Educational Background

• EdD, Binghamton University
• MAT, Social studies education, Binghamton University
• BA, American history, Binghamton University

Teaching Profession
Courses regularly taught

• SEC 500. Foundations of Education
• SEC 593B. Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations in the Pedagogy of Social Studies
• SEC 594B. Curriculum and Teaching in Social Studies
• EDUC 601. Contemporary Philosophical and Social Issues in Education

 

 

 

Current Research Interests

• Democratic education in practice
• Teacher recertification
• Citizenship education
• History of education

 

 

 

Selected Publications

•Carpenter, J. J. (2007).  Making the journey into teaching:  A different approach to student teaching at the secondary level. Excelsior:  Leadership in Teaching and Learning, 2(1), 61.

•Carpenter, J. J.  (2006) “The development of a more intelligent citizenship”:  John Dewey and the social studies.  Education and Culture,22(2), 31-42. 
•Carpenter, J. J., Dublin, T. and Harper, P. (2005). Bridging learning communities: A summer workshop for social studies teachers. The History Teacher, 38(3), 361-69.
•Carpenter, J. J. (2004). Jefferson’s views on education: Implications for today’s social studies. The Social Studies, 95(4), 140-46.

• Carpenter, J. J. (2004). Using portfolios in teaching government classes. Social Science

Docket, 4(1), 74-75.