J. Wesley Null, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Curriculum & Foundations of Education
School of Education and the Honors College
Campus Contact Information:
Baylor University
School of Education
One Bear Place #97314
Waco, TX 76798-7314
(T) 254-710-6120
(F) 254-710-3160
Wesley_Null@baylor.edu
http://homepages.baylor.edu/wesley_null
Education:
B.S., Education, Magna Cum Laude, Eastern New Mexico University. Certification Areas: K-8: All Subjects; Secondary: General Science, 1995.
M.Ed., Educational Administration and Foundations of Education, Eastern New Mexico University, 1998.
Ph.D., Curriculum Studies and History of Education, The University of Texas at Austin, 2001.
Teaching and Research Interests:
My name is Dr. Wesley Null, and I am an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Foundations of Education. I teach courses in the School of Education and the Honors College. I also conduct research on curriculum theory, educational history, and pedagogy.
In addition to my interest in curriculum theory and pedagogy, I have conducted research on the history of American education, specifically curriculum and teacher education. I have served as Editor of the American Educational History Journal for the past four years, and my appointment was recently renewed through 2011. In addition to books, my work can be found in journals such as Teachers College Record, the Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, The Educational Forum, the Kappa Delta Pi Record, the Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, and the American Educational History Journal.
Within the School of Education, I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Curriculum and Foundations of Education (History and Philosophy of Education). Outside of the School of Education, I teach in Baylor's Great Texts Program and the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core (BIC), both of which are part of the Honors College. I also serve as Faculty Assistant Director of Baylor's Honors Program.
For more, you can visit this link: http://homepages.baylor.edu/wesley_null.
Books:
J. Wesley Null, Peerless Educator: The Life and Work of Isaac Leon Kandel (New York: Peter Lang, 2007).
J. Wesley Null, Ed., The Pursuit of Curriculum: Schooling and the Public Interest, by William A. Reid (Greenwich, CT: IAP–Information Age Publishing, 2006).
J. Wesley Null and Diane Ravitch, Eds., Forgotten Heroes of American Education: The Great Tradition of Teaching Teachers (Greenwich, CT: IAP–Information Age Publishing, 2006).
Andrew J. Milson, Chara Haeussler Bohan, Perry L. Glanzer, and J. Wesley Null, Eds., Readings in American Educational Thought: From Puritanism to Progressivism (Greenwich, CT: IAP–Information Age Publishing, 2004).
J. Wesley Null, A Disciplined Progressive Educator: The Life and Career of William Chandler Bagley (New York: Peter Lang, 2003).
39. * J. Wesley Null, "Editor's Introduction," American Educational History Journal 35, 2 (2008): v–vi.
38. * J. Wesley Null, "Editor's Introduction," American Educational History Journal 35, 1 (2008): ix–xi.
37. * Amy Williamson and J. Wesley Null, "Ralph Waldo Emerson's Educational Philosophy as a Foundation for Cooperative Learning," American Educational History Journal 35, 2 (2008): 381–392.
36. * Roselynn Nguyen and J. Wesley Null, "From the Unity of Truth to Technique and Back Again: The Transformation of Curriculum and Professionalism Within Higher Education," American Educational History Journal 35, 1 (2008): 103–116.
35. * J. Wesley Null, "Is There a Future for Teacher Ed Curriculum?: An Answer from History and Moral Philosophy," American Educational History Journal 35, 1 (2008): 3–18.
34. * J. Wesley Null, "William Bagley versus Arthur Bestor: Why the Standard Story is Not True," The Educational Forum 72 (Winter 2008): 200–214.
2007
33. * J. Wesley Null, "Editor's Introduction," American Educational History Journal 34, 2 (2007): v–vi.
32. * J. Wesley Null, "Editor's Introduction," American Educational History Journal 34, 1 (2007): ix–x.
31. * J. Wesley Null, "Curriculum for Teachers: Four Traditions Within Pedagogical Philosophy," Educational Studies 42 (August 2007): 43–63.
30. * Chara Haeussler Bohan and J. Wesley Null, "Gender and the Evolution of Normal School Education: An Historical Analysis of Institutions in Texas," Educational Foundations 21, 3–4 (Summer–Fall 2007): 3–26.
29. * J. Wesley Null, "William C. Bagley and the Founding of Essentialism: An Untold Story in American Educational History," Teachers College Record 109 (April 2007): 1013–1055.
28. * J. Wesley Null, "An Introduction to Isaac Leon Kandel: Who He Was and Why He Matters," The Educational Forum 71 (Winter 2007): 142–156.
2006
27. * J. Wesley Null, "Editor's Introduction," American Educational History Journal 33, 2 (Fall 2006): v–vi.
26. * J. Wesley Null, "Educational Foundations for Teachers: Why We Lost and What to Do About It," Journal of Philosophy and History of Education 56 (Fall 2006): 130–132.
25. * J. Wesley Null, "Editor's Introduction," American Educational History Journal 33, 1 (Spring 2006): v–vi.
2005
24. * J. Wesley Null and Chara Haeussler Bohan, "Teacher Education Curriculum: What, How, and Why," Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue 7 (Fall 2005): 39–49.
2004
* (The United States of America) Null, Wesley, "A Prudent Progressive Educator: Reinterpretation of William Bagley" (Original Title: An Intellectual Progressive Educator: Toward a Rereading of William Chandler Bagley, 1874–1946), translated by Chuanbao Jin, Contemporary Educational Science, vol. 13, 2004: 27–29, 64.
23. J. Wesley Null, "What Should We Teach the Teachers?," Baylor Magazine 3 (Summer 2004): 51.
22. * Rachelle Meyer and J. Wesley Null, "Worthy Teachers for the Schools of Texas: An Overview of the History of Southwest Texas State Normal School," American Educational History Journal 31, 1 (Spring 2004): 87–94.
21. * J. Wesley Null, "Social Efficiency Splintered: Multiple Meanings Instead of the Hegemony of One," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision 19 (Winter 2004): 99–124.
20. * J. Wesley Null, "Is Constructivism Traditional?: Practical and Historical Perspectives on a Popular Advocacy," The Educational Forum 68 (Winter 2004): 80–88.
2003
19. * J. Wesley Null, "Education and Knowledge, Not ‘Standards and Accountability': A Critique of Popular Reform Rhetoric Based on the Work of Dewey, Bagley, and Schwab," Educational Studies 34 (Winter 2003): 397–413.
18. * J. Wesley Null, "The Destruction of Knowledge By Accountability: Would a Re-Emphasis on Aristotle's Intellectual Virtues Be Useful?," Journal of Philosophy and History of Education 53 (Fall 2003): 145–151.
17. * J. Wesley Null, "John Dewey's The Child and the Curriculum 100 Years Later: Lessons For Today?," American Educational History Journal 30 (Fall 2003): 59–68.
16. * J. Wesley Null, "An Intellectual Progressive Educator: Toward a Rereading of William Chandler Bagley, 1874–1946," The Educational Forum 67 (Summer 2003): 300–307.
15. * J. Wesley Null and Andrew J. Milson, "Beyond Marquee Morality: Virtue in the Social Studies," The Social Studies 94 (May/June 2003): 119–122.
14. * J. Wesley Null, "Constructivism Past and Present: Historical Reflections on a Popular Idea," Florida Educational Leadership 3 (Spring 2003, invited): 7–11.
13. * J. Wesley Null, "Who Is Responsible For Student Learning?," Kappa Delta Pi Record 39 (Spring 2003): 101–103.
2002
12. * J. Wesley Null, "Social Efficiency or Vocational Efficiency?: Toward a Deeper Knowledge of a Misunderstood Term," Curriculum History (2002): 41–47.
11. * J. Wesley Null, "Questioning Social Efficiency: The Term Within Its Historical Context," Journal of Philosophy and History of Education 52 (Fall 2002): 120–124.
10. * J. Wesley Null, "The Narrowing of Knowledge By Accountability: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Knowledge in Schools," Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue 4 (Fall 2002): 147–155.
9. * J. Wesley Null, "Who Meant What With Social Efficiency?: Several Different Conceptions of a Narrowly Understood Term," American Educational History Journal 29 (Summer 2002): 80–88.
2001
8. * J. Wesley Null, "A Note to New Teachers," New Teacher Advocate 8 (Summer 2001): 2.
7. * J. Wesley Null, "Psychology, Cornell, and the Rockies: The Graduate Preparation and Early Career of William C. Bagley, 1896–1906," Curriculum History (2001): 55–66.
2000
6. * J. Wesley Null, "Progress in Dillon: William Chandler Bagley and Montana Education, 1902–1906," American Educational History Journal 27 (Fall 2000): 64–70.
5. * J. Wesley Null, "Schwab, Bagley, and Dewey: Concerns for the Theoretic and the Practical," The Educational Forum 65 (Fall 2000): 42–51.
4. * J. Wesley Null, "The Theoretic Confronts the Practical: A Case Study of Science Teachers and Mandated Curriculum Reform," Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue 2 (Fall 2000): 61–69.
1999
3. * J. Wesley Null, "Efficiency Jettisoned: Unacknowledged Changes in the Curriculum Thought of John Franklin Bobbitt," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision 15 (Fall 1999): 35–42.
2. * J. Wesley Null, "Teaching Technology a Lesson," Kappa Delta Pi Record 35 (Summer 1999): 150–151.
1. * J. Wesley Null and Matthew D. Davis, "Early 20th Century Changes in New Mexico Curriculum and the Emergence of One Progressive Educator," Curriculum History (1999): 13–23.
*Peer reviewed publication.
Book Reviews:
3. * J. Wesley Null, "Review of Lee Benson, Ira Harkavy, and John Puckett's Dewey's Dream: Universities and Democracy in an Age of Education Reform, History of Education Quarterly 48 (November 2008): in press.
2. * J. Wesley Null, "Process and Purpose in Our Teaching," Review of Donna Adair Breault and Rick Breault's Experiencing Dewey: Insights for Today's Classroom, The Educational Forum 69 (Summer 2005): 406–407.
1. * J. Wesley Null, Review of Gordon E. Harvey's A Question of Justice: New South Governors and Education, 1968–1976, History of Education Quarterly 44 (Fall 2004): 472–474.
J. Wesley Null, Peerless Educator: The Life and Work of Isaac Leon Kandel (New York: Peter Lang, 2007).
J. Wesley Null, Ed., The Pursuit of Curriculum: Schooling and the Public Interest, by William A. Reid (Greenwich, CT: IAP–Information Age Publishing, 2006).
J. Wesley Null and Diane Ravitch, Eds., Forgotten Heroes of American Education: The Great Tradition of Teaching Teachers (Greenwich, CT: IAP–Information Age Publishing, 2006).
Andrew J. Milson, Chara Haeussler Bohan, Perry L. Glanzer, and J. Wesley Null, Eds., Readings in American Educational Thought: From Puritanism to Progressivism (Greenwich, CT: IAP–Information Age Publishing, 2004).
J. Wesley Null, A Disciplined Progressive Educator: The Life and Career of William Chandler Bagley (New York: Peter Lang, 2003).
J. Wesley Null, "Psychology, Cornell, and the Rockies: The Graduate Preparation and Early Career of William C. Bagley, 1896-1906," Curriculum History (2001):55-66.
Other:
Editor, American Educational History Journal
For more information, please visit my personal web site at: http://homepages.baylor.edu/wesley_null
