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I am, first and foremost, a teacher. I began my teaching career
as a middle school social studies teacher and have now been involved
in teacher education for ten years. Currently, I teach general elementary
education and elementary social studies methods courses. I also
teach courses in middle school social studies methods and civic
discourse in the social studies.
I am particularly interested in integrating computers into the
classroom in meaningful ways. Recently, I completed a project that
allowed preservice teachers to discuss a selection of children’s
literature with fifth graders via online blogs.
In addition to teaching, I am also the middle school coordinator
in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
Selected publications
Johnson, T., & Avery, P. G. (1999). The
power of the press: A content and discourse analysis of the
United States history standards as presented in selected
newspapers. Theory and Research in Social Education, 27
(4), 447-471.
Avery, P. G., & Johnson, T. (1999). How
newspapers framed the U.S. history standards debate. Social
Education, 63(4), 220-224.
Revised January 2008
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