Department Chair and Associate Professor, Education
My research aims to explore effective means for transferring scholarship conducted within academia to students who are seeking to become K-12 teachers. Though this research largely occurs within the context of social studies education, my work often applies outside of the social studies, as it seeks to teach help preservice teachers understand how to promote collaborative dialogue amongst students, incorporate religion into their pedagogy, and encourage meaningful reflection by both students and teachers.
Tannebaum, R. P. & Olwell, R. (2023, expected, In Press). At the intersection of teacher
education, the social studies, and religious & theological studies: A space for preparing Preservice Teachers to incorporate religion into their K-12 Classrooms. Religion in teacher education: Problems, challenges, and possibilities. Invited book chapter.
Tannebaum, R. P. (2021). What do they want to know: Exploring what preservice
teachers want and expect from their preparation coursework. Book Chapter, Learning to Teach: Curricular and Pedagogical Considerations for Teacher Preparation. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD.
Tannebaum, R. P. (2020). Controversial public issues in the secondary classroom: Exploring
teachers’ thoughts and perceptions Teacher Education Quarterly, 47(1), pp. 7-26. (Acceptance Rate: Between 10-20%).
Merrimack partnered with A Bed for Every Child, a non-profit based in Lynn, Mass., for the College’s first campus-wide, post-pandemic Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day service event.
