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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Outstanding Public Communication of Education Research Award, American Educational Research Association
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 1996 - Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

David C. Berliner is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, with a primary focus on education. Their work covers various subfields, including education, sociology and political science, anthropology, cultural studies, and philosophy.

The scientist's research topics reflect a broad range of interests within education and its intersection with society. Key topics include:

  • School Choice and Performance
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Education Systems and Policy
  • Student Assessment and Feedback
  • Religious Education and Schools
  • Religion, Society, and Development
  • Study and Philosophy of Religion

David C. Berliner has published multiple papers, with recent work spanning 2020 to 2023. Selected papers include:

  • "Speculations on experiences in public education and the health of the nation's democracy" (2023), published in Education Policy Analysis Archives
  • "Influencing educational change through policy-engaged research" (2023), published in Educational Psychologist
  • "Same tests, same results: Multi-year correlations of ESSA-mandated standardized tests in Texas and Nebraska" (2023), published in Education Policy Analysis Archives
  • "The value of student feedback in open forums: A natural analysis of descriptions of poorly rated teachers" (2021), published in Education Policy Analysis Archives
  • "Essay review of Slaying Goliath: The passionate resistance to privatization and the fight to save America's public schools" (2020), published in Education Review

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Berliner include Olivia Angé, Sharon L. Nichols, Carlos Valcarcel, Jeffrey A. Holmes, and Mari Koerner.

Publication venues where Berliner's work appears recurrently are as follows:

  • Education Policy Analysis Archives
  • Educational Psychologist
  • Education Review
  • La Revue Nouvelle
  • Terrain

In addition to articles, Berliner has authored books published by Berghahn Books and Rutgers University Press. These books include:

  • "Anthropology and Nostalgia" (2022, Berghahn Books)
  • "ECOLOGICAL NOSTALGIAS" (2020, Berghahn Books)
  • "Losing Culture" (2020, Rutgers University Press)

Recognition of Berliner's contributions is reflected in awards from the American Educational Research Association, such as:

  • Outstanding Public Communication of Education Research Award (2016)
  • Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (2008)
  • Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award (1996)

Best Publications

  • The Manufactured Crisis: Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools

    David C. Berliner;Bruce J. Biddle

  • Handbook of Educational Psychology

    David C. Berliner;Robert C. Calfee

  • In Pursuit of the Expert Pedagogue

    David C. Berliner

  • Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools

    Sharon Lynn Nichols;David C. Berliner

  • Learning about and learning from expert teachers

    David C. Berliner

  • High-Stakes Testing & Student Learning

    Audrey L. Amrein;David C. Berliner

  • Comment: Educational Research:The Hardest Science of All:

    David C. Berliner

  • High-stakes testing, uncertainty, and student learning

    Audrey Beardsley;David Berliner

  • Teaching Behaviors, Academic Learning Time, and Student Achievement: An Overview.

    Charles Fisher;David Berliner;Nikola Filby;Richard Marliave

  • The Development of Expertise in Pedagogy.

    David C. Berliner

  • Describing the Behavior and Documenting the Accomplishments of Expert Teachers.

    David C. Berliner

  • The Effectiveness of "Teach for America" and Other Under-certified Teachers

    Ildiko Laczko-Kerr;David C. Berliner

  • Expert-Novice Differences in Perceiving and Processing Visual Classroom Information:

    Kathy Carter;Katherine Cushing;Donna Sabers;Pamela Stein

  • Rational responses to high stakes testing: the case of curriculum narrowing and the harm that follows

    David Berliner

  • Our Impoverished View of Educational Research.

    David C. Berliner

  • The effects of high-stakes testing on student motivation and learning

    Audrey L. Amrein;David C. Berliner

  • 50 Myths and Lies That Threaten America's Public Schools: The Real Crisis in Education

    David C. Berliner;Gene V. Glass;Jesus Cisneros;Victor H. Diaz

  • National Board Certified Teachers and Their Students' Achievement

    Leslie G. Vandevoort;Audrey Amrein-Beardsley;David C. Berliner

  • Differences Among Teachers in a Task Characterized by Simultaneity, Multidimensionality, and Immediacy

    Donna S. Sabers;Katherine S. Cushing;David C. Berliner

  • Processing and using information about students: A study of expert, novice, and postulant teachers☆

    Kathy Carter;Donna Sabers;Katherine Cushing;Stefinee Pinnegar

  • The Manufactured Crisis

    David Berliner;Bruce Biddle

Frequent Co-Authors

Gene V. Glass
Gene V. Glass Arizona State University
Linda Darling-Hammond
Linda Darling-Hammond Stanford University
Erik De Corte
Erik De Corte KU Leuven
W. James Popham
W. James Popham University of California, Los Angeles
James G. Greeno
James G. Greeno University of Pittsburgh
Richard J. Shavelson
Richard J. Shavelson Stanford University
Patricia A. Alexander
Patricia A. Alexander University of Maryland, College Park
Lee S. Shulman
Lee S. Shulman Stanford University
Larry Cuban
Larry Cuban Stanford University
Dorit Ravid
Dorit Ravid Tel Aviv University

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