Dr. Alan W. Garrett

Professor
Educational Foundations
ED 147
575.562.2890
Alan.Garrett@enmu.edu

Academic Background
Ph.D. (Curriculum and Instruction)
The University of Texas at Austin
M.Ed. (School Supervisor)
Abilene Christian University
B.S. in Physics. (Physics and Mathematics)
University of Oklahoma

Scholarly Interests
Curriculum History, Educational History,
Curriculum Studies

Selected Publications
Garrett, A. W. (2007). Jesse H. Newlon and education for democratic citizenship. In Samuel Totten and Jon Pederson (eds.), Addressing social issues in the classroom and beyond: The pedagogical efforts of pioneers in the field (pp.81-97). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Garrett, A.W. (2006). One of the most sensible utterances that has come from anybody in a long time: Jesse H. Newlon's "The teaching profession and the world crisis." American Educational History Journal, 33(1), pp. 39-45.

Garrett, A.W. (2004). Review of Curriculum and the American Rural School. History of Education Quarterly, 44(3), pp. 419-421.

Garrett, A.W., & O.L. Davis Jr. (2003). A time of uncertainty and change: School mathematics from World War II until the New Math. In George M.A. Stanic and Jeremy Kilpatrick (Eds.), A History of School Mathematics (Volume 1, pp. 493-519). Reston, VA: National council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Garrett, A. W. (2003). Remembrance and disregard: American schools during World War I. American Educational History Journal, 30, pp. 79-83.

Garrett, A.W. (2003). Teaching with "Fanfare and Military Glamour": School mathematics, the Federal Government, and World War II. The Educational Forum, 67(3), pp. 225-234.

Garrett, A.W. (2003). Review of Scientists in the Classroom: The Cold War Reconstruction of American Science Education. History of Education Quarterly, 43(2), pp. 287-289.

Garrett, A.W. (2001). Ellsworth Collings: A re-introduction. American Educational HIstory Journal, 28, pp. 169-174.

Garrett, A.W. (2000). Community schools in 19th-Century Texas an school choice today. The Educational Forum, 65(1), pp. 22-30.

Garrett, A.W. (2000). Mathematics education during the Second World War: Challenges faced and opportunities lost. American Education History Journal, 27(1), pp. 23-30.

Biography
Dr. Garrett currently is a member of the Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education, serves on the Editorial Review Panel of The Educational Forum, and is president of the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum. He is a fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce.