Dan W. Butin
is assistant dean of
Cambridge College’s school of education, with responsibility for
the department of educational leadership, which is comprised of
the Masters in Education in school administration, CAGS (certificate of advanced graduate study),
and doctoral studies in educational leadership. He is the editor of Service-Learning in
Higher Education (2005, Palgrave) and Teaching Social
Foundations of Education (2005, Lawrence Erlbaum
Publishers), and author, most recently, of the forthcoming book
Rethinking Service-Learning: Embracing the Scholarship of
Engagement within Higher Education (forthcoming, Stylus).
Dr. Butin is an editorial board member of the journal
Educational Studies. His research focuses on issues of
educator preparation and policy and community-based models of
teaching, learning, and research. Dr. Butin is a
member of the group blog
Education Policy Blog, which links social foundations with
educational policy; he is also a member of the
Encyclopedia
Britannica blog. More about Dr. Butin’s teaching and research
can be found at http://danbutin.org/ and he can be contacted at
dan.butin@cambridgecollege.edu.
----- Recent and Forthcoming Publications
& Presentations -----
“Lessons from an Urban Classroom: A Review of
Schultz’s Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way.”
Educational Studies.
“Justice in Doubt: Disturbing
Service-Learning to Reclaim Justice-Oriented
Education" presented at the American
Educational Research Association annual conference,
NYC, March 2008.
“Filling the ‘Holes’ in Holistic
Education: Towards a Comprehensive Research Base for
Holistic Education” presented at the American
Educational Research Association annual conference,
NYC, March 2008. co-authored with Dr. Brenda Grimes.
“Reclaiming Foundations: A Manifesto
for the Future of the Foundations Field.”
paper presentation with Aaron Schutz to
be presented at the American Educational Studies
Association (AESA) national conference.
Cleveland, OH. October, 2007.
“Elimination of Foundations Courses
in Teacher Preparation Programs—Do We Have a Say?”
panel presentation at
the American Educational Studies Association
(AESA) national conference. Cleveland, OH. October,
2007.
"Social Injustices in
Education", Keynote Speech at Lasell
College's
America Reads Conference,
April, 2007.
"The
Limits and Possibilities of Service-Learning in
Higher Education." Plenary talk at the
Michigan Campus Compact Institute.
February, 2007.
“Civic Engagement”
entry in Encyclopedia of the
American High School, edited by Kathryn Borman, Spencer
Cahill, and Bridget Cotner. New York: Greenwood
Publishing.
“Student Resistance” entry in
Encyclopedia of the Social and
Cultural Foundations of Education, edited by Eugene F.
Provenzo, Jr. NY: SAGE Publications.
“Service-Learning” entry in
Encyclopedia of the Social and
Cultural Foundations of Education, edited by Eugene F.
Provenzo, Jr. NY: SAGE Publications.
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Recent
& Forthcoming Publications,
Presentations, and Workshops for the General Public -----
see full cv for entire list
“Class in the Classroom: How
Does Class, Culture and Poverty Impact Schooling?”
“Race Matters: Understanding
Race and Ethnicity in Education”
"Strengthening Community-Based
Teaching and learning in Higher Education”
“The Curious Relationship
Between Service-Learning and Social Justice Education”
“Getting Faculty ‘Buy-In’ to
Service-Learning”
“Education or Indoctrination?
Teaching Complex and Contested Knowledge in the Higher
Education Classroom”