Adam Attwood

Assistant Professor

College of Education

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attwooda@apsu.edu
931-221-6468
Claxton Building Room CX 207

Ph.D. (Education: specialization in Cultural Studies and Social Thought), Washington State University
M.Ed. (Secondary Teaching), Eastern Washington University
M.A. (History), Eastern Washington University
B.A. (History major, Anthropology minor), Eastern Washington University

Dr. Attwood teaches courses in educational psychology, classroom management, assessment and evaluation, and teaching in a pluralistic society. Dr. Attwood has experience as a teacher, teacher leader (social studies department chair, grades 6-12), and teacher educator. He has previously taught in Missouri and Washington. Previously at the college level in Washington, he taught history courses and a course for preservice teachers on integrating the fine arts into K-8 curriculum. K-12 teaching interests include social studies, humanities (integrated language arts and social studies), and arts integration. Dr. Attwood also has experience as a K-12 scholastic chess coach and high school Model United Nations sponsor/coach.

Dr. Attwood’s K-12 licensure to teach has included: Washington (5-12 Social Studies, 5-12 English Language Arts, K-12 Visual Arts); Missouri (9-12 & 5-9 Social Science, 9-12 English, 5-9 Language Arts, K-12 Art, B-3 Early Childhood Education); and Tennessee (6-12 History).

In addition to earning degrees from Washington State University and Eastern Washington University, he completed 70 credits of coursework at Gonzaga University. Internships included work in the decorative arts at a museum, at a public library special collection, and related work at a state digital archive.

Social Cognitive Theory
Social Learning Theory
Philosophy of Education
Teacher Education
Humanities Curriculum K-12

Book
- Attwood, A. I. (2018). Social aesthetics and the school environment: A case study of the chivalric ethos. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-60345-2
Book Chapters
- Attwood, A. I. (2021). Experiencing art and social science: A multimodal poetic perception of social ecological cohesion. In P. L. Maarhuis & A. G. Rud (Eds.), Imagining Dewey: Artful works and dialogue about Art as experience (pp. 187-203). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004438064_012
- Attwood, A. I. (2021). A history of the United States Women’s Bureau 1917-1930: Economic opportunity and immigration. In S. Dixit & S. Moid (Eds.), Women empowerment and well-being for inclusive economic growth (pp. 139-157). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3737-4.ch010
- Attwood, A. I. (2021). Reflecting on intellectual risk-taking and empathy using Sebald’s The Emigrants for teaching during social distancing. In K. J. Fasching-Varner, S. T. Bickmore, D. G. Hays, P. G. Schrader, D. L. Carlson, & D. Anagnostopoulos (Eds.), The corona chronicles: Necessary narratives in uncertain times (pp. 171-174). DIO Press.
- Rud, A. G., & Attwood, A. (2016). Dewey Lab School at the University of Chicago. In M. A. Peters (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational philosophy and theory (pp. 480-484). Springer. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-981-287-532-7_46-1
- Attwood, A. I., & Rud, A. G. (2016). Fostering educational equity through aesthetics: A dialogue in the styles of creativity. In J. Diem (Ed.), The social and cultural foundations of education: A reader (1st ed., pp. 58-73). Cognella. https://www.worldcat.org/title/social-and-cultural-foundations-of-education-a-reader/oclc/957235247
- Attwood, A. I. (2014). Implementing virtual museums in the social studies classroom: An apprenticeship model. In F. Parkay, E. Anctil, & G. Hass (Eds.), Curriculum leadership: Readings for developing quality educational programs (10th ed., pp. 390-394). Pearson. https://www.worldcat.org/title/curriculum-leadership-readings-for-developing-quality-educational-programs/oclc/899643646
Journal Articles
- Attwood, A. I., & Gerber, J. L. (2020). Comic books and graphic novels for the differentiated humanities classroom. Kappa Delta Pi Record, 56(4), 176-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/00228958.2020.1813520
  
  Attwood, A. I., Bruster, B. G., & Bruster, B. G. (2020). An exploratory study of preservice teacher perception of virtual reality and artificial intelligence for classroom management instruction. SRATE Journal, 29(2), 1-9. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=source%3a%22SRATE+Journal%22&ff1=dtyIn_2020&id=EJ1268557
- Attwood, A. I. (2020). Changing social learning theory through reliance on the internet of things and artificial intelligence. Journal of Social Change, 12, 103-111. https://doi.org/10.5590/JOSC.2020.12.1.08
- Attwood, A. I. (2020). Contextualizing aesthetics as social engagement for teacher education. Journal of Social Change, 12, 19-31. https://doi.org/10.5590/JOSC.2020.12.1.03
Essays
- Attwood, A. (2019, July). Social aesthetics as component for theorizing education infrastructure. Teachers College Record. Article ID Number 22974. https://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=22974
- Attwood, A. (2017, August). On diversity and inclusion in medieval studies for the social studies classroom. Teachers College Record. Article ID Number 22123. https://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=22123

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