Biography
Dr. Woyshner earned her doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Teaching, Curriculum, and Learning Environments. She is a historian of education who focuses on the role of voluntary organizations in shaping schools and the curriculum. Her current research examines the ways that African American civic associations served as sites of teaching and learning in Black communities in the first half of the twentieth century. Dr. Woyshner has published widely on the need to diversify the K-12 social studies curriculum, as well as the history of women’s associations in education.
Research Interests
- Black Education
- Curriculum
- History
Courses Taught
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Number |
Name |
Level |
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ECED 3208 |
Social Studies for the Early Years, Pre K-4 |
Undergraduate |
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EDUC 2103 |
Socio-cultural Foundations of Education in the United States |
Undergraduate |
Selected Publications
Featured
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Barton, K.C., Contrreras, G., Crocco, M.S., Epstein, T., Evans, R.W., Grant, S.G., Hahn, C.L., Levstik, L.S., Merryfield, M.M., & Nelson, J.L. (2014). Leaders in social education: Intellectual self-portraits. C.A. Woyshner (Ed.). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. doi: 10.1007/978-94-6209-665-3
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Woyshner, C. (2009). The National PTA, Race, and Civic Engagement, 1897-1970. (pp. 1-278). Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. Retrieved from https://www.scopus.com/
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Knupfer, A.M. & Woyshner, C. (2008). The Educational Work of Women’s Organizations, 1890–1960. Palgrave Macmillan US. doi: 10.1057/9780230610125
Recent
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King, L.J., Murray, A.D., & Woyshner, C. (2019). African American curriculum history: New possibilities and directions. In Transnational Perspectives on Curriculum History (pp. 63-82).
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Woyshner, C. (2019). Interview with Joyce Goodman. Espacio, Tiempo Y Educacion, 6(2), pp. 273-282. doi: 10.14516/ete.319