Mark Newman, Ph.D.
Professor
Secondary Education, Social Studies
National College of Education
Chair, NCE Secondary Education
Programs/Classes Taught: MGE 518: Methods of Teaching Social Studies in Secondary Schools
SEC 502: Introduction to Teaching at the Secondary Level
SEC 518: Methods of Teaching Social Studies in Secondary Schools
SEC 581: Secondary Education Practicum
SEC 590: Student Teaching Seminar
Areas of Expertise:
History and Geography Education
Visual culture and visual literacy
Biography:
Mark Newman joined NLU/NCE in 2002 after teaching at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has been involved in History and Social Studies Education for over 20 years. He served as the NCE Curriculum & Instruction department chair, co-chair of the NCE faculty, and currently as chair of NCE Secondary Education.
Mark Newman is editor of the Teaching History Today and in the future book series Rowman & Littlefield
Recent publications include:
Books
Mark Newman. (2024) Teaching History Today: Applying the Triad of Inquiry, Primary Sources, and Literacy. Rowman & Littlefield
Mark Newman & Xiaoning Chen. (2022) Teaching Social Studies to Multilingual Learners in High School: Connecting Inquiry and Visual Literacy to Promote Progressive Learning. Rowman & Littlefield.
Xiaoning Chen & Mark Newman. (2022). Teaching Social Studies to Multilingual Learners in High School: Connecting Inquiry and Visual Literacy to Promote Progressive Learning. Rowman & Littlefield.
Mark Newman & Donna Ogle. (2019). Visual Literacy: Reading, Thinking, and Communicating with Visuals. Rowman & Littlefield.
Mark Newman & Jack Zevin. (2016). Geography as inquiry. Teaching about and exploring the earth as our home. Rowman & Littlefield
Mark Newman (2014.) Vital witnesses: Using primary sources in history and social studies
Recent Articles:
Mark Newman (2023) American Progress: Sourcing and the Promise of Primary Sources, The Social Studies, 114:5, 216-222, DOI: 10.1080/00377996.2023.2168241
Guest editor, Geography Education (2016). The Councilor: A journal of the social studies. 77 (2)
https://ojcs.siue.edu/ojs/index.php/jicss/
He has presented at numerous state, national, and international conferences.
He has received 4 National Endowment for the Humanities grants and was director of a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Project.
He was awarded the NCE Distinguished Teaching Award in 2016 and the Illinois Council for the Social Studies Distinguished Service Award in 2013.
Education:
Ph. D., History, UCLA
M. A., History, Northeastern Illinois University
B. A., History, University of Illinois at Chicago
Research and Interests:
Historical geography
Visual culture and visual literacy
Inquiry-based learning
Contact Information:
mnewman@nl.edu
