Marvin Beckerman
Dr. Marvin Beckerman has been the chair
of the Local Government CECH-UP program advisory board since
2003
Dr. Beckerman has also been involved with
the following:
1988-2003: Program Director, Citizenship Education
Clearing House (CECH)
1983 to 1988: Academic Coordinator, Upward Bound Program,
St. Louis University
1980 to 1982: Program Specialist and Mini-Grants
Coordinator, St. Louis Metropolitan Teachers Center
1977 to 1980: Self-employed consultant in education and
training
1974 to 1977: Director of Adult Education and Director of
Training, Human Development Corporation
1972 to 1974: Principal, Bishop Healy Elementary School
1963 to 1967: Elementary school teacher, Ritenour school
district
EDUCATION
1971: Ph.D., Educational Administration—Syracuse University
1963: M.A.Ed., Elementary Education—Washington University
1962: A.B.Ed., Elementary Education—Harris Teachers College
PUBLICATIONS
"Democracy is as Democracy Does.” MISSOURI ASCD JOURNAL
(co-author)
“Middle School Civic Education: Learning Through
Participation.” KAPPA DELTA PI RECORD (co-author)
“Effects of Participatory Learning Programs in Middle and High
School Civics
Education.” THE SOCIAL STUDIES (co-author)
“College: Near or Far? PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (co-author)
“A Training Approach to In-Service Teacher Education.” SCHOOL
AND COMMUNITY
“Urban Teacher Education Centers: Are They Needed?” PEABODY
JOURNAL OF EDUCATION (co-author)
“Can the Urban Parochial School Survive?” EDUCATIONAL
LEADERSHIP
“An Elusive Educational Objective: Achieving the Faith
Community.” KAPPA DELTA PI RECORD
“Adult Jewish Education: Present and Future Directions.”
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
“ Teachers’ Acceptance of Innovations: Self-Interest, Altruism
and
Professionalism.” COLLEGE STUDENT JOURNAL (co-author)
“Are Teachers Against Innovations?” SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
(co-author)
PRESENTATIONS
1999:“Building the Future of Citizen Involvement—Bringing
City Hall to the Classroom.” Co-Presenter at the International City/County
Management Association’s Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon.
1999: “Local Government CECH-UP Program: A Hands-On
Approach to Teaching Youth About Citizenship.” Co-Presenter at
the
1999 North Central Urban Extension Conference. Detroit, Michigan.
1998: “Local Government CECH-UP and Service-Learning
Grades 6-8.” Co-Presenter at the Third Annual Economic Literacy Conference. St.
Louis, Missouri. ”Service-Learning in the Elementary School
Classroom.” Co-Presenter at the 1997 Kappa Delta Pi National Conference. St. Louis,
Missouri.
1996: Participatory Learning in Citizenship Education.”
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association. New York City, New York
1995: “Creating Funding for Service-learning.”
Co-Presenter. Serving to Learn, Learning to Serve
Symposium. St. Louis Missouri. “Establishing Successful State
Government Citizenship Education Programs.” Annual Conference.’
Keynote Address. Annual Conference of The Missouri Bar Advisory
Committee on Citizenship Education.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Jewish Congress, Board member
Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel Congregation, Board member and
Chair, Adult Education
OACAP (Older Adult Community Action Program), Board member
National Council for the Social Studies
St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, Education
Advisory Committee