Teachers College, Columbia University

Ed. D.     Curriculum & Teaching

Lesley Graduate School, Lesley University

M.A.        International Education

University of Rhode Island

B. A.        Elementary Education & Speech Communication

  Undergraduate Courses

EDCE  20000  "Inquiry in Education"

EDCE 42100   "Integrating the Curriculum through the Social Studies"

 

  Graduate Courses

EDCE 2100C  "Teaching Social Studies in Childhood Education"

EDCE  2300C  "Social Studies Inquiry for Pre-K to 6 Teachers"

Civic Education 

Middle School Curriculum

Social Studies Inquiry

Aesthetic Education

 

   Selected Publications

Book:

Franklin, C. (2009).  Civic literacy through curriculum drama:  Grades 6  - 12.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Corwin Press, Sage Publications.

Refereed Monograph:

Franklin, C. (2003).  Curriculum drama:  Using imagination and inquiry in a middle school social studies classroom.  Occasional Paper Series.  10.  New York:  Bank Street College of Education.

Refereed Articles:

Franklin, C. & Johnson, G. (2010).  Disrupting the taken for granted:  Exploring urban teacher candidate experiences in aesthetic education.  Thinking Skills and Creativity.  5.  83-96.

Franklin, C. (2009).  The promise for hope:  Creating a classroom peace summit.  Peace & Change:  A Journal of Peace Research.  Vol. 34 (4). 533-547.

Book Chapter:

Franklin, C. (2005).  Being there.  Middle school students as coconstructors of a classroom senate.  in C. T. Fosnot. (Ed.). (2nd ed).  Constructivism:  Theory, perspectives, and practice.  New York:  Teachers College Press.  246-262.

Academic and Professional Honors

Fulbright Lecturing Award (Spring 2010). Slovak Republic.  Comenius University.  Departments:  Civic Education and English Language & Literature.