William Gaudelli
Professional Background
Educational Background
Scholarly Interests
Statement of Interest
Professor Gaudelli does research related to global education, pedagogy of visual media, curriculum practice, and teacher education/development.Selected Publications
grants
The Global Education and Leadership Foundation Program
Co-Principal Investigator, GELF Foundation
2008-2010
Diversity in global citizenship education
Principal Investigator, Teachers College, Columbia University
2009-2011
Videogames, global education and teacher reflection
Principal Investigator, Teachers College, Columbia University
2008
Urban Teaching Residency Partnership
Principal Investigator, Florida Department of Education
2002-2003
Urban Teaching Residency Partnership
Principal Investigator, Florida Department of Education
2001-2002
Globalization, Pedagogy, and Practice:
Principal Investigator, University of Central Florida
2001-2003
Understanding Fiscal Responsibility
Faculty Representative/Curriculum Author, Peter Peterson Foundation
2010-2014
Mapping the African American Past in NYC
Curriculum Leader , JP Morgan-Chase
2007-2008
Teaching the Levees: Curriculum Guide for Spike Lee’s HBO Documentary When the Levees Broke
Curriculum Team Leader, Rockefeller Foundation
2006-2007
Children At-Risk in Education (C.A.R.E.)
Learning to work with failing children-
A curriculum of social inclusion
University Partner, US Department of Education FIPSE (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education)
2002-2005
Project REAL: Teaching U.S. History
2002-2005, US Department of Education
professional presentations
Global education as a school-wide endeavor. Presentation to Education Committee of the Board of Trustees,
Learning globally in a culture of convergence: Diverse texts, dialogue, and pluralistic communities. Keynote presentation to Seton Hall University Global Education Conference, South Orange,Recent Scholarly Papers
Gaudelli, W. (2009). Homogenized theoretical absences: A commentary on social studies research. Paper presented to the College and University Faculty Association of the National Council for the Social Studies,
Gaudelli, W. (2009). “Something is happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear”: Citizenship in emerging democracies panel. Discussant remarks presented to the College and University Faculty Association of the National Council for the Social Studies,
Gaudelli, W. (2009). Difficult (self) knowledge: Subjects, objects and objections in re(pur)porting research of an ethnology museum. Paper presented to Division B-Curriculum of AERA, .
Gaudelli, W. & Ousley, D. (2009). From clothing to skin: Identity work of student teachers in student teaching seminar. Paper presented to Division K-Teacher Education of AERA, San Diego,
Gaudelli, W. (2009). Situating disciplinary and transformative knowing in contemporary educational scholarship. Discussant paper presented to Division K-Teacher Education of AERA,
Gaudelli, W. & Siegel, B. (2008). meaning across the global mediascape. Paper presented to the College and University Faculty Association of the National Council for the Social Studies,
Gaudelli, W. (2008). (Un)disturbed space: Examining naturality as represented in the of Natural History. Paper presented to the College and University Faculty Association of the National Council for the Social Studies, ,
Media
School Board Debate
Panelist, Fox-WNYC Affiliate, 3/20/10
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/about_us/street_talk/Street-Talk-March-20-2010
Delegation from varsity visits college at Badal village
Tribune
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20071215/bathinda.htm#7
Culture War Reflect Split between Residents by Mike Cronin
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 12/3/07
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/teenscene/s_540867.html
professional organization membership
Executive Board of the College and University Faculty Association of NCSS, 2009-2011
Executive Board of the John Dewey Society, 2008-2010
Editorial Board of Canadian Social Studies
AERA, Division B-Curriculum; SIG-Research in Social Studies Education
professional experiences
biographical information
William Gaudelli is associate professor of social studies and education at Teachers College, His research areas include global citizenship education, media as curriculum tools, and teacher education/development. He is currently engaged in research projects related to how students and teachers employ visual media to make-meaning of global issues and case studies of global citizenship education. He recently served on the executive board of Theory and Research in Social Education and currently serves as an executive board member for the John Dewey Society and the College and University Faculty Association of NCSS. He has published a variety of pieces in scholarly journals, including Teachers College Record, The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, Teaching Education, Theory and Research in Social Education along with two books, World Class: Teaching and learning in global times (Erlbaum Associates, 2003) and Social Inequality in the Global Culture (Kluwer, 2008, co-edited). Gaudelli is involved with a variety of international projects, including collaboration with the Global Education Leadership Foundation in India and received a US-DOE FIPSE grant for an international exchange project. Gaudelli is a frequent presenter at professional development meetings, an invited speaker at a variety of national and international conferences, and has guest lectured in The Netherlands.
honors and awards
University of Central Florida’s College of Education Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award.
University of Central Florida Award-Teaching Incentive Program
World Class: Teaching and learning in global times nominated for Outstanding Research Award
by the National Council for the Social Studies
Outstanding Affiliate Article Award for Pedagogical Orientations towards Democratic Civic Life, presented by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Best Practice Award, Institute for the African Child, Ohio University
Nancy Higginson Dorr Award, outstanding teacher candidate, Rutgers University
National Council for the Social Studies, Programs of Excellence Award
Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society
Recipient of Governor’s Teaching Scholars scholarship
publications
Books
Gaudelli, W. (2003). World class: Teaching and learning in global times. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.
Zajda, J., Biraimah, K. & Gaudelli, W. (2008). Education and social inequality in the global culture. New York: Springer
Journal Articles
Gaudelli, W. & Siegel, B. (In Press). Seeking knowledge through global media. Curriculum Inquiry.
Gaudelli, W. (In Press). Global seeing. Teachers College Record. [Special Issue Edited by David Hansen].
Gaudelli, W. & Hewitt, R. (2010). The aesthetic potential of global issues curriculum. Journal of Aesthetic Education. 44 (1): 83-99.
Gaudelli, W. (2009). Heuristics of global citizenship discourses towards curriculum enhancement. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing. 25 (1): 68-85.
Gaudelli, W. & Ousley, D. (2009). From clothing to skin: Identity work of student teachers in culminating field experiences. Teaching and Teacher Education. 25 (6): 931-939.
Gaudelli, W. & Heilman, E. (2009). Reconceptualizing geography as democratic global citizenship education. Teachers College Record. 111 (11): 2647-2677
Gaudelli, W. (2009). Interpreting democratic images: Secondary students’ reading of visual texts. Teacher Education Quarterly. 36 (1): 111-130.
Segall, A. & Gaudelli, W. (2007). Reflecting socially on social issues in a social studies methods course. Teaching Education , 18 (1): 77-92 .
Gaudelli, W. (2007). Global courts, global judges, and a multicitizen curriculum. Theory and Research in Social Education. 35 (3): 465-491.
A&HW 4032: The study of world history and geography
Particular attention to problems of conceptualization and interpretation involved in organizing and teaching world history with an emphasis in geography at both the middle and high school levels. Satisfies the New York State requirement for world history and geography. Also offered as an online course.
A&HW 4730: Supervised student teaching in social studies
Permission of instructor required. Must be taken concurrently with A&HW 4530. Restricted to majors.
A&HW 4903: Research and independent study in social studies
Permission of instructor required. To be taken under the direction of a faculty member. Students work individually or with others.
A&HW 5030: Diversity and the social studies curriculum
Curriculum theory and instructional methods related to teaching secondary school social studies in the diverse classroom. Particular attention paid to multicultural issues in urban settings.
A&HW 5035: History of the social studies since 1880
An historical investigation of the development of the secondary school history/social studies curriculum, including questions related to objectives, content, and methods of instruction.
A&HW 5503: Research paper in Social Studies
Required for doctoral students in fourth semester of doctoral seminar.
A&HW 6030: Research in social studies education
Permission of instructor required. Individual fieldwork in secondary school or introductory college social studies.
A&HW 6203: Advanced fieldwork in social studies
Permission of instructor required. See description for A&HW 5203.
A&HW 6403: Internship in college teaching in social studies
Permission of instructor required. Occasional opportunities in college programs in areas represented by the program.
A&HW 6503: Doctoral seminar in Social Studies
Seminar focused on doctoral student research and contemporary social studies issues. Beginning doctoral students take the seminar for four consecutive semesters.
A&HW 6530: Curriculum development, research, and supervision
Aspects of curriculum; teaching and learning processes; attention to problems and techniques of supervision.
A&HW 6935: Studies in history and in the teaching of history and social studies
Permission of instructor required. Individual research and advanced historical method ordinarily related to a doctoral dissertation.
A&HW 7503: Dissertation seminar in social studies
The purpose of the dissertation seminar is to develop and refine specific topics for dissertation research. Students should enroll in the dissertation seminar beginning only in the semester in which they intend to present their dissertation proposal for departmental review.



