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Marilyn Cochran-Smith

Professor Emerita

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Marilyn Cochran-Smith

Ph.D.

Contact

Email: marilyn.cochran-smith@bc.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
  • M.Ed., Cleveland State University
  • B.A., College of Wooster

Research Interests

Teaching and teacher education research, practice, and policy; Teacher inquiry/practitioner research; International teacher learning/teacher education policy; Teaching/teacher education for equity and social justice

Dr. Cochran-Smith is not currently accepting Ph.D. students.

Curriculum Vitae

Department

TCS Teaching, Curriculum, and Society

Profile

Marilyn Cochran-Smith is the Emerita Cawthorne Professor of Teacher Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development and an Adjunct Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include practitioner inquiry andteacher education research, practice, and policy with a focus on social justice and equity. She has written 10 books, seven of which have won national awards, and more than 250 articles, chapters, and editorials. She is a widely known national and international speaker with recent keynote presentations at Texas A&M University, the University of Helsinki, and the Japan Open University. Dr. Cochran-Smith was the director of the PhD program in Curriculum & Instructionat BC for 22 years; she is not taking new students. She is a former president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and an elected member of the National Academy ofEducation.

GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
  • Chair, International Advisory Panel on Teacher Education, Ministry of Education and Research, Norway
  • Recent international keynote addresses:聽
    • Standing Committee on Teacher Education in North and South Ireland (SCOTENS, Ballyconnell, Ireland)聽
    • British Educational Research Association (Manchester, England)
    • Advisory Panel Conference on Teacher Education (Oslo, Norway)
    • MOFET International Conference on Teachedr Education (Tel Aviv, Israel)
    • University of Auckland Faculty of Education and Social Work (Auckland, New Zeland)
    • Australia Association of Education Research (AAER, Sydney, Australia)
    • Oxford University Education Lecture Series (Oxford, England)

Select Publications

  • Cochran-Smith, M., Carney, M.C., Keefe, E.S., Burton, S. Chang, W., Fern谩ndez, B., Miller, A., S谩nchez, J.G., Baker, M. (2018). Reclaiming Accountability in Teacher Education. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

  • Cochran-Smith, M. & Lytle, S.L. (2009). Inquiry as Stance: Practitioner Research for the Next Generation. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

  • Cochran-Smith, M. & Reagan, E. (2021). Best practices for evaluating teacher preparation programs. National Academy of Education Commissioned Paper Series on Evaluating and Improving Teacher Preparation.

  • Cochran-Smith, M. (2021). Rethinking teacher education: The trouble with accountability. Oxford Review of Education, 47(1), 8-24.

  • Cochran-Smith, M. (2021). Relocating teacher preparation to new graduate schools of education. The New Educator, 17(1), 1-20.

  • Cochran-Smith, M. Keefe, E. S., & Jewett Smith, R. (2021). A study in contrasts: Multiple-case perspectives on teacher preparation at new graduate schools of education. The New Educator, 17(1), 96-118.

  • Cochran-Smith, M. (2020). Teacher education for justice and equity: 40 years of Advocacy. Action in Teacher Education, 42(1), 49-59.

  • Cochran-Smith, M., Keefe, E.S., Carney, M.C. (2018). Teacher
    Educators as Reformers: Competing Agendas. European Journal of Teacher Education, 41(5), 572-590.

  • Cochran-Smith, M., Stern, R., S谩nchez, J.G., Miller, A., Keefe, E.S., Fern谩ndez, B., Chang, W-C., Carney, M., Burton, S., & Baker, M. (2016). Holding Teacher Education Accountable: A Review of Claims and Evidence. National Education Policy Center Brief, Boulder, CO: NEPC.

  • Cochran-Smith, M. & Villegas, A.M. with Abrams, L., Chavez Moreno, L., Mills, T. & Stern, R. (2016). Research on Teacher Preparation: Charting the Landscape of a Sprawling Field. In D. Gitomer & C. Bell (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Teaching (5th edition, pp. 439-547). Washington, DC: AERA.

Select Appointments & Awards

  • 2020: Spencer Foundation Mentoring Award
  • 2020: AACTE Best Book Award
  • 2020: Adjunct Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • 2019: AERA Division K Exemplary Research Award聽
  • 2018: AERA Division K Legacy Award
  • 2014: Distinguished Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award聽
  • 2012: Honorary Doctorate, University of Glasgow, Scotland
  • 2012: Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Alicante, Spain
  • 2011: Adjunct Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand (2011-2019)
  • 2006: Inaugural C.J. Koh Endowed Distinguished Professorship, NIE, Singapore

Select Grants

  • 2017-2021: Strategic Opportunity Grant, Spencer Foundation - nGSE Study聽
  • 2020-2021: Small Spencer, Spencer Foundation - nGSE Study聽
  • 2008-2011: Ford Foundation - Teacher development and retention聽
  • 1999-2000: Small Spencer, Spencer Foundation - Teacher tests

Select Professional Activities

  • National Academy of Education, Board of Directors, 2015-2019
  • National Academy of Education Professional Development Committee Chair, 2011-2015
  • American Educational Research Association, 2004-2005
  • American Educational Research Association, Publications Committee Chair, 2001-2003
  • American Educational Research Association, Vice President for Division K, 1998-2000
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