Professional Background
Prof. of Social Studies and Professor and Program Coordinator, Social Studies Chair of Department of Arts and Humanities
Educational Background
B.A., Georgetown University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Scholarly Interests
Diversity issues in social studies education. History of citizenship education. Technology and the social studies. Teacher education.
Curriculum
Professor Margaret Crocco and NY Times columnist Bob Herbert discuss the Teaching The Levees curriculum with WNYC radio host Brian Lehrer on Tuesday, September 18th, 2007.
To listen to the broadcast, click on the link below and scroll down to Learning from Katrina:
Professor Crocco contributes to a debate on an online New York Times forum concerned with teacher credentialing:
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/education-degrees-and-teachers-pay/
Commentary
- Media Literacy and the Fog of War by Margaret Crocco and William Gaudelli
Selected Publications
Clio in the Classroom: A Guide to Teaching US Women’s History (Oxford University Press, 2009)
"Teaching The Levees:A Curriculum for Democratic Dialogue and Civic Engagement", companion volume to Spike Lee’s When the Levees Broke (Teachers College Press, 2007)
Social Studies and the Press: Keeping the Beast at Bay? (Information Age Publishers, 2005)
Learning to Teach in an Age of Accountability (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates)
"Bending the Future to Their Will": Civic Women, Social Education, and Democracy (Rowman and Littlefield).
Pedagogies of Resistance: Women Educator Activists, 1880-1960 (Teachers College Press)
"Teaching Shabanu: The Challenges of Using World Literature in the Social Studies Classroom" (Journal of Curriculum Studies)
"Dealing with Difference in the Social Studies: An Historical Perspective" (International Journal of Social Education)
"Social Studies in the New York City Public Schools: A Descriptive Study" (Journal of Curriculum and Supervision)
"The Missing Discourse on Gender and Sexuality in the Social Studies" (Theory into Practice)
"Homophobic Hallways: Is Anyone Listening?" (Theory and Research in Social Education)
"Inquiring Minds Want to Know: An Action Research Project in a New York City Classroom" (Journal of Teacher Education).
Margaret Smith Crocco
Prof. of Social Studies
Professor and Program Coordinator, Social Studies Chair of Department of Arts and Humanities
Phone: 212-678-4082
Email:
Web site: http://www.tc.edu/faculty/crocco/
Office Hours: Spring 2010: Wednesday 4-5PM, Thursday 3-5PM
Office Location: 420B Zankel Hall