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Robert F. McNergneyProfessor of Education

Curry SchoolUniversity of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia 22903(434) 924-0749; rfm@virginia.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (education), Syracuse University, 1974; M.Ed. (education), University of Vermont, 1972; B.A. (political science & sociology), University of Nebraska, 1969.

EMPLOYMENT

Professor, Educational Evaluation/Educational Psychology, University of Virginia (1986-present ), Senior advisor on research and assessment on Teachers for a New Era grant (Carnegie Corporation, Ford and Annenberg Foundations, 2001-2006); Director of the Commonwealth Center for the Education of Teachers (research center funded by State of Virginia 1988-1995); Associate Professor, Director of Teacher Education, and Senior Researcher on the Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (Virginia teacher certification system, 1980-1986); Assistant/Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Experiences, School of Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1975-1980); Assistant Professor, State University of New York, Potsdam (1974-1975); Teacher, John F. Kennedy Middle School, Winooski, Vermont (1970-1972); Teacher, Sidney High School, Sidney, Iowa (1969-1970).

SCHOLARSHIP

Selected journal articles

McNergney, R. F. (1978). Investigating the training needs of preservice and inservice teachers in cooperative teaching centers. Improving Human Performance Quarterly, 7(2), 236-243.

Carrier, C., & McNergney, R. F. (1979). Interaction research: Can it help individualize instruction? Educational Technology, 19(4), 40-45.

McNergney, R. F. (1980). Responding to teachers as individuals. Theory Into Practice, 19(4), 234-239.

McNergney, R., Francis, P., Hinson, S., & Stimpfle, P. (1983). Translating a metatheory of teacher development into practice. Journal of Teacher Education, 34(5), 53-57.

McNergney, R. F., Medley, D. M., Aylesworth, M. S., & Innes, A. H. (1983). Assessing teachers' planning abilities. Journal of Educational Research, 77(2), 108-111.

M cNergney, R.F. (1984, May). Response to Krathwohl on SIGs. Educational Researcher, 32-33.

McNergney, R., & Satterstrom, L. (1984). Teacher characteristics and teacher behaviors. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 9, 19-24.

McNergney, R., & Hinson, S. (1985, Fall). Assessing professional decision-making abilities. Educational Communication and Technology Journal, 33(3), 179-183.

McNergney, R., & Francis, P. (1986, Spring). Clinical teacher development revisited. Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1(3), 197-204.

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McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1986, May). Improving student attention. Educational Leadership, 43(8), 84.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1987, December). Research on teaching: Teaching aggressive children. Educational Leadership, 45(4), 96.

McNergney, R., Mintz, S., Lloyd, J., & Moore, J. (1988, September-October). Training for pedagogical decision making. Journal of Teacher Education, 39(5), 37-44.

McNergney, R.F., Medley, D.M., & Caldwell, M.S. (1988, May-June). Making and implementing policy on teacher licensure. Journal of Teacher Education, 39(3), 38-44.

Herbert, J., & McNergney, R. (Fall, 1988). Teachers' planning for and implementation of evaluation in elementary and secondary classrooms. Journal of Research and Development in Education, 22(1), 39-46.

Herbert, J., & McNergney, R. (1989). Evaluating teacher evaluators using a set of public standards. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 2(4), 321-333.

McNergney, R. (1990, April). Improving communication among educational researchers, policymakers, and the press. Educational Researcher, 19(3), 20-23.

Knapp, J.L., McNergney, R.F., Herbert, J.M., & York, H.L. (1990, March-April). Should a master's degree be required of all teachers? Journal of Teacher Education, 41(2), 27-44.

McNergney, R.F. (1994, December). Videocases: A way to foster a global perspective on multicultural education. Phi Delta Kappan, 76(4), 296-298.

McNergney, R.F., Herbert, J.M., & Ford, R.E. (1994). Cooperation and competition in case-based teacher education. Journal of Teacher Education, 45(5), 339-345.

Hess, F.M., & McNergney, R.F. (1998, March). Technology trade-offs. electronic school, A30-A33.

McNergney, R.F. (2000). Why technology standards will not affect the use of technology in teacher education. Preparing teachers to meet the challenge of new standards with new technologies. Washington, DC: Council of Chief State School Officers, 59-67.

McNergney, R. & Imig, S. (2006, October 26). Challenges of Assessing Value Added to PK-12 Education by Teacher Education. Teachers College Record [On-line]. Available: http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=12814

Konold, T., Jablonski, B., Nottingham, A., Kessler, L., Byrd, S., Imig, S., Berry, R., & McNergney, R. (2008, September-October). Adding value to public schools: Investigating teacher education, teaching, and pupil learning. Journal of Teacher Education, 59 (4), 300-312.

McNergney, R.F. (2011, March). Lessons in evaluation. American School Board Journal, 36-37.

McNergney, R. (2011, January 27). Small ball: Small teaching. http://www.educationnews.org/commentaries/opinions_on_education/104963.html

McNergney, R. (2012, March). Five (hard) lessons on teacher evaluations. American School Board Journal , 26-27.

Selected chapters

McNergney, R. F., & Medley, D. M. (1984). Teacher evaluation. In J. Cooper (Ed.), Developing skills for instructional supervision (pp. 147-148). New York: Longman.

Medley, D. M., & McNergney, R. F. (1984). Program evaluation. In J. Cooper (Ed.), Developing skills for instructional supervision (pp. 179-206). New York: Longman.

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McNergney, R., Caldwell, M., & Reina, J. (1985). Educating and evaluating beginning teachers in Virginia. In Alan R. Tom (Ed.), Teacher education in liberal arts settings: Achievements, realities and challenges (p. 55-61). Washington, DC: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and American Independent Liberal Arts College for Teacher Education.

Clark, D. L., & McNergney, R. F. (1990). Governance of teacher education. In Houston, W. R., Haberman, M., & Sikula, J. P. (Eds.), Handbook of research on teacher education. New York: Macmillan, 101-118.

McNergney, R.F., Herbert, J.M., & Nuttycombe, D.G. (1993). Fitting teacher education to teachers' needs. In L. Kremer-Hayon, H.C. Vonk, & R. Fessler (Eds.), Teachers' professional development: A multiple perspective approach. Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger, 253-265.

Cooper, J.M., & McNergney, R.F. (1995). The value of cases in teacher education. In J.M. Cooper (Ed.), Teachers' problem solving: A casebook of award-winning cases. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1-10.

McNergney, R.F., Regelbrugge, L.A., & Harper, J.P. (1997). Multicultural education in a global context. In D.M. Byrd & D.J. McIntyre (Eds.) Research on the education of our nation’s teachers: Teacher education yearbook V. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 7-25.

Books

McNergney, R.F., & Carrier, C.A. (1981). Teacher development. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc.

McNergney, R. (Ed.) (1988). Guide to classroom teaching. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.McNergney, R.F. (Ed.) (1992). Education research, policy, and the press: Research as news.

Boston: Allyn and Bacon.Herbert, J.M., & McNergney, R.F. (Eds.) (1995). Guide to foundations in action videocases:

Teaching and learning in multicultural settings. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.McNergney, R.F., & Herbert, J.M. (1995, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007). Foundations of education:

The challenger. of professional practice. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Kent, T.W., & McNergney, R.F. (1999). Will technology really change education? From

blackboard to web. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.McNergney, R., Ducharme, E., & Ducharme, M. (Eds.) (1999). Educating for democracy:

Case-method teaching and learning. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers.

McNergney, R., & Keller, C. (Eds.) (1999). Images of mainstreaming: Educating students with disabilities. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc.

McNergney, R.F., & McNergney, J.M. (2008).Education: The practice and profession of teaching. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Selected reviews and essays

McNergney, R. (1979, September). [Review of The scientific basis of the art of teaching]. Educational Researcher, 19-20.

McNergney, R., & Crook, P. (1980). [Review of Biting the apple: Accounts of first year teachers]. Harvard Educational Review, 50(4), 547-550.

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McNergney, R. (1982). The tangles and fankles of interaction research. [Review of Communication and education: Social and psychological interactions]. Contemporary Education Review, 1(3), 211-213.

McNergney, R. (1982). The effects of computers on children and vice versa. [Review of Mindstorms: Children, computers, and powerful ideas]. Curriculum Inquiry, 12(3), 301-303.

Selected papers presented at professional meetings

McNergney, R. F. (1976, April). Applying an aptitude-treatment interaction approach to competency based teacher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

McNergney, R. F. (1976, October). Teaching centers: Vehicles for school-university cooperation in Minnesota. Paper presented to the third annual National Teacher Education Conference sponsored by Indiana University.

McNergney, R. F. (1976, November). The effects of conceptual level and structure of training intervention on the acquisition of a teaching strategy. Paper presented at the eighth annual meeting of the International Congress for Individualized Instruction, Boston.

McNergney, R. F. (1977, April). Assessing perceived needs for training preservice teachers, inservice teachers, and other educational personnel in cooperative teaching centers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.

McNergney, R. F. (1978, May). Personalizing teacher development: An adaptive supervisory process. Paper presented at the Midwestern Educational Research Association, Bloomingdale, IL.

McNergney, R. F. (1978, June). Strategies for teacher development. Paper presented at the First Congress on Education, Toronto, Canada.

McNergney, R. F., & Harootunian, B. (1978, June). Toward a differential model of clinical supervision. Paper presented at the First Congress on Education, Toronto, Canada.

McNergney, R. F., Bents, R., & Burcalow, J. (1979, March). Effects of training on teachers' abilities to generate constructs. Paper presented at the Midwestern Educational Research Association, Kalamazoo, MI.

McNergney, R. F., Carrier, C. A., Leonard, L., & Harootunian, B. (1979, April). Teacher development: An interactive approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

McNergney, R. F. (1980, March). Teachers in context: Coordinating variables in teacher education. Paper presented at the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at the University of Texas, Austin.

McNergney, R. F. (1980, April). Teacher development: Personalizing support for teachers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston.

Aylesworth, M. S., Innes, A. H., McNergney, R. F., & Medley, D. M. (1982, April). Toward assessing teachers' abilities to make preactive teaching decisions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York.

Reese, M., McNergney, R., & Innes, A. (1982, November). Using survey research to guide staff development policy and programs. Paper presented at the seventh annual conference of the National Council of States on Inservice Education, Atlanta.

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McNergney, R., & Aylesworth, M. (1983, April). An overview of preservice teacher evaluation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

McNergney, R., Francis, P., Hinson, S., & Stimpfle, P. (1983-April). Translating a meta-theory of teacher development into practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

McNergney, R., & Francis, P. (1985, April). Clinical teacher development revisited. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

McNergney, R., Hinson, S. (1985, April). Assessing professional decision-making abilities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Chronister, A., & McNergney, R. (1986). A computer program for assessing teachers' planning abilities. Paper presented to the Eastern Educational Research Association, Miami.

Loyd, B., McNergney, R., Caldwell, M., & Ball, D. (1986). Selected instructional variables vis-a-vis student participation and off-task behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

McNergney, R., Loyd, B., Caldwell, M., & Ball, D. (1986). Classroom management vis-a-vis student participation and off-task behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Herbert, J., & McNergney, R. (1987, February). How do teachers plan for and implement evaluation? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

Herbert, J., & McNergney, R. (1987, October). Comparing supervisors' behaviors to a set of professional standards. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

Herbert, J., & McNergney, R. (1988, April). Judging teacher performance: Evaluating the evaluators. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Hallahan, D., McNergney, R., & Sutton, J. (1989). Using quantitative and qualitative methods for studying teachers of mainstreamed learning-disabled students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

McNergney, R., Hallahan, D., Keller, C., & Crowley, P. (1989, August). Educational Research, Policy, and Practice: The Role of the Press. Paper presented at a colloquium on the Interdependence of Research, Policy, and the Press, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

McNergney, R.F., & Herbert, J.M. (1989, June). The interaction between teacher education and teachers' needs. Paper presented at the Fifteenth International Conference on Improving University Teaching, Vancouver, Canada.

White, B.C., & McNergney, R.F. (1991 June 21). Case-based teacher education: The state of the art. Paper presented at Case Methods in Teacher Education: A Working Conference, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Herbert, J.M., White, B.C., & McNergney, R.F. (1992, April). Producing, using, and evaluating videotaped multicultural cases of teaching and learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

McNergney, R.F., Herbert, J.M., & Ford, R.E. (1993). Anatomy of a team case competition. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta    

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McNergney, R., Kaylin, C., Yoon, M., Oliver, F., Shields, M., Reed, D., & Fernandez, F. (2009, October 15). Classrooms for the future: Revolutionizing learning and teaching in Pennsylvania’s high schools. Charlottesville, VA: CaseNEX, LLC

Selected presentations

McNergney, R.F., & Fernandez, G. (2009, April). Workshop on teacher evaluation.Chowchilla Public Schools, Chowchilla, CA.

McNergney, R.F., & Loboen, P. (2010, March). Low-inference observation of teachers. New York City Department of Education, New York, NY.

McNergney, R.F., Gartland, M., & Bencivenga, P. (2011, March). American Association of School Administrators, State University of New York, New Visions, Teach for America, and the Fortune School (N=6) 2010.

Member of a panel entitled "A personalized competency-oriented teacher education program". The Conference on Competency Based Teacher Education in New York State, Syracuse, NY, April, 1974.

Member of a panel entitled "Alternative CBTE models: Are they working?" New York State Council on Social Education Fall Conference, Syracuse, NY, October, 1974.

Member of a panel entitled "Implementation of CBTE programs in laboratory school and public school settings." State University of New York's Campus School Conference, Brockport, NY, January, 1975.

Organizer and chair of symposium entitled "Objectives of teacher education: The growth of teachers as teachers and as persons." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, April, 1981.

Speech entitled "Teachers and teaching: Challenges of the 1980s." Falls Church Regional Education Center, Falls Church, Virginia, May 1981.

Chair of symposium entitled "The quest for quality: Perspectives on the improvement of pre- and inservice teacher education." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April, 1983.

Chair of symposium entitled "Perspectives on staff development." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April, 1983.

Critic for symposium on the relationship of field experiences to teacher development. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April, 1983.

Organizer of a symposium entitled "Educational policy and human capital." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April, 1983.

Member of team that presented a proposal to the Administrative Council for the formation of a teacher education division in the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco January, 1984.

Critic of paper session entitled "The development of teachers: Principles, practices, and partnerships." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April, 1984.

Chair of symposium entitled "Building a climate for acceptance of differences: Implications for teacher education." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April, 1984.

Critic of paper session entitled "Factors associated with teacher stress." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April, 1984.

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Organizer of invited address entitled "The changing ecology of teacher education research." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April, 1984.

Member of team that presented a proposal to the Administrative Council for the formation of a teacher education division in the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC, June, 1984.

Presentation entitled "The future of teaching: Some assumptions and challenges" to the Falls Church Regional Education Center, Falls Church, VA, September, 1984.

Member of panel discussing teacher education in Virginia which appeared on television station WDBJ, Channel 7, in Roanoke, VA, February 26, 1985.

Presentation entitled "Spotting good stories--activity in the program" to members of the American Educational Research Association's Editor-at-Large-Program, Chicago, March, 1985 (with D. Alverman).

Chair of paper session entitled "Teacher Education." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April, 1985.

Chair of critique session entitled "Explorations of teachers' decision making and understanding." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April, 1985.

Presentation on educational program evaluation to administrators and teachers at South Boston-Halifax, Virginia, October 11, 1985.

Chair of session entitled "The influence of instruction methods on the acquisition, retention, and transfers of scientific concepts." Annual meeting of the American Educational Association, San Francisco, April, 1986.

Critic on session entitled "Deriving teaching skills from research: multiple perspectives." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April, 1986.

Critic on session entitled "The career ladder: Studies in four states." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April, 1986.

Discussant on session entitled "Varied perspectives on supervision." Annual meeting of the American Educational Association, San Francisco, April, 1986.

Colloquium presentation on Teacher subtype grant to the University of Virginia Psychology Department, April 13, 1987 (with D. Hallahan & C. Keller).

Invited Vice Presidential Address for Division K of the American Educational Research Association entitled "The Hard Work is in Front of Us." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C., April 22, 1987 (with Thomas Green and Marianne Amarel).

Critic on session entitled "Instructional Supervision: Focus on Methods for Research and Models for Change." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C., April 24, 1987.

McNergney, R. (1987). Report of AERA Division K's Mission, Bylaws, and Special Projects Committee at the annual business meeting, Washington, D.C.

Chair of symposium entitled "The Interdependence of Educational Research and the Press." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, 1989.

Participated in briefing for foreign press, (September 29, 1989). Education Summit, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Presenter on session entitled "Teacher Education Governance." Annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, Las Vegas, February 7, 1990.

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Critic on session entitled "Contributions of teacher education to teacher learning." Organized by Michigan State University's National Center for Research on Teacher Education, annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, Las Vegas, February 7, 1990.

Discussant on Ann Lieberman's invited address entitled "Instructional Leadership: The realities of practice." Sponsored by the SIG on Instructional Supervision, annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, April 19, 1990.

Discussant on session entitled "Instructional leadership: The realities of practice." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, April, 1990.

Invited address entitled "Educational reform and restructuring: New collaborations." Meeting of national and state staff of Instruction and Professional Development Division, National Education Association, Baltimore, MD, September 13, 1990.

Presenter on session entitled "Two national competitions involving case methods in teacher education." Annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, San Antonio, February 26, 1992.

Speech to Curry School Alumni entitled "The Role of the Commonwealth Center in Case-based Instruction," Education Day, May 30, 1992.

Speech entitled "Reforming Teacher Education: The Holmes Group," to the National Association of State Boards of Education, Southern Area meeting, New Orleans, January 15, 1993.

Organizer and chair of session entitled "Case-based, campus-based Instruction: The First National Competition in Retrospect." The annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, San Diego, CA, February 25, 1993.

Selected newspaper articles

McNergney, R. (1982, January 3). Where have all the teachers gone? Washington, DC: The Washington Post, Bookworld, 17.

McNergney, R. (1983, June 8) ...But we did. Washington, DC: The Washington Post, A25.McNergney, R. (1984, January 8). Evaluating teachers: How not to. New York, NY:

New York Times, section 12, 63.McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1986). America's ten-year agenda for educational excellence.

Washington, DC: Gannett News Service.McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1986). National certification for teachers? Washington, DC:

Gannett News Service.McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1986). The tyranny of average thinking. Washington, DC:

Gannett News Service.McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1986). Research clues: What kind of pre-school do the

disadvantaged need? Washington, DC: Gannett News Service.McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1986, January/February). Research clues: Motivating

students: watch what you say. NEA Today, p. 8.McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1986, March). Research clues: Working together to raise

math achievement. NEA Today, p. 17.McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1986, April). Research clues: What teaching techniques

work best with mainstreamed students? NEA Today, p. 8.McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1986, May). Research clues: Here's help for your most

distractible students. NEA Today, p. 17

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McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1986, June). Research clues: New computer network helps education breach wall between theory and practice. NEA Today, p. 15.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1986, October). Research clues: When slower is better. NEA Today, p. 10.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1986, November). Research clues: A research grant can put life into learning. NEA Today, p. 14.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1987, January/February). Research clues: Rice, Lombardi: Right/wrong! NEA Today, p. 17.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1987, March). Research clues: Those smart girls...and how they get that way. NEA Today, p. 19.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1987, April). Research clues: Extracurricular activities: Shattering the myth. NEA Today, p. 21.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1987, May). Research clues: That's not the half of it! NEA Today, p. 10.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1987, June). Research clues: Teaching today's kids about the vietnam war. NEA Today, p. 12.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1987, September). Research clues: Teaching tough kids. NEA Today, p. 9.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1987, October). Research clues: Appreciating kreativ splng. NEA Today, p. 12.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1987, November). Research clues: 'Inside-out' research. NEA Today, p. 12.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1987, December). Research clues: School improvement meets Urban high-it's a draw. NEA Today, p. 22.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1988, February). Research clues: Researchers rediscover rural school strengths. NEA Today, p. 9.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1988, March). Research clues: Cooperative learning: Can it work beyond elementary grades? NEA Today, p. 21.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1988, April). Research clues: When teachers take charge, students and parents gain. NEA Today, p. 16.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1988, May/June). Research clues: Dropouts: Time for solutions. NEA Today, p. 27.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1988, September). Research clues: Newspapers still part of young people's lives. NEA Today, p. 14.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1988, October). Research clues: Tracking and achievement. NEA Today, p. 29.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1988, November). Research clues: New urban teachers still a rare breed. NEA Today, p. 16.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1988, December). Research clues: Parental involvement: Teachers can make it happen. NEA Today, p. 16.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1989, February). Research clues: Women underrepresented in quantitative fields. NEA Today, p. 12.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1989, March). Research clues: Urban districts urgently need teachers. NEA Today, p. 14.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1989, April). Research clues: Another boost for cooperative learning. NEA Today, p. 20.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1989, May/June). Research clues: Don't worry, be happy! NEA Today, p. 32.

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McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1989, September). Research clues: Finding more time to teach. NEA Today, p. 38.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1989, October). Research clues: Are we teaching what's needed in elementary math? NEA Today, p. 32.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1989, November). Research clues: Retention holds kids back. NEA Today, p. 3

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1989, December). Research clues: Let's make a deal. NEA Today, p. 16.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1990, February). Research clues: Kids and heart health. NEA Today, p. 22.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1990, March). Research clues: To improve kids' writing, make the topics real. NEA Today, p. 28.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1990, April). Research clues: What place homework? NEA Today, p. 25.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1990, May/June). Research clues: Doing good by doing good. NEA Today, p. 27.

McNergney, R. (February 10, 1991). Virginia's 'A' for Effort. The Washington Post, C8.

Selected editing and reviewing

International editorial consultant for Curriculum and Teaching, Education and Society and New Education. Journals published by James Nicholas Publishers, Melbourne, Australia.

Guest editor of an issue of Theory Into Practice devoted to teacher development. Columbus: The Ohio State University, 1980, 19(4).

Reviewer of manuscripts for the Journal of Teacher Education, Educational Researcher, Review of Educational Research, American Educational Research Journal, Journal of Education for Teaching, and Journal of Curriculum and Supervision.

Reviewer of paper proposals for Divisions K and A of the American Educational Research Association.

Reviewer of book manuscripts for Macmillan, Allyn and Bacon, Random House, D.C. Heath Publishers, Harper-Collins, J.B. Lippincott Company, Scholastic Books, Longman, and McGraw-Hill.

Selected video production

McNergney, R.F., & Kilbane, C.R. (2000). Project Cuba. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia.

McNergney, R.F., & Herbert, J.M. (1998). The case of Newcomers High School (New York, New York). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Herbert, J.M., & McNergney, R.F. (1996). The case of Columbus, New Mexico: Educational life on the border . Washington, D.C.: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

Herbert, J.M., & McNergney, R.F. (1996). The case of Deming, New Mexico: International public education. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

Herbert, J.M., & McNergney, R.F. (1995). The case of Mary Anne Reed-Brown, teacher of a multiethnic fifth grade (Arlington, Virginia). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

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Herbert, J.M., & McNergney, R.F. (1995). The case of Laura Saatzer, third-grade teacher in a language magnet school (St. Paul, Minnesota). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

McNergney, R.F., & Herbert, J.M. (1995). The case of Hans Christian Anderson, a multicultural gender fair demonstration school. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

TEACHING

Selected assigned teaching (graduate to undergraduate)

EDLF 8500, Writing for Publication. University of VirginiaThis course moves students toward publication in a range of outlets.  Conducted as a writers’ group, students choose to concentrate on any one of a variety of types of manuscripts: research article, essay, newspaper feature, voices inside schools, textbooks, book and essay reviews. Occasional guests share their insights about writing for publication. Every session devotes attention to students’ own writing.

EDIS 8500(1), Current Research on Teaching and Teacher Education, University of VirginiaStudents in this doctoral-level seminar write dissertation proposals intended to investigate relationships between and among teacher characteristics, teaching behavior, and student learning. In recent years the course has focused on problems of measuring the value added to PK-12 learning via the preparation of teachers in support of the Teachers for a New Era grant funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Ford and Annenberg foundations.

EDLF 8430, Evaluation of Teaching, University of Virginia This course presents selected topics in the theory and practice of effective teaching and effective teacher evaluation. Students are expected to acquire knowledge and skills necessary for: (1) identifying and helping formulate teaching objectives, (2) observing teachers and/or pupils using a variety of methods, and (3) presenting teachers with evaluative information based on observations. Students are encouraged to apply what they learn by analyzing various teaching situations and speculating about ways to evaluate teaching performance. In addition, some time is devoted to studying cases and simulations of teaching as evaluation devices. CISy 8102, Curriculum and Instruction Ph.D. Core: Research on Teaching, (with James A. Mackey), University of Minnesota, MinneapolisDesigned to provide an overview of research on teaching this course was a core requirement for all doctoral students in Curricular and Instructional Systems, Adult Education, and specialty areas in Secondary and Elementary Education. Classes were devoted to developing an historical perspective on research on teaching, examining modern empirical procedures and findings, and speculating about implications of research results for classroom practice and for future investigation. Although the emphasis of the course was on classroom behavior in the public schools, research in other instructional settings was considered.

EDES 700, Introduction to Program Evaluation, University of VirginiaAs an introduction to program evaluation, this course acquaints students with assessment concepts which are common to people who are knowledgeable in the area. It is only one course--typically the first--in a series from which students may select, and thus it is also intended as a prelude to future course work in evaluation. The course introduces students to the types of problems and projects with which evaluators become involved.

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EDIS 589, Contemporary Issues: Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning, University of VirginiaThis Internet-based course was designed at the University of Virginia and first offered as a capstone experience for students in the five-year teacher education program. It served as the foundation for a set of three undergraduate and graduate courses that were offered at fifteen other schools and colleges of education in the United States and Canada and some 20 public school systems. Course content was delivered in a case-based format via the Internet (Web, video conference, discussion groups, and electronic mail), videotape, and print materials. Students study problems or cases much as students do in business, law, and medicine.

EDHS 201, Teaching as a Profession, University of VirginiaStudents entering the Curry School of Education's five-year program take this course as their first professional requirement. As an introduction to the foundations of education in the United States, students explore educational history, philosophy, sociology, law, cultural values, and professional knowledge.

FUNDED RESEARCH

Since 1980 I have been either principal or co-principal investigator on funded research projects from the U.S. Department of Education (Office of Special Education Research & Office of Higher Education), State Council of Higher Education in Virginia, Virginia Department of Education, Hitachi Foundation, AT&T/Lucent Foundation, and Spencer Foundation.

SERVICE

Selected National and International Service

Member of Committee on Publications and the Journal of Teacher Education, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 2002-2005.

Writer of technology column for the AACTE Briefs, newsletter of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 1997-2000.

Newsletter editor, Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education), American Educational Research Association, 1994-1998.

Member of Technology Committee, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 1995-2000. (Chair, 1999-2000)

Co-chair of program for Division K, section 7, American Educational Research Association, 1998-1999.

Chair of National Task Force on Case-method Teaching, Association of Teacher Educators, 1995-97.

Research Clues columnist for NEA Today, 1986-1990.Member of Selection Committee for Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Association of

Colleges for Teacher Education, 1989-90.Co-chair of Program for Division K of the American Educational Research Association's Annual

Meeting, San Francisco, 1989.Member of Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Relations, American Educational Research

Association, 1989-90.

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Secretary of Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education), American Educational Research Association, 1984-86.

Co-chair of the American Educational Research Association's Special Interest Group on Teacher Preparation Curriculum and Co-chair of program for the SIG, 1980-84.

Selected University and School Service

Member of University of Virginia Senate Faculty Relations Committee (1987-1992).Member of Curry School Promotions Committee (1989-91) and Chair (1990). Member elected at-large from Curry School to the University of Virginia Faculty Senate (1987-

1992).

HONORS

First secretary of Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) in the American Educational Research Association (1984-1986).

Recognized by The Ohio State University College of Education for outstanding service as a guest editor of Theory Into Practice, Spring, 1984.

Keynote address at the First Annual Inter-college Teacher Education Convocation at the Pennsylvania State University, September 29, 1986.

Invited Vice Presidential Address for Division K of the American Educational Research Association entitled "The Hard Work is in Front of Us." April 22, 1987, Washington, D.C. (with Thomas Green and Marianne Amarel).

Recognized by the Virginia Educational Research Association for quality research, spring, 1987.Invited address on teacher development to faculty and students as part of North Carolina State

University's Distinguished Scholars Program, May 11, 1989.Award from Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) of the American Educational

Research Association for work to help establish Division archives, 1992.Appointed chair of the Technology Committee, American Association of Colleges for Teacher

Education, 1999-2000.Visiting Senior Scholar, French Ministry of Education and the Institut National de Recherche

Pedagogique, Paris, France (spring 2001).Co-founder, president (2000-2013), partner (2000-present), CaseNEX, LLC, Charlottesville,

Virginia.