Projects per year
Personal profile
About
Dr. John H. Bickford III is a former Mid-Prairie (IA) Middle School social studies teacher. He currently is a Professor of Social Studies Education at Eastern Illinois University. He teaches and has research interests in social studies education pedagogy, particularly history literacy, historical thinking, and historical argumentation.
Contact Information
Office: 2148 - Buzzard Hall
Phone: 2175817885
Email: [email protected]
Tues/Thurs 10-11am & Weds 8-10am or by appointment
Related documents
- Curriculum Vitae
File: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document, 52.6 KB
Type: CV
Education/Academic qualification
Social Studies Education, PhD, University of Iowa
… → 2009
Secondary Education, MA, University of Iowa
… → 2000
History, BA, University of Iowa
… → 1999
Research Interests
- Early Childhood, Elementary & Middle Level Education
- Social Studies Instruction
- Social Studies Assessment
- Adolescence
Disciplines
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Curriculum and Social Inquiry
- Elementary Education and Teaching
- Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
Projects
- 1 Active
-
EDU 5270 Content Area Literacy Instruction OER Course Materials
Bickford, J. (PI)
7/1/24 → 5/31/25
Project: Research project
-
Examining Biology Curricular Resources’ Scientific Depictions of Evolution, Race, Sexuality, and Identity
Bickford, J. H., Feb 2024, In: Science and Education. 33, 1, p. 103-133 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
“We are all Birmingham”: Fourth-graders Inquiry into an Oft-Racialized City and its Suburbs
Clabough, J., Bickford III, J. H. & Blackstock, E., 2024, In: Social Studies and the Young Learner. 36, 3, p. 9-15 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
File -
Examining Charles Darwin’s (Mis)representation within science and history curricula
Bickford, J. H., 2023, In: Journal of Curriculum Studies. 55, 3, p. 290-308 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Trade books’ evolving historical representation of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Bickford, J. H. & Dwomoh, R. K., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Social Studies Research. 45, 3, p. 181-193 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
A Guided Inquiry into a Dubious, Pervasive, All-American Organization, the Ku Klux Klan
Bickford, J. H. & Clabough, J., May 13 2020, In: Teaching History: A Journal of Methods. 45Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
An Inquiry into Liberty, Slavery, and Thomas Jefferson’s Place in American Memory
Bickford, J. H. & Hendrickson, R. C., Jan 2 2020, In: The Social Studies. 111Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Civic Action, Historical Agency, and Grassroots Advocacy: Historical Inquiry Into Freedom Summer
Bickford, J. H. & Clabough, J., Jan 2 2020, In: The Social Studies. 111Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Complicating Master Narratives with Primary Sources in a Fourth Grade Guided Inquiry.
Clabough, J. & Bickford, J. H., Jan 1 2020, In: Social Studies and the Young Learner. 32Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
- 6 Membership of network
-
National Council of the Social Studies (External organization)
Bickford, J. H. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
-
Association for Middle Level Education (External organization)
Bickford, J. H. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
-
International Research Society for Children's Literature (External organization)
Bickford, J. H. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
-
Illinois Council for the Social Studies (External organization)
Bickford, J. H. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
-
Children's Literature Assembly (of National Council of Teachers of English) (External organization)
Bickford, J. H. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
-
International Literacy Association (External organization)
Bickford, J. H. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Prizes
-
2016 recipient of Council on Faculty Research’s Summer Research/Creative Activity Award
Bickford, J. H. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
2015 recipient of Council on Faculty Research’s Summer Research/Creative Activity Award
Bickford, J. H. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
2015 recipient of Provost's Undergraduate Research Mentor Award for College of Education and Professional Studies.
Bickford, J. H. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
2015 recipient of Summer Research Assistantship
Bickford, J. H. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
2014 EIU's Achievement and Contribution Award for Research
Bickford, J. H. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
2014 recipient of Council on Faculty Research’s Fall Research/Creative Activity Award
Bickford, J. H. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
2014 recipient of Council on Faculty Research’s Summer Research/Creative Activity Award
Bickford, J. H. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
2012 CEPS Development Grant for Research
Bickford, J. H. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
-
Why the Thanksgiving myth persists, according to science
11/22/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
-
Why the Thanksgiving myth persists, according to science
11/21/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
-
Charleston Rotary honors Top 10 CHS graduates
Amaya, C. C., Routt, K. & Bickford III, J. H.
5/17/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
-
Charleston Rotary honors Top 10 CHS graduates
Amaya, C. C., Routt, K. & Bickford III, J. H.
5/17/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research