Department of History
Appalachian State University

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Myra Pennell

Email: pennellml@appstate.edu

Research Interests
History and Social Studies Education
Teacher Education for History and Social Studies Teachers

Courses
Issues in Teaching History

Publications
Pennell, Myra, "Culture Shock: The Transition from Student to Teacher," Inquiry in Social Studies: Curriculum, Research and Instruction 34, (Winter, 1998), 13-18.

Pennell, Myra, "Developing History Courses for Prospective Teachers: Moving from Student Mentality to Teacher Mentality," World History Bulletin 27 (Fall 2000), viii-ix.

Pennell, Myra, "The First Days of School: Setting up to Win," Welcome to the Wonderful World of Tecahing Social Studies: A Survival Guide for the First Year Social Studies Teachers. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 1999, 3-7.

Pennell, Myra, "Improving Student Participation in History Lectures: Suggestions for Successful Questioning," Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 25 (Spring 2000), 25-35.

Pennell, Myra, "Using Real Life Assignments To Transform the Perspective of Pre-Service Teachers: Development of a Content Outline and Pacing Guide," Tar Heels News, North Carolina Council for the Social Studies (Fall, 1998), 15-17.

Pennell, Myra. "Helping Beginning Teachers Learn To Deal With Non-motivated Students - Part I & II.: Tar Heel News, North Carolina Council for the Social Studies (Pt. I, Spring, 2002: 13-14. Pt. II, Fall, 2002), 10-12.

Pennell, Myra and April Spencer, Review of Young Oxford History of Women in the United States, ed. Nancy Cott, in National Women's Studies Association Journal 11 (Summer, 1999), 207-213.

 

 

 

 

 

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