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John Myers |
- Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, (PhD in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning with a Specialization in Comparative, International and Development Education, 2004)
- University of New Mexico (MA in Educational Thought and Sociocultural Studies, 1999)
- Haverford College (BA in Urban History, 1990)
Areas of Expertise
- History
- Cross-national Approaches to Citizenship Education
- Globalization
Professional Biography
John P. Myers is Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education in the Department of Instruction and Learning at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his PhD in 2004 from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (of the University of Toronto) in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning with a specialization in Comparative, International and Development Education. Before his current position, John was a high school social studies teacher in Florida. He has worked internationally on several projects to internationalize the curriculum and to improve the quality of teacher education. Most recently, he was the University of Pittsburgh School of Education Coordinator for the Egyptian Faculties of Education Reform Project, a USAID funded project to improve teacher education in seven states in Egypt. His research interests include cross-national approaches to citizenship education, adolescents' understandings of and experiences with global citizenship and globalization, human rights education, and classroom political discourse. Currently, he is studying the development of adolescents' global civic identities in secondary schools in the Pittsburgh area and Minas Gerais, Brazil
Research Interests & Current Projects
Most recently, Dr. Myers's was the University of Pittsburgh School of Education Coordinator for the Egyptian Faculties of Education Reform Project, a USAID funded project to improve teacher education in seven states in Egypt. His research interests include cross-national approaches to citizenship education, adolescents' understandings of and experiences with global citizenship and globalization, human rights education, and classroom political discourse. Currently, he is studying the development of adolescents' global civic identities in secondary schools in the Pittsburgh area and Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Courses Taught
- ADMPS 2106 – International and Global Education
- ADMPS 3097 – Supervised Research
- IL 2269 – Special Topics: Social Studies
- IL 3269 – Special Topics: Social Studies
- IL 3891 – Supervised Research: Social Studies
- IL 3898 – Directed Study: Social Studies
- IL 3899 – Doctoral Dissertation Research-Social Studies
Selected Publications
Myers, John P. (2008). Democratizing School Authority: Brazilian Teachers' Perceptions of the Election of Principals. Teaching and Teacher Education, 24(4): 952–966.
Myers, John P. (2007). Citizenship Education Practices of Teachers Active in Social Movement and Formal Politics in Porto Alegre, Brazil and Toronto, Canada. Comparative Education Review, 51(1): 1–24.
Myers, John P. (2006). Rethinking the Social Studies Curriculum in the Context of Globalization: Education for Global Citizenship in the U.S. Theory and Research in Social Education, 34(3): 370–394.
