Alexander W. Wiseman, Ph.D.
Email: Alexander.Wiseman@ttu.edu
Phone: 806.834.7193
Office: Education 305
Dr. Alexander W. Wiseman has more than 25 years of professional experience working
with government education departments, university-based teacher education programs,
community-based professional development for teachers, and as a classroom teacher
in both the U.S. and East Asia. Dr. Wiseman examines and informs educational policy
development, leads strategic planning workshops, provides evidence-based training
programs, speaks internationally and presents extensively in the areas of evidence-based
decision-making, teacher preparation and professional development, strategic planning,
system assessment and reform, education policy, change management, equitable educational
access for girls and boys, institutional capacity building, school-to-work transition,
and civic education. Dr. Wiseman's research uses large-scale education datasets on
math and science education, information and communication technology (ICT), teacher
preparation, professional development and curriculum as well as school principal's
instructional leadership activity. He serves on the editorial board of Educational Administration Quarterly and Educational Researcher and is the author or editor of more than 100 articles, chapters, and books. He is
the series editor of the volume series, International Perspectives on Education and Society, and the senior editor of the journal, FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education.
CV
Education
- PhD (2001), Educational Theory and Policy/Comparative and International Education (dual degree), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
- MA (1998), International Comparative Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- MA (1993), Education, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
- BA (1991), Letters, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Areas of Expertise
- Educational policy & policymaking
- Large-scale assessment
- Strategic planning & systemic reform
- Comparative education
Selected Publications
Wiseman, A. W. (2021). Does Inequality Stay in the Shadow? The Cross-national Effects of Educational Equity on Private Tutoring and Student Achievement. International Journal of Educational Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101808
Wiseman, A. W., & Davidson, P. M. (2021). Institutionalized Inequities and the Cloak of Equality in the South African Educational Context. Policy Futures in Education. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.1177/1478210321999197
Wiseman, A. W., Damaschke-Deitrick, L., Park, M. F., & Bell, J. C. (2020). Caught between a Rock
and a Hard Place: The Gap between Rights-related Policies and Educational Opportunities
for Unaccompanied Im/migrant Children in Detention. Journal of Latinos and Education. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2020.1850458
Wiseman, A. W. (Ed.). (2020). Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2019. International Perspectives on Education and Society Series. Bingley, UK: Emerald
Publishing Limited. ISBN: 9781838677244
Wiseman, A. W., & Zhao, X. (2020). Parents' expectations for the educational attainment of their children: A cross-national study using PIRLS 2011. Prospects: Comparative Journal of Curriculum, Learning, and Assessment, 48(3), 1-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-020-09460-7
Wiseman, A. W., Damaschke-Deitrick, L., Galegher, E. L., & Park, M. F. (Eds.). (2019). Comparative Perspectives on Refugee Youth Education: Dreams and Realities in Educational Systems Worldwide. New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Publishing. ISBN: 9781138359499
Wiseman, A. W. (2013). Policy Responses to PISA in Comparative Perspective (pp. 303-322), in H.-D. Meyer & A. Benavot (Eds.), PISA, Power, and Policy: The Emergence of Global Educational Governance. Oxford: Symposium Books. ISBN: 9781873927960
Wiseman, A. W., & Al-bakr, F. (2013). The Elusiveness of Teacher Quality: A Comparative Analysis of Teacher Certification and Student Achievement in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries. Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 43(3), 289-309. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11125-013-9272-z
Wiseman, A. W. (2010). The Uses of Evidence for Educational Policymaking: Global Contexts and International Trends (pp.1-24), in A. Luke, G. J. Kelly, & J. Green (Eds.). Review of Research in Education, Volume 34. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3102/0091732X09350472
Wiseman, A. W., Astiz, M. F., Fabrega, R., & Baker, D. P. (2010). Making Citizens of the World: The Political Socialization of Youth in Formal Mass Education Systems. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 41(5), 561-577. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2010.530764
Wiseman, A. W., & Baker, D. P. (2005). The Worldwide Explosion of Internationalized Education Policy (pp.1-21), in D. P. Baker & A. W. Wiseman (Eds.), Global Trends in Educational Policy (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 6). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3679(04)06001-3
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