Mike Atkin

Books, Book Chapters, Reports, and Monographs

  1. (with R. Will Burnett), Elementary School Science Activities Series
               Air, Winds, and Weather, 1958
               Electricity and Magnetism, 1958
               Working with Animals, 1959
               Working with Plants, 1959
    New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston

  2. (with J. D. Barnard, C. B. Stendler, B. V. Spock), Books 5 and 6, Science for Tomorrow’s World. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959, 1962, 1966.

  3. "Teaching Science," Chapter 12 in Modern Methods in Elementary Education (M. M. Ohlsen, ed.). New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1959.

  4. (with staff of the Elementary-School Science Project)
               Charting the Universe
               The Universe in Motion
               Gravitation
               The Message of Starlight
               The Life Story of a Star
               Galaxies and the Universe
     New York: Harper and Row, 1969.

  5. "Federal, Local and In-Between," Chapter 15 in Freedom, Bureaucracy, and Schooling (Vernon F. Haubrich, ed.) 1971 Yearbook of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Washington, D.C.

  6. "Curriculum Design: The Central Development Group and the Local Teacher" in IPN Symposium 1970 über Forschung und Entwicklung naturwissenschaftlicher Curricula. Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, 1971, pp. 35-43. (Also in Danish as "Curriculumdesign: centraliseret planlægning og den enkelte lærer", Pædagogik, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1974, pp. 43-52. Gjellerups, Copenhagen.)

  7. Director, Ginn Science Program, a Kindergarten - Grade 8 comprehensive science program including books for children at each grade level, teacher's guides, film strips, equipment kits, charts, etc. Developed by a team of fourteen scientists, science teachers, writers, and designers. Lexington: Ginn and Co., 1973, 1975, 1980.

  8. "Governmental Roles," Chapter 6 in New Perspectives on Teacher Education (Donald J. McCarty, ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1973.

  9. (With James J. Raths) "Changing Patterns of Teacher Education" in New Patterns of Teacher Education and Tasks: United States. Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1974 (pp. 3-66). (Excerpt in Louis Rubin, In-service Education of Teachers. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1978, pp. 226-234.)

  10. "Grass-roots Change and Informal Methods," Chapter 11 in Studies in Open Education. (Bernard Spodek and Herbert J. Walberg, eds.) New York: Agathon Press, 1975.

  11. "Professional Leadership and PBTE," Chapter 1 in Regaining Educational Leadership: Critical Essays on PBTE/CBTE, Behavioral Objectives, and Accountability (Ralph A. Smith, ed.). New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1975.

  12. "Reflections on Curriculum Change: An American View," Chapter 3 in Handbook on Curriculum Development. Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1975 (pp. 160-66).

  13. The Government in the Classroom (Ninth Sir John Adams Lecture). London: University of London Institute of Education, 1980.

  14. "Professors and Teachers: A House Divided," Chapter 6 in Critical Issues in Educational Policy – an Administrator’s Overview (Louis Rubin, ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1980.

  15. (with Maurice Kogan) Legitimating Educational Policy: The Use of Special Committees in Formulating Policies in the USA and the UK. Stanford: Institute for Research on Educational Finance and Governance, Report No. 82-A17, July 1982, 112 pp. (Also in Don S. Anderson and Bruce J. Biddle, eds., Knowledge for Policy: Improving Education through Research. London and New York: Falmer Press, 1991.)

  16. "Changing Our Thinking About Educational Change," Chapter 3 in Challenge to American Schools: The Case for Standards and Values. (John H. Bunzel, ed.). New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.

  17. "Reexamining the University's Role in Educating Teachers," Chapter 2 in Strengthening Teacher Education (C. Peter Magrath and Robert L. Egbert, eds.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1987.

  18. Education at the National Science Foundation: Some Historical Considerations and Today’s Challenges. Stanford: Center for Educational Research at Stanford, Report 88- CERAS-08, March 1988, 21 pp.

  19. (with Donald Kennedy and Cynthia L. Patrick) Inside Schools: A Collaborative View. London and New York: Falmer Press, 1989, 146 pp.

  20. (with Ann Atkin) Improving Science Education through Local Alliances: A Report to Carnegie Corporation of New York. Santa Cruz, CA: Network Publications, 1989, 157 pp.

  21. "Foreword," in Beyond the Handshakes: An Examination of University-School Collaboration (Thomas J. Karwin, ed.) Long Beach: California State University, California Academic Partnership Program, 1992, pp.vii-xi.

  22. "Teacher Research to Change Policy," Chapter 6 in Teacher Research and Educational Reform (Sandra Hollingsworth and Hugh Sockett, eds.) 93rd Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part I. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

  23. "Developing World-Class Education Standards: Some Conceptual and Political Dilemmas," Chapter 6 in The Future of Education: Perspectives on National Standards in America (Nina Cobb, ed). New York: College Entrance Examination Board, 1994.

  24. (with Allan Feldman), "Embedding Action Research in Professional Practice," in Educational Action Research (S. Nofke and R. Stevenson, eds.) New York: Teachers College Press, 1995.

  25. (co-editor, with Paul Black), Changing the Subject: Innovations in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education. London and New York: Routledge (with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris), 1996, 229 pp.

  26. "Searching for World-Class Educational Standards," in Education in a Research University (Kenneth J. Arrow, Richard W. Cottle, B. Curtis Eaves, Ingram Olkin, eds.) Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996, pp. 161-170.

  27. (with Jeremy Kilpatrick, Julie A. Bianchini, Jenifer V. Helms, Nicole I. Holthuis), "Changing Conceptions of Science, Mathematics, Teaching, and Learning," Chapter 3 in Bold Ventures, Vol. 1, Patterns of U.S. Innovations in Science and Mathematics Education (Senta A. Raizen and Edward D. Britton, eds.). Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996.

  28. (with Jenifer V. Helms, Gerald L. Rosiek, Suzanne Siner), "Building on Strength: Changing Science Teaching in California Public Schools," Chapter 1 in Bold Ventures, Vol. 2, Case Studies of U.S. Innovations in Science Education (Senta A. Raizen and Edward D. Britton, eds.). Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996.

  29. (with Julie A. Bianchini and Nicole I. Holthuis), "The Different Worlds of Project 2061," Chapter 2 in Bold Ventures, Vol. 2, Case Studies of U.S. Innovations in Science Education (Senta A. Raizen and Edward D. Britton, eds.). Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996.

  30. "El Proyecto De La OCDE Sobre Las Innovaciones En La Enseñanza de Las Ciencias, Las Matemáticas y La Tecnología," in La Cultura Cientifica, un Reto Educativo Evaluación de La Reforma Educativa en La Secundaria Obligatoria (María José Sáez Brezmes, ed.) Madrid: Editorial La Muralla, pp. 11-24, 1997.

  31. "Assuring Education Quality in the United States," in Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Qualitätsevaluation und Qualitätsentwicklung im Schulwesen: Bildungs Forschung des Bundesministeriums Für Unterricht Und Kulturelle Angelegenheiten (12). (Peter Posch and Herbert Altrichter, eds.) Innsbruck and Vienna: STUDIENVerlag, September 1997, pp. 300-312.

  32. (co-editor, with Paul Black), Matemätica, Ciencia y Tecnologia: Innovaciones Educativas. Mexico, D. F.: Groupo Editorial Iberoamerica, 1997. (Translation of Changing the Subject, No. 25 above)

  33. "Social Change, Subject Matter – and the Teacher," Chapter 6 in Images of Educational Change (Herbert Altrichter and John Elliott, eds.). Buckingham and Philadelphia: Open Press, 2000, pp. 75-83.

  34. (co-editor, with Paul Black and Janet Coffey), Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001.

  35. "Student Autonomy and Teacher Input," Chapter 5 in A Love of Discovery: Science Education – the Second Career of Robert Karplus (Robert G. Fuller, ed.). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2002.

  36. "Using Assessment to Help Students Learn," Chapter 9 in Learning Science and the Science of Learning (Rodger Bybee, ed.). Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association, 2002.

  37. (co-editor, with Janet Coffey), Everyday Assessment in the Science Classroom. Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association, NSTA Press, 2003.

  38. (with Paul Black), Inside Science Education Reform: A History of Curricular and Policy Change. New York: Teachers College Press, 2003. (also Buckingham, England: Open University Press, 2003).

  39. (with Janet E. Coffey, Savitha Moorthy, Mistilina Sato, Mathew Thibeault, Designing Everyday Assessment in the Science Classroom. New York: Teachers College Press, 2005

  40. (with Paul Black), "History of Science Curriculum Reform in the United States and the United Kingdom," Chapter 26 in Handbook of Research on Science Education (S. K. Abell and N. G. Lederman, eds.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2007.

  41. (with Liesl Chatman, et al), Girls in Science: A Framework for Action. Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association, NSTA Press, 2008.