Dr. A. J. Zenkert joined the clinical faculty in the Department of Curriculum,
Instruction and Foundation Studies at Boise State University in 2012. He had been an
adjunct instructor and research assistant in the College of Education while working on
his doctorate at Boise State. In addition to an Ed.D. in Curriculum, Instruction and
Foundation Studies, he has an M.S. in Education from the Bank Street College of Education
Leadership for Educational Change program in New York City and a B.A. in English &
Political Science from Drew University in New Jersey. Dr. Zenkert's earlier
experience includes teaching at the elementary and junior high levels, and serving as the
Associate Head of School and Dean of Students at St. Philips Academy in Newark, New
Jersey. In addition to his work with students and schools, he is a swimming instructor
and a certified instructor of CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer and Standard First Aid
for the American Red Cross. He has coached lacrosse and played lacrosse at the highest
competitive level in Australia. Dr. Zenkert maintains professional memberships in the
American Educational Research Association, the Curriculum and Pedagogy Group, the
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Bergamo Conference on
Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, and the United States Lacrosse Association.

Articles

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A Shifting Paradigm: Preservice Teachers’ Multicultural Attitudes and Efficacy (with Louis S. Nadelson, Mikaela D. Boham, Lori Conlon-Khan, Molly J. Fuentealba, Cynthia J. Hall, Gregory A. Hoetker, Diana S. Hooley, Bong Seok Jang, Kristina L. Luckey, Kelley J. Moneymaker, and Matthew A. Shapiro), Urban Education (2012)

Effective teaching in multicultural settings requires the awareness and ability to adapt to diverse needs...

 

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Perspektiven der Praxisforschung: Partnerschaften beim Wissensaufbau und lebens­lange berufliche Entwicklung von Lehrpersonen (with Jennifer Snow-Gerono), Beitrage zur lehrerbildung (2012)

Um eine forschende Einstellung zum Lehrberuf aufzubauen, unterstützen wir angehende Lehrpersonen in ihren Praxisforschungsprojekten in...

 

Presentations

Shared Supervision Structures for Enhanced Partnerships and Meaningful Clinical Experience (with Jennifer Snow), Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators (2012)

This presentation shares the collaborative experience of university faculty liaisons to partner schools and their...

 

Cultivating an Inquiry Stance Toward Teaching through Modeling: The Lens of Curriculum Wisdom (with Jennifer Snow), 11th Annual Meeting of the Curriculum & Pedagogy Conference (2010)

This presentation inquires into two teacher educators’ experiences modeling an “inquiry stance toward teaching” through...

 

Questioning Texts: An Analytic Look at the Texts of Research-Based Programs (with Anne E. Gregory, Mary A. Cahill, Jennifer Snow-Gerono, and Jane Walther), 58th National Reading Conference (2008)