Carolyn Weber, PhD
Associate Professor, Middle Level Education
Coordinator, Middle Level Education Dual Major Program
Location
Schindler Education Center 628
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0606
Phone
(319) 273-7759
Email
Carolyn Weber, PhD
Associate Professor, Middle Level Education
Coordinator, Middle Level Education Dual Major Program
Teaching Interests
Middle Level Curriculum
Middle Level Instruction, Differentiation, and Assessment
English Language Structure and Use
Research Interests
History of Social Studies Education
Preservice Teachers
Teaching Social Studies through Inquiry
Professional Accomplishments
- Weber, C. A. & Hagan, H. N. (2023). Integrating inquiry in Social Studies classrooms. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Integrating-Inquiry-in-Social-Studies-Classro….
- Weber, C. A and Hagan, H.N. (2020). Is the right to clean water fake news? An elementary inquiry lesson exploring media literacy and human rights. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 33(1), p. 3-9.
- Weber, C. A. (2019). Celebrating trailblazing women: Soar, Elinor lesson plan. Social Studies Research and Practice, 14(3), 301-305.
- Weber, C. A. (2019). Teaching about sports icons and gender equity. Middle Level Learning, 66, 1-12.
- Weber, C. A., & Montgomery, S. E.(2019). The emergence of elementary citizenship education: Insights from Iowa’s rural schools, 1910-1935. Theory and Research in Social Education, 47(2), 261-293.
- Hagan, H. N., & Weber, C. A. (2018). Using inquiry to investigate the global challenge of equal access for girls to an education. Middle Level Learning 61,1-17.
- Weber, C. A. and Rule, A. C. (2017). Middle level preservice teachers experience a natural history arts-integrated interdisciplinary thematic unit. Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions 2(2), 15-44.
- Weber, C.A., Frye, J.M, Ables, C., and Goodman, J. (2010). Curriculum and the 1970s culture wars: Man a course of study. Curriculum History, 40-59.