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Carrie Birmingham Faculty Profile

Carrie Birmingham

Professor of Teacher Education
Humanities/Teacher Education Division, Seaver College
CAC 309
310.506.7405

Education

  • PhD, Educational Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 1994
  • MA Elementary Education, College of Mount Saint Joseph, Cincinnati, OH, 1985
  • BA Biblical Studies, Cincinnati Christian University, OH, 1982

 

  • Birmingham, C. (2023). Correcting One or Two False Notions: Reading Surprised by Joy as a Counternarrative. VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center.
  • Birmingham, C. (2023). Experiencing pedagogical reflection as the virtue phronesis. Reflective Practice.
  • Birmingham, C. (2022). Surprised by Joy and the Menippean Solution. Journal of Inklings Studies, 12 (2), 163-186.
  • Birmingham, C. (2020). Grown birds and poultry keepers: C.S. Lewis on education. Stone-Campbell Journal, 23 (2), 207-224.
  • Birmingham, C. (2017). From resistance to reading. The California Reader, 50 (2), 20-28.
  • Birmingham, C. (2016). Christians teaching in a public school: Two paths. Issues in Christian Education, 50 (1).
  • Birmingham, C. (2011). Hope in teaching and teaching in hope. In Pursuit of Truth: A Journal of Christian Scholarship. http://www.cslewis.org/journal/author/carrie-birmingham/.
  • Birmingham, C. (2010). Romance and irony: How mothers of children with autism defend goodness and express hope. Narrative Inquiry, 20 (2), 225-245.
  • Birmingham, C. (2009). The disposition of hope in teaching. Teacher Education Quarterly, 36 (4), 27- 40.
  • Birmingham, C. (2009). Preparing the soil. Stone Campbell Journal, 12 (2), 193-206.
  • Birmingham, C., (2005). Harry Potter and the baptism of the imagination. The Stone-Campbell Journal, 8 (2), 199-214.
  • Birmingham, C., (2004). Phronesis: A model for pedagogical reflection. Journal of Teacher Education, 55 (4), 313-324.
  • Birmingham, C., (2003). Practicing the virtue of reflection in an unfamiliar cultural context. Theory Into Practice, 42 (3,) 188-202.
  • Copeland, W.D., Birmingham, C., Caston, M., DeMeulle, L., and Natal, D. (1994). Making meaning in classrooms: An investigation of cognitive processes in aspiring, experienced teachers, and their peers. American Educational Research Journal, 31 (1), 166-196.
  • Copeland, W.D., Birmingham, C., de la Cruz, E., and Lewin, B. (1993). The reflective practitioner in teaching: Toward a research agenda. International Journal of Teaching and Teacher Education, 9 (4), 347-359.
  • Birmingham, C. (2023). Better than he asked or imagined: C.S. Lewis and the education of children. Presented at the annual Christian Scholars’ Conference, Houston TX.
  • Yomantas, E., Birmingham, C., & Wall, C. (2022). Harboring as a framework for cultivating care among teacher candidates in virtual spaces. Presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
  • Birmingham, C., Hamm, D., Keith, L., & Nelson, F.P. (2021). Through shining eyes: New knowledge for a pedagogy of reflective coaching. Presented at the annual conference of the California Council on Teacher Education.
  • Birmingham, C. (October, 2019). Becoming a teacher in challenging times. Presented at conference of the California Council on Teacher Education, Lives of Teachers SIG, San Diego, CA.
  • Birmingham, C., DeWitt, E., Diaz, A., Lehman, A., Hsueh, E., Moore, B., Yñiguez, D. (March, 2019). Becoming a teacher in challenging times. Presented at the annual conference of the Southern California Professional Development School Consortium, Malibu, CA.
  • Birmingham, C. (February, 2019). What The Abolition of Man really says about education. Invited presentation for the C.S. Lewis Foundation Conference and Faculty Forum, Pomona, CA.
  • Birmingham, C. (2018). How a PDS can solve all our problems. Presented at the annual meeting of Association of Christian Educator Preparation Programs, Harding University.
  • Birmingham, C. (2017). The intersection of Christian faith and public schools. Two-day seminar presented at the C.S. Lewis Foundation Oxbridge Summer Institute, Cambridge UK.
  • Birmingham, C. (2015). Like reading the dictionary: The power of free voluntary reading for English learners. Paper presented at the conference of the California Council on Teacher Education, San Diego.
  • Birmingham, C. (2014). The play’s the thing: Integrating theater arts into teacher education. Paper presented at the conference of the California Council on Teacher Education, San Diego.
  • Birmingham, C., (2010). The disposition of hope in teaching. Invited presentation at the symposium of Christians in Teacher Education, Santa Barbara, CA.
  • Birmingham, C., and Springer, J. (2009). Out of the comfort zone, gradually. Poster presented at the conference of the California Council on Teacher Education, San Diego.
  • Birmingham, C., (2009). The disposition of hope in teaching. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
  • Birmingham, C., (2009). Narratives of hope. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
  • Birmingham, C. (2008) Hope in teaching and teaching in hope. Paper presented at the Oxbridge Conference of the C.S. Lewis Foundation. Oxford University, England.
  • Birmingham, C., (2001). The virtue of reflection. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle.
  • Birmingham, C. (2001). Pepperdine University Seaver College Teacher Education. Poster presented at the conference of the California Council for Teacher Education, San Diego.
  • Copeland, W.D., Birmingham, C., Caston, M., DeMeulle, L., and Natal, D. (1992). Making meaning in classrooms: An investigation of cognitive processes in aspiring, experienced teachers, and their peers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
  • Copeland, W.D., Birmingham, C., de la Cruz, E., and Lewin, B. (1991). The reflective practitioner in teaching: Toward a research agenda. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Topics

  • C.S. Lewis and education
  • Christian perspectives on teaching
  • Narratives of teaching and learning

Courses

  • Educational Foundations
  • Literacy Theory and Methods
  • Teaching English Learners
  • Teaching Students with Exceptional Needs
  • Multiple Subject Teaching and Content Area Methods
  • Clinical Experience 2
  • First Year Seminar: Thinking Well