Professor

Luther Spoehr

Degrees:

B.A. History, Haverford College 1969

M.A. History, Stanford University 1970

Ph.D History, Stanford University 1975

Recent Publications:

Book reviews on US history for the Providence Journal (1997-Present)

"Where Do Principals Come From?" in Boston University Journal of Education, Vol. 184, No. 1 (Spring 2004).

Doing the DBQ: Teaching and Learning with the Document-Based Question on the Advanced Placement US History Examination (co-authored with Alan Fraker; published by The College Board, 1995)

"A First Rough Draft of History" (co-edited with Alan Fraker; Newsweek Educational Program, 1994)

"Learning to Think Historically" (co-authored with Kathryn T. Spoehr; Educational Psychologist, Spring 1994).

Current interests:

Teaching US History, History of Higher Education, History of American School Reform

Current courses:

• ED 40 / History 98 section 14 - The Campus on Fire: American Colleges and Universities in the 1960s
• ED90 - Fieldwork and Seminar in Secondary Education
• ED120 / History 196 section 31 - History of American School Reform
• ED159 / History 196 section 32 - Teaching Topics in American History and Literature, 1917-1945 (alternate years)
• ED162 / History 196 section 33 - Teaching Topics in American History and Literature, 1945-1980 (alternate years; to be offered Spring 2000)
• ED173 / History 196 section 30 - American Higher Education in Historical Context

Contact info:

Brown University Education Department
Box 1938
Providence, RI 02912

Phone: (401) 863-9236

E-Mail: Luther_Spoehr@brown.edu

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