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Grossman, Pam

Academic Title

Professor

Other Titles

Nomellini Olivier Professor of Education

Contact Info

Phone: 
(650) 723-0791
Email: 
pamg@stanford.edu
Office Location: 
CE 532

Admin. Support

Kimberley Latta

Program Affiliations

CTE: Teacher Education
Pam Grossman

Research

Current Research: 

Study of classroom practice in middle school English Language Arts (with Susanna Loeb), funded by the Carnegie Corporation;

Study of pathways into teaching in New York City Schools (with Don Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, and Jim Wyckoff).

Cross-professional study of the teaching of practice in programs to prepare teachers, clergy, and clinical psychologists (funded by the Spencer Foundation).

Research Interests: 
Professional / Staff Development
Literacy
Literature
Teacher Community
Teacher Education and Certification
English Education

Education

  • PhD (Curriculum and Teacher Education) Stanford University, 1988
  • EdS (Evaluation) Stanford University, 1988
  • MA (Instructional Research and Curriculum Design) University of California, Berkeley, 1981
  • BA (English), Yale University, 1975

Time at Stanford

Since 2000

Professor of Education (2000 - )

Professional Experience

Basic Skills Teacher, CETA Youth Program Skills Center, New Haven, CT (1975-1976)

English Teacher, Thacher School, Ojai, CA (1976-1977)

Career Education and Counseling, Adult Learning Programs of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (1979-1980)

Life Skills Teacher, Upward Bound Program, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (1980)

English Teacher, University High School, San Francisco, CA (1977-1983)

Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Washington (1988-1992)

Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Washington (1992-2000)

Full Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Washington (1999-2000)

Boeing Professor of Teacher Education, University of Washington (1996-2000)

Courses Taught

  • ED 262: Curriculum & Instruction in Secondary English (STEP)
  • ED 465: Pedagogy of Teacher Education
  • ED 424: Intro to Research in Curriculum & Teacher Education
  • ED 466: Doctoral Seminar in Curriculum & Teacher Education
  • ED 232a: Teaching: Questions for Research, Practice, & Policy
  • ED 111: The Young Adult Novel: A Literature for and about Adolescents

Recent Publications

Grossman, P., Compton, C., Igra, D., Ronfeldt, M., Shahan, E., Williamson, P. (2009). Teaching practice; A cross-professional perspective. Teachers College Record. 111 (9).

Boyd, D., Grossman, P., Hammerness, K., Lankford, H., Loeb, S., McDonald, M., Reininger, M., Ronfeldt, M., & Wyckoff, J. (in press). Surveying the landscape of teacher education in New York City: Constrained variation and the challenges of innovation. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

Grossman, P., Hammerness, K., McDonald, M., & Ronfeldt, M. (2008). Constructing coherence: Structural predictors of perceptions of coherence in NYC teacher education programs. Journal of Teacher Education.

Grossman, P. & Thompson, C. (2008). Learning from curriculum materials: Scaffolds for new teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education, 24(8), 2014-2026.

Ronfeldt, M. & Grossman, P. (in press). Becoming a professional: Experimenting with possible selves in professional preparation. Teacher Education Quarterly.

Grossman, P & McDonald, M. (2008). Back to the future: Directions for research in teaching and teacher education. American Educational Research Journal. 45 (1), 184-205.

Grossman, P. (2008). Responding to our critics: From crisis to opportunity in research on teacher education. Journal of Teacher Education, 59(1), 10-23.

Grossman, P., McDonald, M., Hammerness, K., & Ronfeldt, M. (2008). Dismantling dichotomies in teacher education. In M. Cochran-Smith & S. Feiman-Nemser, McIntyre J., and Demers, K. (Eds.), The handbook of teacher education: A project of the Association of Teacher Educators (3rd Edition), pp. 243-248. New York, NY Macmillan.

Boyd, D., Grossman, P., Lankford, H., Loeb, S., & Wyckoff, J. (2006). How changes in entry requirements alter the teacher workforce and affect student achievement. Education Finance and Policy 1(2), 176-216.

Boyd, D., Grossman, P., Lankford, H., Loeb, S., Michelli, N. & Wyckoff, J. (2006). Complex by design: Investigating pathways into teaching in New York City Schools. Journal of Teacher Education, 57(2), 155-166.

Grossman, P. L. (2005). Research on pedagogical approaches in teacher education. In M. Cochran-Smith & K. Zeichner (Eds.), Review of research in teacher education. Washington D. C.: American Educational Research Association.

Grossman, P. L., Schoenfeld, A., with Lee, C. D. (2005). Teaching subject matter: In L. Darling-Hammond, J. Bransford, P. LePage, K. Hammerness, & H. Duffy (Eds.), Preparing teachers for a changing world: What teachers should learn and be able to do. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Current Activities

Principal Investigator, Teachers for a New Era, 2007-present

Faculty Director, Center to Support Excellence in Teaching

Member, Steering Committee, K-12 Initiative

Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (2006-2007)