Oyler, Celia (co74)

Celia Oyler

Vice Dean for Teacher Education
Vice Dean for Teacher Education
212-678-3696

Office Location:

312 Zankel

Educational Background

Ph.D., (Curriculum and Instruction: Curriculum Theory & Design), University of Illinois, Chicago

M.Ed., (Consulting Teacher/Learning Specialist Program), University of Vermont
 
B.S., (Special Education), Southern Connecticut State College 

Scholarly Interests

Classroom-based collaborative research on issues of social justice, equity, and accessible pedagogy; inclusive education; teacher education

BOOKS

Oyler, C. (2012). Actions speak louder than words: Social action as curriculum. New York: Routledge.

Oyler, C., and the Preservice Inclusion Study Group (2006). Learning to teach inclusivelyStudent teachers' classroom inquiries. Mawah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Oyler, C.  (1996). Making room for students: Sharing teacher authority in Room 104. New York: Teachers College Press.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Oyler, C. (2011). Preparing teachers of young children to be social justice-oriented educators. In A. L. Goodwin, & B. Fennimore (Eds.) Promoting social justice for young children: Facing critical challenges to early learning and development. New York: Springer.

Goodwin, A. L, & Oyler, C. (2008). Teacher educators as gatekeepers: Deciding who is ready to teach. In M. Cochran-Smith, S. Feiman-Nemser, & D. J. McIntyre (Eds.), Handbook of research on teacher education: Enduring issues in changing contexts. Association of Teacher Educators.

JOURNAL EDITOR

Narrating disability: Pedagogical imperatives. (2006). Guest editor of special issue of Equity and Excellence in Education, 39(2).

ARTICLES

Oyler, C., & Fuentes, C. (2012). Leadership for rich learning in high poverty schools. Journal of Special Education Leadership25(1), 18-27.

Oyler, C. (2011). Teacher preparation for inclusive and critical (special) education. Teacher Education and Special Education, 34(3), 201-218.

Oyler, C., Agarwal, R., Epstein, S., Oppenheim, R., Sonu, D. (2010). From ideal to practice and back again: Beginning teachers teaching for social justice. Journal of Teacher Education.

Oyler, C. (2008). Full citizenship requires curricular change. The Sophist's Bane4(1 & 2), 81-87.

Epstein, S., & Oyler, C. (2008) "An inescapable network of mutuality:" Building relationships of solidarity in a first grade classroom. Equity and Excellence in Education41(4), 406-416.

Schultz, B. & Oyler, C. (2006). We make this road as we walk together: Sharing teacher authority in a social action curriculum project. Curriculum Inquiry36(4), 423-451.

Hamre, B., & Oyler, C. (2004). Preparing teachers for inclusive classrooms: Learning from a collaborative inquiry group. Journal of Teacher Education, 55 (2), 154-163. [co-authored, names listed in alphabetical order]

Oyler, C., , G., & Lozada, P.  (2001). Silenced gender: The construction of a male primary educator. Teaching and Teacher Education, 17, 367-379.

Delaney, M., & Oyler, C. (2001).  Online expeditions.  Social Studies and the Young Learner, 13(3), 6-9.

Oyler, C. (2001, Spring).  Democratic classrooms and accessible instruction. Democracy and Education, 14(1)28-31.

Hinchman, K., & Oyler, C.  (2000). Us and them: Finding irony in our teaching methods.  Journal of Curriculum Studies, 32(4), 495-508. [fully co-authored, names listed in alphabetical order]

Oyler, C.  (2000). Extending narrative inquiry.  Curriculum Inquiry, 31, 77-88.

Kesson, K, & Oyler, C.  (1999). Integrated curriculum and service learning: Linking school-based knowledge and social action.  English Education, 31(2),133-146. [fully co-authored, names listed in alphabetical order]

Oyler, C. & Becker, J. (1997).  Teaching beyond the progressive-traditional dichotomy: Sharing authority and sharing vulnerability.  Curriculum Inquiry, 27, 453-467.

Oyler, C., & Barry, A. (1996).  Urban first graders intertextual connections in the collaborative talk around information books during teacher-led read-alouds. Language Arts, 73, 324-239.

Oyler, C.  (1996). Sharing authority: Student initiations during teacher-led read-alouds of information books.  Teaching and Teacher Education, 12, (2), 149-160.

Contino, P. & Oyler, C.  (1995). Reaching beyond ourselves. Teaching Education, 7 (1), 63-71. [fully co-authored, names listed in alphabetical order]

Pappas, C. & Oyler, C. (1993).  Collaborating with teachers developing integrated language arts programs in urban schools.  Language Arts, 70, 297-303.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

Oyler, C, & Broderick, A. (2009). Inclusive education. In the C. Kridel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies, Sage.

BOOK REVIEWS

Oyler, C. (2006). Reading Eric Rofes, a book review of Status quo or status queer: A radical rethinking of sexuality and schoolingEncounter, 19(4), 1-3.

Oyler, C.  (2001). Disability and community capacity: A review of Teaching Children with Down Syndrome: Toward an understanding of possibility.  Encounter, 14(1), 64-67. 

 

 

American Educational Research Association, Special Interest Group on Narrative and Research, 2008 Outstanding Narrative Methodology Article (We make this road as we walk together: Sharing authority in social action projects).

Teachers College Student Senate Award for Excellence: Service to the Teachers College Community, 2005.

American Educational Research Association Women Educators Award, 1999, for outstanding contributions to issues of equity.

American Educational Studies Association, Outstanding Book Award, 1997 (Making room for students).

Profiled as an exemplary multicultural/global teacher educator in: Merryfield, M. (1995). Making connections between multicultural and global education: Teacher educators and teacher education programs.  American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education.

 

BOOKS

 

Oyler, C. (2011). Actions speak louder than words: Community activism as curriculum. NewYork: Routledge.

 

Oyler, C., and the Preservice Inclusion Study Group (2006). Learning to teach inclusively:Student teachers’ classroom inquiries. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 

Oyler, C. (1996). Making room for students: Sharing teacher authority in Room 104. New York: Teachers College Press.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

 

Oyler, C., Morvay, J., & Sullivan, F. (forthcoming). Teacher education of developing activist identities. In D. J. Clandinin & J. Husu, (Eds.), International handbook of research on teacher education. New York: Sage.

 

Oyler, C. (2011). Preparing teachers of young children to be social justice-oriented educators. In

 

B.S. Fennimore, & A. L. Goodwin (Eds.) Promoting social justice for young children  (pp.147-161) New York: Springer. 

 

Goodwin, A. L, & Oyler, C. (2008). Teacher educators as gatekeepers: Deciding who is ready to teach. In M. Cochran-Smith, S. Feiman-Nemser, D. J. McIntyre, & K. Demers, (Eds.), Handbook of research on teacher education: Enduring issues in changing contexts (pp. 468-489).New York: Routledge.

 

JOURNAL EDITOR

 

Narrating disability: Pedagogical imperatives. (2006). Guest editor (with B. Hamre and L. Bejoian) of special issue of Equity and Excellence in Education39(2).

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES

 

Ledwell, K. & Oyler, C. (under review). Unstandardized responses to a “standardized” test: The edTPA as curriculum change agent and gatekeeper.

 

Schlessinger, S. & Oyler, C. (in press)Capacity, inquiry, and inclusivity: Parallel practices in professional development. LEARNing Landscapes, 7(3).

 

Naraian, S, & Oyler, C. (2014). Professional development for special education reform: Re-articulating experiences of urban educators. Urban Education, 49(5), 499–527.

 

Oyler, C., & Fuentes, C. (2012). Leadership for rich learning in high poverty schools. Journal of Special Education Leadership25(1), 18-27

 

Oyler, C. (2011). Teacher preparation for inclusive and critical (special) education. Teacher Education and Special Education, 34(3), 201-218.

 

Agarwal, R., Epstein, S., Oppenheim, R., Oyler, C., Sonu, D. (2010). From ideal to practice and back again: Beginning teachers teaching for social justice. Journal of Teacher Education, 61(3),237-247. [co-authored, names listed alphabetically]

 

Oyler, C. (2008). Full citizenship requires curricular change. The Sophist’s Bane4(1 & 2),81-87.

 

Epstein, S., & Oyler, C. (2008) “An inescapable network of mutuality:” Building relationships of solidarity in a first grade classroom. Equity and Excellence in Education41(4), 406-416.

 

Schultz, B. & Oyler, C. (2006). We make this road as we walk together: Sharing teacher authority in a social action curriculum project. Curriculum Inquiry36(4), 423-451.

 

Hamre, B., & Oyler, C. (2004). Preparing teachers for inclusive classrooms: Learning from a collaborative inquiry group. Journal of Teacher Education, 55 (2), 154-163. [co-authored, names listed in alphabetically]

 

Oyler, C., Jennings, G., & Lozada, P. (2001). Silenced gender: The construction of a male primary educator. Teaching and Teacher Education, 17, 367-379. 

 

Delaney, M., & Oyler, C. (2001).  Online expeditions.  Social Studies and the Young Learner,13(3), 6-9.

 

Oyler, C. (2001, Spring). Democratic classrooms and accessible instruction. Democracy and Education,14(1), 28-31.

 

Hinchman, K., & Oyler, C. (2000). Us and them: Finding irony in our teaching methods. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 32(4), 495-508. [fully co-authored, names listed in alphabetical order]

 

Oyler, C.  (2000). Extending narrative inquiry. Curriculum Inquiry, 31, 77-88.

 

Kesson, K, & Oyler, C.(1999). Integrated curriculum and service learning: Linking school- based knowledge and social action. English Education, 31(2),133-146. [fully co-authored, names listed in alphabetical order] 

 

Oyler, C. & Becker, J. (1997). Teaching beyond the progressive-traditional dichotomy: Sharing authority and sharing vulnerability. Curriculum Inquiry, 27, 453-467.

 

Oyler, C., & Barry, A. (1996). Urban first graders intertextual connections in the collaborative talk around information books during teacher-led read-alouds. Language Arts, 73, 324-239.

 

Oyler, C.  (1996). Sharing authority: Student initiations during teacher-led read-alouds of information books. Teaching and Teacher Education, 12(2), 149-160. 

 

Contino, P. & Oyler, C. (1995). Reaching beyond ourselves. Teaching Education, 7 (1), 63-71. [fully co-authored, names listed in alphabetical order] 

 

Pappas, C. & Oyler, C. (1993). Collaborating with teachers developing integrated language arts programs in urban schools. Language Arts, 70, 297-303.

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

 

Oyler, C. (2015). Sharing authority in the classroom. In G. Scarlett (Ed.), Classroom management: An A-Z guide. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

Oyler, C, & Broderick, A. (2009). Inclusive education. In the C. Kridel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage.

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

Oyler, C. (2006). Reading Eric Rofes, a book review of Status quo or status queer: A radical rethinking of sexuality and schoolingEncounter, 19(4), 1-3.

 

Oyler, C. (2001). Disability and community capacity: A review of Teaching Children with Down Syndrome: Toward an understanding of possibilityEncounter, 14(1), 64-67.

 

 

 

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