Robert F. Mcnergney

Robert F. McNergney

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Robert F. McNergney

Professor of Education

Curry School

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

(434) 924-0749;

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (education), Syracuse University, 1974; M.Ed. (education), University of Vermont, 1972; B.A. (political science & sociology), University of Nebraska, 1969.

EMPLOYMENT

Professor, Educational Evaluation/Educational Psychology, University of Virginia (1986-present ), Senior advisor on research and assessment on Teachers for a New Era grant (Carnegie Corporation, Ford and Annenberg Foundations, 2001-2006); Director of the Commonwealth Center for the Education of Teachers (research center funded by State of Virginia 1988-1995); Associate Professor, Director of Teacher Education, and Senior Researcher on the Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (Virginia teacher certification system, 1980-1986); Assistant/Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Experiences, School of Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1975-1980); Assistant Professor, State University of New York, Potsdam (1974-1975); Teacher, John F. Kennedy Middle School, Winooski, Vermont (1970-1972); Teacher, Sidney High School, Sidney, Iowa (1969-1970).

SCHOLARSHIP

Selected journal articles

McNergney, R. F. (1978). Investigating the training needs of preservice and inservice teachers in cooperative teaching centers. Improving Human Performance Quarterly, 7(2), 236-243.

Carrier, C., & McNergney, R. F. (1979). Interaction research: Can it help individualize instruction? Educational Technology, 19(4), 40-45.

McNergney, R. F. (1980). Responding to teachers as individuals. Theory Into Practice, 19(4), 234-239.

McNergney, R., Francis, P., Hinson, S., & Stimpfle, P. (1983). Translating a metatheory of teacher development into practice. Journal of Teacher Education, 34(5), 53-57.

McNergney, R. F., Medley, D. M., Aylesworth, M. S., & Innes, A. H. (1983). Assessing teachers' planning abilities. Journal of Educational Research, 77(2), 108-111.

McNergney, R.F. (1984, May). Response to Krathwohl on SIGs. Educational Researcher, 32-33.

McNergney, R., & Satterstrom, L. (1984). Teacher characteristics and teacher behaviors. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 9, 19-24.

McNergney, R., & Hinson, S. (1985, Fall). Assessing professional decision-making abilities. Educational Communication and Technology Journal, 33(3), 179-183.

McNergney, R., & Francis, P. (1986, Spring). Clinical teacher development revisited. Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1(3), 197-204.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1986, May). Improving student attention. Educational Leadership, 43(8), 84.

McNergney, R., & Haberman, M. (1987, December). Research on teaching: Teaching aggressive children. Educational Leadership, 45(4), 96.

McNergney, R., Mintz, S., Lloyd, J., & Moore, J. (1988, September-October). Training for pedagogical decision making. Journal of Teacher Education, 39(5), 37-44.

McNergney, R.F., Medley, D.M., & Caldwell, M.S. (1988, May-June). Making and implementing policy on teacher licensure. Journal of Teacher Education, 39(3), 38-44.

Herbert, J., & McNergney, R. (Fall, 1988). Teachers' planning for and implementation of evaluation in elementary and secondary classrooms. Journal of Research and Development in Education, 22(1), 39-46.

Herbert, J., & McNergney, R. (1989). Evaluating teacher evaluators using a set of public standards. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 2(4), 321-333.

McNergney, R. (1990, April). Improving communication among educational researchers, policymakers, and the press. Educational Researcher, 19(3), 20-23.

Knapp, J.L., McNergney, R.F., Herbert, J.M., & York, H.L. (1990, March-April). Should a master's degree be required of all teachers? Journal of Teacher Education, 41(2), 27-44.

McNergney, R.F. (1994, December). Videocases: A way to foster a global perspective on multicultural education. Phi Delta Kappan, 76(4), 296-298.

McNergney, R.F., Herbert, J.M., & Ford, R.E. (1994). Cooperation and competition in case-based teacher education. Journal of Teacher Education, 45(5), 339-345.

Hess, F.M., & McNergney, R.F. (1998, March). Technology trade-offs. electronic school, A30-A33.

McNergney, R.F. (2000). Why technology standards will not affect the use of technology in teacher education. Preparing teachers to meet the challenge of new standards with new technologies. Washington, DC: Council of Chief State School Officers, 59-67.

McNergney, R. & Imig, S. (2006, October 26). Challenges of Assessing Value Added to PK-12 Education by Teacher Education. Teachers College Record [On-line]. Available:

Konold, T., Jablonski, B., Nottingham, A., Kessler, L., Byrd, S., Imig, S., Berry, R., & McNergney, R. (2008, September-October). Adding value to public schools: Investigating teacher education, teaching, and pupil learning. Journal of Teacher Education, 59 (4), 300-312.

McNergney, R.F. (2011, March). Lessons in evaluation. American School Board Journal, 36-37.

McNergney, R. (2011, January 27). Small ball: Small teaching.

McNergney, R. (2012, March). Five (hard) lessons on teacher evaluations. American School Board Journal , 26-27.

Selected chapters

McNergney, R. F., & Medley, D. M. (1984). Teacher evaluation. In J. Cooper (Ed.), Developing skills for instructional supervision (pp. 147-148). New York: Longman.

Medley, D. M., & McNergney, R. F. (1984). Program evaluation. In J. Cooper (Ed.), Developing skills for instructional supervision (pp. 179-206). New York: Longman.

McNergney, R., Caldwell, M., & Reina, J. (1985). Educating and evaluating beginning teachers in Virginia. In Alan R. Tom (Ed.), Teacher education in liberal arts settings: Achievements, realities and challenges (p. 55-61). Washington, DC: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and American Independent Liberal Arts College for Teacher Education.

Clark, D. L., & McNergney, R. F. (1990). Governance of teacher education. In Houston, W. R., Haberman, M., & Sikula, J. P. (Eds.), Handbook of research on teacher education. New York: Macmillan, 101-118.

McNergney, R.F., Herbert, J.M., & Nuttycombe, D.G. (1993). Fitting teacher education to teachers' needs. In L. Kremer-Hayon, H.C. Vonk, & R. Fessler (Eds.), Teachers' professional development: A multiple perspective approach. Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger, 253-265.

Cooper, J.M., & McNergney, R.F. (1995). The value of cases in teacher education. In J.M. Cooper (Ed.), Teachers' problem solving: A casebook of award-winning cases. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1-10.

McNergney, R.F., Regelbrugge, L.A., & Harper, J.P. (1997). Multicultural education in a global context. In D.M. Byrd & D.J. McIntyre (Eds.) Research on the education of our nation’s teachers: Teacher education yearbook V. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 7-25.

Books

McNergney, R.F., & Carrier, C.A. (1981). Teacher development. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc.

McNergney, R. (Ed.) (1988). Guide to classroom teaching. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

McNergney, R.F. (Ed.) (1992). Education research, policy, and the press: Research as news. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Herbert, J.M., & McNergney, R.F. (Eds.) (1995). Guide to foundations in action videocases: Teaching and learning in multicultural settings. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

McNergney, R.F., & Herbert, J.M. (1995, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007). Foundations of education: The challenger. of professional practice. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Kent, T.W., & McNergney, R.F. (1999). Will technology really change education? From blackboard to web. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

McNergney, R., Ducharme, E., & Ducharme, M. (Eds.) (1999). Educating for democracy: Case-method teaching and learning. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers.

McNergney, R., & Keller, C. (Eds.) (1999). Images of mainstreaming: Educating students with disabilities. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc.

McNergney, R.F., & McNergney, J.M. (2008).Education: The practice and profession of teaching. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Selected reviews and essays

McNergney, R. (1979, September). [Review of The scientific basis of the art of teaching]. Educational Researcher, 19-20.

McNergney, R., & Crook, P. (1980). [Review of Biting the apple: Accounts of first year teachers]. Harvard Educational Review, 50(4), 547-550.

McNergney, R. (1982). The tangles and fankles of interaction research. [Review of Communication andeducation: Social and psychological interactions]. Contemporary Education Review, 1(3), 211-213.

McNergney, R. (1982). The effects of computers on children and vice versa. [Review of Mindstorms: Children, computers, and powerful ideas]. Curriculum Inquiry, 12(3), 301-303.

Selected papers presented at professional meetings

McNergney, R. F. (1976, April). Applying an aptitude-treatment interaction approach to competency based teacher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

McNergney, R. F. (1976, October). Teaching centers: Vehicles for school-university cooperation in Minnesota. Paper presented to the third annual National Teacher Education Conference sponsored by Indiana University.

McNergney, R. F. (1976, November). The effects of conceptual level and structure of training intervention on the acquisition of a teaching strategy. Paper presented at the eighth annual meeting of the International Congress for Individualized Instruction, Boston.

McNergney, R. F. (1977, April). Assessing perceived needs for training preservice teachers, inservice teachers, and other educational personnel in cooperative teaching centers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.

McNergney, R. F. (1978, May). Personalizing teacher development: An adaptive supervisory process. Paper presented at the Midwestern Educational Research Association, Bloomingdale, IL.

McNergney, R. F. (1978, June). Strategies for teacher development. Paper presented at the First Congress on Education, Toronto, Canada.

McNergney, R. F., & Harootunian, B. (1978, June). Toward a differential model of clinical supervision. Paper presented at the First Congress on Education, Toronto, Canada.

McNergney, R. F., Bents, R., & Burcalow, J. (1979, March). Effects of training on teachers' abilities to generate constructs. Paper presented at the Midwestern Educational Research Association, Kalamazoo, MI.

McNergney, R. F., Carrier, C. A., Leonard, L., & Harootunian, B. (1979, April). Teacher development: An interactive approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

McNergney, R. F. (1980, March). Teachers in context: Coordinating variables in teacher education. Paper presented at the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at the University of Texas, Austin.

McNergney, R. F. (1980, April). Teacher development: Personalizing support for teachers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston.

Aylesworth, M. S., Innes, A. H., McNergney, R. F., & Medley, D. M. (1982, April). Toward assessing teachers' abilities to make preactive teaching decisions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York.

Reese, M., McNergney, R., & Innes, A. (1982, November). Using survey research to guide staff development policy and programs. Paper presented at the seventh annual conference of the National Council of States on Inservice Education, Atlanta.

McNergney, R., & Aylesworth, M. (1983, April). An overview of preservice teacher evaluation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

McNergney, R., Francis, P., Hinson, S., & Stimpfle, P. (1983-April). Translating a meta-theory of teacher development into practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

McNergney, R., & Francis, P. (1985, April). Clinical teacher development revisited. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

McNergney, R., Hinson, S. (1985, April). Assessing professional decision-making abilities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Chronister, A., & McNergney, R. (1986). A computer program for assessing teachers' planning abilities. Paper presented to the Eastern Educational Research Association, Miami.

Loyd, B., McNergney, R., Caldwell, M., & Ball, D. (1986). Selected instructional variables vis-a-vis student participation and off-task behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

McNergney, R., Loyd, B., Caldwell, M., & Ball, D. (1986). Classroom management vis-a-vis student participation and off-task behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Herbert, J., & McNergney, R. (1987, February). How do teachers plan for and implement evaluation? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

Herbert, J., & McNergney, R. (1987, October). Comparing supervisors' behaviors to a set of professional standards. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

Herbert, J., & McNergney, R. (1988, April). Judging teacher performance: Evaluating the evaluators. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Hallahan, D., McNergney, R., & Sutton, J. (1989). Using quantitative and qualitative methods for studying teachers of mainstreamed learning-disabled students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

McNergney, R., Hallahan, D., Keller, C., & Crowley, P. (1989, August). Educational Research, Policy, and Practice: The Role of the Press. Paper presented at a colloquium on the Interdependence of Research, Policy, and the Press, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

McNergney, R.F., & Herbert, J.M. (1989, June). The interaction between teacher education and teachers' needs. Paper presented at the Fifteenth International Conference on Improving University Teaching, Vancouver, Canada.

White, B.C., & McNergney, R.F. (1991 June 21). Case-based teacher education: The state of the art. Paper presented at Case Methods in Teacher Education: A Working Conference, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Herbert, J.M., White, B.C., & McNergney, R.F. (1992, April). Producing, using, and evaluating videotaped multicultural cases of teaching and learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

McNergney, R.F., Herbert, J.M., & Ford, R.E. (1993). Anatomy of a team case competition. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta

McNergney, R., Kaylin, C., Yoon, M., Oliver, F., Shields, M., Reed, D., & Fernandez, F. (2009, October 15). Classrooms for the future: Revolutionizing learning and teaching in Pennsylvania’s high schools. Charlottesville, VA: CaseNEX, LLC

Selected presentations

McNergney, R.F., & Fernandez, G. (2009, April). Workshop on teacher evaluation.Chowchilla Public Schools, Chowchilla, CA.

McNergney, R.F., & Loboen, P. (2010, March). Low-inference observation of teachers. New York City Department of Education, New York, NY.

McNergney, R.F., Gartland, M., & Bencivenga, P. (2011, March). American Association of School Administrators, State University of New York, New Visions, Teach for America, and the Fortune School (N=6) 2010.

Member of a panel entitled "A personalized competency-oriented teacher education program". The Conference on Competency Based Teacher Education in New York State, Syracuse, NY, April, 1974.

Member of a panel entitled "Alternative CBTE models: Are they working?" New York State Council on Social Education Fall Conference, Syracuse, NY, October, 1974.

Member of a panel entitled "Implementation of CBTE programs in laboratory school and public school settings." State University of New York's Campus School Conference, Brockport, NY, January, 1975.

Organizer and chair of symposium entitled "Objectives of teacher education: The growth of teachers as teachers and as persons." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, April, 1981.

Speech entitled "Teachers and teaching: Challenges of the 1980s." Falls Church Regional Education Center, Falls Church, Virginia, May 1981.

Chair of symposium entitled "The quest for quality: Perspectives on the improvement of pre- and inservice teacher education." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April, 1983.

Chair of symposium entitled "Perspectives on staff development." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April, 1983.

Critic for symposium on the relationship of field experiences to teacher development. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April, 1983.

Organizer of a symposium entitled "Educational policy and human capital." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April, 1983.

Member of team that presented a proposal to the Administrative Council for the formation of a teacher education division in the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco January, 1984.

Critic of paper session entitled "The development of teachers: Principles, practices, and partnerships." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April, 1984.

Chair of symposium entitled "Building a climate for acceptance of differences: Implications for teacher education." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April, 1984.

Critic of paper session entitled "Factors associated with teacher stress." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April, 1984.

Organizer of invited address entitled "The changing ecology of teacher education research." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April, 1984.

Member of team that presented a proposal to the Administrative Council for the formation of a teacher education division in the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC, June, 1984.

Presentation entitled "The future of teaching: Some assumptions and challenges" to the Falls Church Regional Education Center, Falls Church, VA, September, 1984.

Member of panel discussing teacher education in Virginia which appeared on television station WDBJ, Channel 7, in Roanoke, VA, February 26, 1985.

Presentation entitled "Spotting good stories--activity in the program" to members of the American Educational Research Association's Editor-at-Large-Program, Chicago, March, 1985 (with D. Alverman).

Chair of paper session entitled "Teacher Education." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April, 1985.

Chair of critique session entitled "Explorations of teachers' decision making and understanding." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April, 1985.

Presentation on educational program evaluation to administrators and teachers at South Boston-Halifax, Virginia, October 11, 1985.

Chair of session entitled "The influence of instruction methods on the acquisition, retention, and transfers of scientific concepts." Annual meeting of the American Educational Association, San Francisco, April, 1986.

Critic on session entitled "Deriving teaching skills from research: multiple perspectives." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April, 1986.

Critic on session entitled "The career ladder: Studies in four states." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April, 1986.

Discussant on session entitled "Varied perspectives on supervision." Annual meeting of the American Educational Association, San Francisco, April, 1986.

Colloquium presentation on Teacher subtype grant to the University of Virginia Psychology Department, April 13, 1987 (with D. Hallahan & C. Keller).

Invited Vice Presidential Address for Division K of the American Educational Research Association entitled "The Hard Work is in Front of Us." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C., April 22, 1987 (with Thomas Green and Marianne Amarel).

Critic on session entitled "Instructional Supervision: Focus on Methods for Research and Models for Change." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C., April 24, 1987.

McNergney, R. (1987). Report of AERA Division K's Mission, Bylaws, and Special Projects Committee at the annual business meeting, Washington, D.C.

Chair of symposium entitled "The Interdependence of Educational Research and the Press." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, 1989.

Participated in briefing for foreign press, (September 29, 1989). Education Summit, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Presenter on session entitled "Teacher Education Governance." Annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, Las Vegas, February 7, 1990.

Critic on session entitled "Contributions of teacher education to teacher learning." Organized by Michigan State University's National Center for Research on Teacher Education, annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, Las Vegas, February 7, 1990.

Discussant on Ann Lieberman's invited address entitled "Instructional Leadership: The realities of practice." Sponsored by the SIG on Instructional Supervision, annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, April 19, 1990.

Discussant on session entitled "Instructional leadership: The realities of practice." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, April, 1990.

Invited address entitled "Educational reform and restructuring: New collaborations." Meeting of national and state staff of Instruction and Professional Development Division, National Education Association, Baltimore, MD, September 13, 1990.