• Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction
  University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 2001
  Dissertation Title: Negotiating Boundaries and Spaces: An Examination of the Process and Context at Douglas Elementary School


• M.S.Curriculum and Instruction
  University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 1994.
  Thesis Title: 4-H Missions in Space: Changing Student Conceptions Through Experiential Learning


• B.S. News Editorial Journalism University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 1991.

Burke, Christopher; Adler, Martha; Linker, Maureen. (under review, May 2006) Where Interaction Leads to Higher Standards: Policy Suggestions for a Humanizing Pedagogy. Multicultural Perspectives in Education

Burke, Christopher; Burke, Wendy. (under review, April 2006) Problematizing the Role of Expert within Small Scale School-University Partnerships. The Teacher Educator.

Burke, Christopher. (under review, March, 06) Stories form the neighborhood: Difficult Dialogs that Bridge Science Standards and Students’ Lives in Urban Schools. The Journal of Elementary Science Education.

Burke, Christopher. (2005) Seeing The Community as an Ecosystem. Trends and Issues: The Journal of the Florida Council for the Social Studies. 5-8.

Burke, Christopher & Burke, Wendy (2005) Student-Ready Schools for Every Student: From Elementary to High School. Childhood Education. 81, 5. 281-286.

Burke, Christopher J. F. Luera, Gail. & Moyer, Richard. (2004) Preparing Pre-service Elementary School Teachers To Teach Science: An Evaluation of the Development and Implementation of a Reform Program at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Michigan Journal of Teacher Education. 1,2. 42-47.

Burke, Christopher J. F. (2001). Challenging the High Tech Tapestry by Adding Diverse Threads from the Lives of Children, in Science Teaching and Learning in Deborah Tippins, Thomas Koballa, & Beverly Payne (Eds.) Learning from Cases: Unraveling the Complexities of Elementary Science Teaching. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

• EXPS 220
• NSCI 232
• EDD 480
• EDD 485
• EDD 475

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