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David Berman Senior Research Associate School of Education University of Pittsburgh 5104 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA Email: dmberman@pitt.edu |
- College of Education, Pennsylvania State University, (PhD in Curriculum and Instruction, 1986)
- Converse College (MEd in Social Studies Education, 1978)
- College of the Liberal Arts Pennsylvania State University (MA in Anthropology, 1972)
- Rutgers University (BA in History, 1967)
Areas of Expertise
- Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Social Studies Education
Professional Biography
Dr. Berman is an Asociate Professor and the coordinator of the Social Studies Education program in teacher education in the Instruction and Learning Department at the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Until 2006, he was the CoDirector of the Kosovo Civic Education Project, one part of the Balkan Educational Partnerships Program. Dr.Berman has a rich experience in teaching. He was an instructor of anthropology at the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of South Carolina. He also worked as an instructor at the Summer Enrichment Program for Gifted and Talented Students at Wofford College, and then as an instructor for Japanese Teachers in the Intensive English Communication Program at Bucknell University. Until 2003, he was an instructor at the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Furthermore, Dr. Berman has served on several advisory panels such as the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, the African American Mentoring Program, the Vietnam Veterans Resource Center, and the US–Indochina Reconciliation Project (USIRP). He served on the Bosnian Management Team, for the Program for Cooperation in Educational Policy, Planning, and Development in Bosnia-Herzegovina at the Institute for International Studies in Education at the University of Pittsburgh in collaboration with UNICEF.
Research Interests & Current Projects
Dr. Berman's research focuses on cross-cultural perspectives on social studies education viewed through the lens of teaching and learning in both international and cross-cultural settings. In recent years, his travels have taken him to Balkan combat zones where teaching was viewed as a form of "pedagogical patriotism," to use a Bosnian phrase, performed by "teacher-heroes," to use a Kosovar phrase, and where perspectives of the Other are seen across frontlines as well as in textbooks. As part of the Balkan Educational Partnerships Program, Dr. Berman returned to Prishtina and worked with Kosovar colleagues involved in curriculum development and teacher training in the aftermath of a Kosovar parallel educational system that operated under siege conditions for almost a decade prior to the war and the ethnic cleansing.
Courses Taught
- IL 1260/2260 – Introduction to Social Studies Education
- IL 2823 – Student Teaching Social Studies
- IL 2883 – Internship – Social Studies
- IL 2990 – Research Seminar for M.A.T. Interns
- IL 3891 – Supervised Research – Social Studies
Selected Publications
Berman, David. (2005). The Teacher-Heroes of Kosovo. School of Education Newsletter, University of Pittsburgh (Fall/Winter 2005) 12–15.
Berman, David. (2005). Schools, War, and Ethnic Cleansing: Schooling Under Siege in Sarajevo Annual Newsletter, Pennsylvania Governor’s School for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 2–3.
Berman, David. (2002). The War Schools of Dobrinja: Schooling Under Siege in a Sarajevo Neighborhood. School of Education Newsletter, University of Pittsburgh (Spring 2002) 12–13.
Berman, David. (2002). Teaching History in Postwar Bosnia: A Conversation on War and Ethnic Cleansing. SSEC Bulletin, Social Science Education Consortium 10:3 (Spring 2002) 4–6.
Berman, David. (1999). Schooling in War Conditions. with Fatim Fazlagic, Poruka Majk: Message of a Mother” SSEC Bulletin, Social Science Education Consortium 7:1 (Fall 1998) 8–9; reprinted in the School of Education Newsletter, University of Pittsburgh (Winter 1999) 4–5.
Berman, David. (1998). Thu Duc and Chu Van An: Two Vietnamese Schools During the American War in Viet Nam. School of Education Newsletter, University of Pittsburgh (Summer 1998) 6–8.
Berman, David. (1997). The Heroes of Treća Gimnazija: A War School in Sarajevo. School of Education Newsletter, University of Pittsburgh (Winter 1996) 6–9; reprinted in the SSEC Bulletin, Social Science Education Consortium 6:1 (Fall 1997) 4–5, 8.
Berman, David. (1997). The Song of the Rocket. Heart Quarterly, 1(2): 22–27.
