Postman in Educational Horizons, Spring, 1997.

Review of Liberal Journalism in American Education, 1914-1941, by James M. Wallace in The Review of Education, Fall, 1992.

Review of George S. Counts and Charles A. Beard.- Collaborators for Change by Lawrence J. Dennis in Educational Studies, Fall, 1990.

Review of God's Choice: The Total World of A Fundamentalist Christian School by Alan Peshkin in Journal of Human Behavior and Learning, Spring, 1988.

Review of Learning to Heal: The Development of Modern Medical Education by Kenneth Ludinerer in Educational Studies, Spring, 1987.

Review of The Troubled Crusade: American Education 1945-1980, by Diane Ravitch in Journal of Teacher Education, March-April, 1984.

Selected Grants:

Grant from Arkansas Department of Higher Education to create Education Renewal Zone, 2006

Grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation to support professional development school partnerships and development, 2005.

Grant from Lumina Foundation to support Advanced Placement Institute, 2004 and 2006

Grant from Walker Foundation to support professional development of faculty, 2004.

Grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation to create and sustain public school foundations in Arkansas, 2002.

Grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation to internationalize student teaching experiences at Arkansas State University, April, 2001.

Grant from Arkansas Department of Education for Teacher Education Enhancement (middle level mathematics teacher preparation) 1999.

Grant from Professional Standards Commission of Georgia for transition to new
teacher licensing procedures and develop an MAT program (with Kenneth Pool), 1993.

Grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Enhance Elementary Science Education, Cartersville, Georgia Public Schools and Kennesaw State University, 1992.

Grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb for school/university collaboration for the recruitment of minority students into teacher education, May, 1990.

Grant from the Indiana Committee for the Humanities and the Robert Lee Blaffer Trust for secondary education/higher education conference held in New Harmony, Indiana, March, 1989 "Beginning Dialogue: Collaboration Between the Liberal Arts and Teacher Education".

Grant from the University of Evansville Alumni Research and Scholarly Activity Fellowship for research at Milbank Memorial Library, Teachers College, Columbia University, November 1987.

Grant for Summer Study Fellowship in history and education, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, at Middlebury College, 1985.

Grant from Lilly Endowment to create and produce professional development instructional materials on critical thinking and higher order questioning skills, 1981-82.

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate college and university teaching in an array of professional education courses and general education courses in American history. Graduate and doctoral courses in teacher education, curriculum, leadership, and the social sciences. Doctoral Committee Chair and Committee member. Secondary public school teacher in history, geography, and social studies. Also, upper grades teaching fellow at Burris Laboratory School, Ball State University. Have also supervised internships and student teachers (1972-1994).

Consulting/Speaking

Consultant to colleges and universities on issues of curriculum and instruction, grant making, and accreditation.

Provided testimony on educational policy before state legislative committees and caucuses and appeared On regional television discussing education policy.

Consultant to school districts on desegregation planning and school renewal.

Have designed and led domestic study trips and leadership seminars. Also, have designed and led groups internationally to Great Britain, Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, French, China and Costa Rica.

Speaker on educational and historical topics to civic, literary, and professional organizations including AAUW, League of Women Voters, Phi Delta Kappa chapters, National Honor Societies, and AARP.

Presentations representing the W.K. Kellogg Foundation on grant making, philanthropy, and higher education issues.

Graduate education program evaluator for the Ohio Board of Regents.

Service

Member, Board of Arkansas Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 1999-2003.

Member, Ball State University Teachers College, Board of Distinguished Visitors, 1998-present.

Member, Resource Development Committee of the Society for Public Health Education, 1997-1999.

Member, Committee for Continuous Improvement, Lakeview School District, MI, 1997-1999.

Appointed by governor to the Indiana Education Licensing and Certification Commission, 1990-91.

Active in church and community activities with emphases on youth, education, and social programs.

Professional Organizations and Affiliations

European Teacher Education Network
Phi Delta Kappa-President, Arkansas State University Chapter 2001-present
Phi Kappa Phi
American Educational Research Association
Southeast Regional Educational Studies Association
AERA-SIG Biography and Archival Studies
The John Dewey Society
American Educational Studies Association
Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development

Recent Professional Development Experiences

Oxford University Study Fellow - Harris Manchester College, 2006
College Board Advanced Placement Training - U.S. History 2005

University of Greenwich – Faculty Development in Education, 2005.
Stanford University-Faculty Development in Teacher Education, 2000, and 2001.
Oxford University, Kellogg College Continuing Education, Technology Initiatives, 2000
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Portland, OR 2000
Salzburg (Austria) Seminar on Non-Governmental Organizations, 1997.
Humanities and the Professions Workshop, 1997
AACC/ACCT Presidential Leadership Workshop, 1997
Gallup Leadership Institute, 1997
Enneagram Workshop, 1996
Robert Greenleaf Center for Ethical Leadership Workshop, 1996
Disney Creative Leadership Seminar, 1995
Center for Creative Leadership Workshop, 1995
Peter Senge Systems Approach Seminar, 1995
Colorado Outward Bound School, 1994
Facing History and Ourselves Workshop, 1993

Extensive professional development and in-service experiences in higher education, technology, diversity, and other leadership related areas.

Curriculum Specialist K-12 2002-2012
Middle Level Social Studies 2002-2012
Secondary Social Studies 2002-2012

Vita of Dr. John A. Beineke

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