Faculty Vita

John Patrick, Ed.D.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Constitutional Debates on Freedom of Religion, Greenwood Press, 1999 (with Gerald Long).

The Oxford Essential Guide to the U.S. Government, Berkeley Paperback, 2000 (with Richard Pious and Donald Ritchie).

Project Citizen and the Civic Development of Adolescent Students in Indiana, Latvia, and Lithuania, ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, 2000 (with Thomas Vontz and Kim Metcalf).

The Oxford Guide to the United States Government, Oxford University Press, 2001 (with Richard Pious and Donald Ritchie).

The Supreme Court of the United States: A Student Companion, Oxford University Press, 2001.

The Bill of Rights: A History in Documents, Oxford University Press, 2002.

"Tri Klicove Otazky Ve Vychove K Demokrachii A Obcanstvi," in Vychova K Demokracii, Konstitucionalismu A Obcanstvi, Univerzity Palackeho in Olomouc, Czech Republic, 1998, Chapter 4.

"Multicultural Education and the Civic Mission of Schools" Chapter 4 in Peter Hlebowitsh and William Wraga, eds., Research Review for School Leaders, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000.

"Components of Education for Democratic Citizenship in the Preparation of Social Studies Teachers," Chapter 3 in Principles and Practices of Democracy in the Education of Social Studies Teachers, ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, 2001 (with Thomas Vontz).

"Issue-Centered Education for Democracy through Project Citizen" in Walter C. Parker, ed., Education for Democracy: Contexts, Curricula, Assessments, Information Age Publishers, 2002. (co-author)

"Civic Education for Constitutional Democracy: An International Perspective," The Social Studies Texan 12 (Winter 1997): 71-72.

"Global Trends in Civic Education for Democracy," Civnet: Journal for Civil Society 1 (March 1997).

"E Pluribus Unum: What Does It Mean? How Should We Respond?" Michigan Social Studies Journal 10 (Spring 1998), 5-14.

"Civic Education and the Advancement of Democracy in Latvia," International Journal of Social Education 12 (Summer 1997), 27-37.

Funded Projects

Since 1969, Professor Patrick has conducted research, development, and service projects with funds from various public and private sources, such as the U.S. Department of Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, Indiana Humanities Council, National Science Foundation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Indiana State Bar Association, the American Political Science Association, the Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, the United States Information Agency, and the Center for Civic Education.

Conference Presentations

Participated three or more times as a panelist and/or presenter of programs at the following annual meetings of these professional associations, from 1969-1997. National Council for the Social Studies

American Political Science Association

American Historical Association

Organization of American Historians

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Indiana Council for the Social Studies

Indiana Association of Historians

National Council on History Education

Service/Outreach Projects

Served as Chief Content Consultant for a 12-module multimedia kit, Tracks: American History, produced by the Agency for Instructional Technology, Bloomington, Indiana, 1998.

Citizenship Education Committee of the Indiana State Bar Association, 1987- .

Editorial Advisory Board of The Social Studies, 1990- .

Editorial Consultant, Southern Social Studies Journal, 1995-1998.

Steering Committee of Civitas: An International Civic Education Exchange Program, Supported by the U .S. Department of Education and USIA, 1995-1998.

Chairman, the Standing Committee on Civics of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1997-1999.

Framework Development Steering Committee for Education for Democratic Citizenship: A Framework, a project of the Center for Civic Education with support from the U.S. Department of Education and USIA, 1997-2001.

Advisory Board of the Indiana University Center on Congress, Founded and Directed by Lee Hamilton, former member of Congress, 1999-.

Contributing Editor, OAH Magazine of History for Teachers, 2001-.

Advisory Board of The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at the University of Maryland, Directed by William Galston, 2001-.

Service as a consultant and presenter of workshops, institutes, scholarly papers, conference speeches has been extensive. Since 1969, activities as a consultant and presenter of various types of programs have been carried out in 40 states of the United States and in several countries in various parts of the world: India, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Germany, England, Netherlands, Canada, Croatia, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Romania. Services in the United States as a consultant and program presenter have been conducted for local school districts, state-level departments of education, national curriculum centers, instructional product development agencies, and academic departments and programs of colleges and universities.

Honors/Awards

Rufus Choate Scholar at Dartmouth College, 1956.

Recipient of a 1987 Bicentennial Leadership Award for exemplary contributions to development of materials and programs on the U.S. Constitution. This award was given by the Bicentennial Leadership Project of the Council for the Advancement for Citizenship and the Center for Civic Education.

Instructional Designer and Chief Content Consultant for a Video Program on Federalism (produced by AIT, the Agency for Instructional Technology, in the six-program series, The U.S. Constitution) which was awarded the gold medal for education programs in the International Film and Television Festival of New York, 1987.

Instructional Designer and Chief Content Consultant for two National Award-winning video program in the ten-program series, Geography in U.S. History, produced by AIT, The Agency for Instructional Technology. The titles of the award-winning programs are "Americans Build the Panama Canal," and "Clash of Cultures on the Great Plains."

Selected as senior consultant to a project of the Mershon Center (The Ohio State University) and the Polish Ministry of National Education on "Building a Foundation for Civic Education in Poland's Schools." Invited to Poland five times to work with Polish teachers, scholars, and educational administrators, 1991-1993.

Appointed Faculty Associate of the Mershon Center of The Ohio State University, 1992-1996.

Appointed Scholar in Residence for the Bill of Rights Institute for Teachers at Montpelier, the Home of Our Fourth President, James Madison; Orange, Virginia, July, 1991.

Appointed Scholar in Residence for the Bicentennial of the Bill of Rights Program of the City of Seneca, South Carolina, September 14-19, 1991.

Appointed Scholar in Residence for the Federalist Papers Seminar for Teachers at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, June 14-19, 1992.

Appointed Non-Resident Faculty Associate for Programs in Civic Education of the Mershon Center of the Ohio State University, 1992-1993,1993-1994, and 1994-1995.

Selected as a lecturer and seminar leader for a civic education project in the Republic of Estonia in 1993 and 1994. This project was conducted by the Jaan Tonisson Institute of Estonia and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems of the United States, with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Selected by the United States Information Agency (USIA) to a three-person Academic Advisory Panel on Civic Education Curriculum Reform in Central and Eastern Europe. This project involved trips to Latvia, Czech Republic, Poland and Romania in November and December of 1993.

Awarded a grant by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the USIA (United States Information Agency) to serve as a consultant in civic education to the Democracy Advancement Center at Riga, Latvia, 1995.

Awarded a U.S. Speaker and Specialist Grant by the USIA (United States Information Agency) Bureau of Information to serve as a lecturer and consultant in civic education to the Pedagogical Institute of Sarajevo, Bosnia, 1999.

Winner of Indiana University's John W. Ryan Award for Distinguished Achievement in International Programs.