Dr. Rick A. Breault
Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction/Literacy
West Virginia University
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Here you will find a sampling of papers and articles that I have written. They do not fit with any larger agenda but represent miscellaneous opportunities that have come my way, flights of fancy and self-indulgence, or attempts to make the most of interesting situations in my teaching. In every case, however, I'd like to believe that the effort has made me a better teacher or scholar.







Published Pieces (excluding PDS-related projects)
1986. The philosopher-educator. Insights 22(2), 13-14.

1990. Bridging the gap between theory and practice. Kappa Delta Pi Record 27(1), 9-11.

1991. Is peace-ful education possible? Insights 26(1), 6-7.

1992. The teaching culture and classroom computer use. Thresholds in Education, 18(1), 5-8

1994. w/Chamberlin, M., Dispenzeiri, P., & Lagoni, C. Moral discourse among transenscent girls. Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 3(2), 85-97.

1995. Preparing teachers for culturally diverse classrooms. The Educational Forum, 59(3), 265-275.

1996. Multiple intelligence theory and its potential for interdisciplinary general studies. Liberal Arts Dispatch, 1(3), 22-26.

1999. The Sound-bite Curriculum. The Teacher Educator, 35(1), 1-7.

1999. Morally responsive teaching. In Affirming Middle Grades Education, W. G. Gerrick & C. Walley (Eds.). Boston: Allyn-Bacon.

2000. w/ Berson, M. The novice teacher. In Life Cycle of the Career Teacher. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

2002. Real tales for teachers (In "For the Record" as Consulting Editor). Kappa Delta Pi Record, 38(4), 154-155.

2003. Dewey, Freire, and A Pedagogy for the Oppressor. Multicultural Education 10(3).

2004. w/Tom Crumpler and Donna Adair Breault. Perspectives on curriculum change. In S.D. Lenski and W.L. Black (Eds.) Transforming teacher education through partnerships. Lewiston, NY: Mellen.

2004. Dissonant themes in student teaching portfolios. Teaching and Teacher Education, 20, 847-859.

2005. Experiencing Dewey: Insights for today’s classrooms.  (Donna Adair Breault, co-editor). Indianapolis, IN: Kappa Delta Pi.

2005. The anatomy of school reform movements: Lessons from 1945-1980. In A. Al-Bataineh (Ed.) International Education Systems and Contemporary Education Reforms, pp. 10-19. Rowman & Littlefield.

2005. Priming the philosophic process. The Teacher Educator. 40(3), 149-162.

2006. Finding the blue note: The blues as a metaphor for teaching. Journal of Educational Thought 40(2).

2008.  Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education. Provenzo, E. (Ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
            Authored four entries: Economic inequality; First-person accounts; Life adjustment Movement; Religious fundamentalism   

            and public education

2009. The celluloid teacher: How Hollywood portrays excellence in teaching, in The Educational Forum, 73(4).
306-317.


2010. The fundamentalist tendencies of the new curricularists. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue 12(1&2), 37-51.

2011. (w/R. Hackler & R. Bradley). Seeking rigor in the search for identity: A trioethnography. In Norris, J., Sawyer, R., & Lund, D. 
          (Eds.). Duoethnography: Methods for Social, Health, and Education Research. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Selected Unpublished Conference Papers

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