Mark C. Baildon

Associate Professor Humanities & Social Studies Education

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PUBLICATIONS

Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2011). Social studies as new literacies in a global society: Relational cosmopolitanism in the classroom. New York: Routledge.

Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2011). Judging credibility on the Internet: The case of 9/11 and Loose Change. Social Education, 75(3), 269-273.

Damico, J., & Baildon, M. (2011). Content literacy for the 21st century: Excavation, elevation, and relational cosmopolitanism in the classroom. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 55(3), 232-242.

Afandi, S., & Baildon, M. (2010). History education in Singapore. In Nakou, I. & Barca, I. (Eds.) Contemporary Public Debates Over History Education (pp.223-242). London: Information Age.

Baildon, M. (2010). Book Review: Social studies today: Research and practice. British Journal of Educational Studies, 58(2), 236-238.

Damico, J., Baildon, M., & Greenstone, D. (2010). Cultivating children's agency as readers by examining how historical agency works in children's literature. Social Studies Research and Practice, 5(1), 1-12.

Baildon, M., & Sim, J. B.-Y. (2010). The dilemmas of Singapore's National Education in the global society. In Reid, A., Gill, J., & Sears, A. (Eds.), Globalisation, the nation-state and the citizen: Dilemmas and Directions for Civics and Citizenship Education (pp. 80-96). New York: Routledge.

Baildon, M., & Sim, J.B.-Y. (2009). Notions of criticality: Singaporean teachers' perspectives of critical thinking in social studies. Cambridge Journal of Education, 39(4), 407-422.

Damico, J., Baildon, M., Exter, M., & Guo, S.J. (2009). Where we read from matters: Students access cultural knowledge to examine competing web sites. Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacy, 5(4), 325-335.

Baildon, M. (2009). "Being rooted and living globally": Singapore's imagined communities and identities through the prism of educational innovation. In Ismail, R., Shaw, B., & Ooi, G.L. (2009). Southeast Asian Culture and Heritage in a Globalising World (pp. 59-77). Surrey: Ashgate. 

Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2009). How do we know? Students examine issues of credibility with a complicated multimodal Web-based text. Curriculum Inquiry, 39(2), 265-285.

Damico, J., Baildon, M., & Lowenstein, K.L. (2008). Did the bombs just fall from the sky? Examining agency in a text set of World War II children's literature. Social Studies Research and Practice, 3(3), 51-59.

Baildon, M. (2008). Troubling data: A Foucauldian perspective of “a multiple data source approach” to professional learning and evaluation. Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor, 15, 126-144.

Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2008). Negotiating epistemological tensions in thinking and practice: A case study of a literacy and inquiry tool as a mediator of professional conversation. Teaching & Teacher Education, 24(6), 1645-1657.

Baildon, R., & Baildon, M. (2008). Guiding independence: Developing a research tool to support student decision-making in selecting sources of information. The Reading Teacher, 61(8), 636-647.

Damico, J., & Baildon, M. (2008). Reading Web sites in an inquiry-based social studies classroom. In D. Rowe & R.T. Jimenez (Eds.) National Reading Conference Yearbook (pp. 204-217. Oak Creek, WI: National Reading Conference.

Damico, J., & Baildon, M. (2007). Examining ways readers engage with Web sites during  think aloud sessions. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 51(3), 254-263.

Baildon, M. & Damico, J. (2006). “We have to pick sides”: Students wrestle with counterclaims while reading Web sites. Social Education, 70(3), 156-159. 

Ashburn, E., Baildon, M., Damico, J., & McNair, S. (2006). The landscape of teaching: Mapping the terrain of teaching for meaningful learning using technology in social studies. In Ashburn, E. & Floden, R. (Eds.), Teaching for Meaningful Learning Using Technology: Knowledge, Skills and Leadership (pp. 117-140. NY: Teachers College Press.

Damico, J., Baildon, M., & Campano, G. (2005). Integrating literacy, technology and disciplined inquiry in social studies: The development and application of a conceptual  model. T.H.E.N (Journal about Technology, Humanities, Education, & Narrative). http://thenjournal.org/feature/92/

Baildon, M. (2004). The aesthetic dimensions of teaching: Working in the conceptual space between students’ experiences and subject matter. (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation). East Lansing: Michigan State University.

Baildon, M. (2003). A case for engaged intellectual work. Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor. Volume 5.2, July, 2003. 
http://www.louisville.edu/journal/workplace/issue5p2/5p2.html

Baildon, M. (1998). Social studies teachers do care about history and standards. The International Educator. Volume XII, Number 4, April, 1998.

Baildon, M. (1995). Students at Yanbu International School give peace a chance. The International Educator. Volume IX, Number 3, December, 1995.


PRESENTATIONS

Baildon, M., & Afandi, S. (2011). Considering controversy: Moving toward a disciplinary approach to history in Singapore’s schools. History as Controversy: Writing and Teaching Contentious Topics in Asian Histories, Singapore.

 

Baildon, M., Damico, J., Rajah, C., Afandi, S., & Paculdar, A. (2011). Scaffolding inquiry and literacy in social studies classrooms. Research-into-Practice Special Session, National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, DC.

 

Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2011). What happens when secondary social studies teachers in Singapore use a web-based tool to re-imagine curriculum, teaching, and learning? College and University Faculty, Washington, DC.

 

Damico, J., & Baildon, M. (2011). What do these web sites about climate change have to do with social education? An interactive viewing, analysis, and group discussion. College and University Faculty, Washington, DC.

 

Sim, J.B.-Y., Paculdar, A., & Baildon, M. (2011). A tale of two countries: Comparing civic education policy in the Philippines and Singapore. International Assembly, Washington, DC.

 

Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2011). Creating social studies curriculum with web-based tools in Singapore: Re-positioning teachers as intellectual authorities. Redesigning Pedagogies International Conference, Singapore.

 

Baildon, M. (2011). Civic education as relational cosmopolitanism. Redesigning Pedagogies International Conference, Singapore.

 

Sim, J.B.-Y., Paculdar, A., & Baildon, M. (2011). Comparing civic education policy in the Philippines and Singapore. Redesigning Pedagogies International Conference, Singapore.

 

Sim, J.B.-Y., Paculdar, A., & Baildon, M. (2011). A tale of two countries: Comparing civic education policy in the Philippines and Singapore. 55th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Montreal, Canada.

 

Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2011). Teaching the 3 C’s (critical evaluation of credibility, claims, and contexts) with online documentary video. American Education Research Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, US.

 

Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2011). Creating social studies curriculum with web-based tools in Singapore: Re-positioning teachers as intellectual authorities. American Education Research Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, US.


Afandi, S., & Baildon, M. (2010). Contextualizing historical consciousness. American Educational Research Association Conference, Denver, CO.

Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2010). Conceptualizing social studies as critical global citizenship education: A case study of Singapore as nation-state and/or transnational hub. American Educational Research Association Conference, Denver, CO.

Ho, L.C., & Baildon, M. (2009). Understanding social studies in new contexts. National Council of Social Studies College and University Faculty Assembly, Atlanta, GA.

Ho, L.-C., Chang, C.H., Baildon, M., & Alviar, T. (2009). Symposium: Defining and re-defining social studies in Singapore for a globalising world. Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference. Singapore.

Damico, J., Baildon, M., Yazzie-Mintz, T., Riddle, R., & Exter, M. (2009). Symposium: DiversITy (Diverse IT): Using a technology tool for curriculum innovation in teacher education. American Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, CA.

Sim, J.B.-Y. & Baildon, M. (2008). Notions of criticality in a 'polite culture': Teachers' perspectives of social studies in Singapore. Asia Pacific Educational Research Association Conference, Singapore.

Baildon, M. (2008). New assessment for 'new times'. New Dimensions in Humanities Education Conference, Singapore.

Sim, J. B.-Y. & Baildon, M. (2008). The role of critical thinking and critical pedagogy in citizenship education in Singapore. New Dimensions in Humanities Education Conference, Singapore.

Baildon, M. (2008). The changing landscapes of educational reform: Globalisation and educational reform in the post-developmental state. Southeast Asian Geography Association (SEAGA). University of the Philippines, Manila.

Baildon, M. (2007). Students' literacy and inquiry practices to adjudicate different claims and perspectives: A conceptual synthesis and empirical investigation. Symposium. Redesigning Pedagogy: Culture, Knowledge and Understanding Conference, Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, National Institute of Education, Singapore.

Baildon, M. & Damico, J. (2007). How do we know? Students examine issues of credibility with a multimodal text. American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

Damico, J., Baildon, M., Guo, S.J., & Exter, M. (2007). Accessing prior knowledge and adjudicating between different perspectives: Students examine competing websites in social studies. American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

Damico, J., Baildon, M., Campano, G. & Honeyford, M. (2006). Critically reading and evaluating Web sites: A conceptual synthesis and an empirical investigation. Symposium. National Reading Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Baildon, M. (2006). Moving toward a discipline-based pedagogy. Plenary Lecture. Historical Association of Singapore, Singapore.

Baildon, M. (2006). Troubling data: A Foucauldian perspective of “a multiple data source approach” to professional learning and evaluation. American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Baildon, M. & Damico, J. (2006). Negotiating epistemological tensions in thinking and practice: A case study of a literacy and inquiry tool as a mediator of professional learning. American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Damico, J. & Baildon, M. (2006). Examining ways readers engage with Web sites during think aloud sessions. American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Baildon, M. (2005). Using the internet to promote inquiry-based learning and literacy. EARCOS. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Baildon, M., Yott, S. & Wells, T. (March, 2004). Using technology to support inquiry-based learning in the classroom. Workshop at Michigan Association of Computer Users and Learners Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.

Farley, J., Ashburn, E., Baildon, M., Damico, J., & McNair, S. (November, 2003). Challenges and issues in evaluating meaningful learning using technology. Panel Presentation at  American Evaluation Association annual conference, Reno, NV.

Baildon, M. & Acheson, J. (November, 2003). The narration creation station: The power of multimedia narratives. Presentation at National Council for the Social Studies annual conference, Chicago, IL.

Baildon, M. & Damico, J. (April, 2003). A multiperspectival view of assumptions about students’ prior knowledge in an inquiry-based social studies curriculum. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association annual conference, Chicago, IL.  

Reckase, M., Baildon, M., Ashburn, E., Ruble, C. & Murphy, L. (April, 2003). Working with  the data: Assessment in support of student learning. Presentation at Michigan State University College of Education & the Education Alliance of Michigan 6th Annual Education Conference.

Roessler, M., Baildon, M., Yott, S., McGuire, M. & Acheson, J. (March, 2003). Critical strategies for inquiry-oriented social studies: Connecting students’ prior knowledge and personal experience with social studies content of Mexico and migration.  Presentation at Michigan Council for the Social Studies Annual State Conference.

Baildon, M., Simmons, L. & Johnson, D. (March, 2003). From inquiry to narration: Engaging students via the internet. Presentation at Michigan Association of Computer Users and Learners Annual Conference, Detroit, MI.

Baildon, M. Damico, J. & Vance, B. (April, 2002). Naked and unlearning: Creative spontaneity as aesthetic being. Presentation at American Educational Research Association annual conference, New Orleans, LA.

Baildon, M. (April, 1996). Creating and using simulations in the social studies classroom. Presentation/workshop at Near East South Asia (NESA) annual conference, Cairo, Egypt.