Christopher P. Brown

Assistant Professor
Curriculum & Instruction
Early Childhood Education

Office: SZB 528N

Phone: (512) 232-2288
Fax: (512) 471-8460
E-Mail: cpbrown@mail.utexas.edu

Mailing Address

The University of Texas at Austin
Curriculum & Instruction
1 University Station
Austin, TX 78712-0379
UTMailCode: D5700

Profile

Christopher P. Brown is an assistant professor in the early childhood education program area.

His research interests focus on examining how early childhood education stakeholders across a range of political and educational contexts respond to policymakers' high-stakes standards-based accountability reforms. Rooted in multiple perspectives that span the fields of early childhood education, curriculum and instruction, and policy analysis, he has generated empirical, theoretical, practitioner-oriented scholarship on this topic.

In examining such topics as early learning standards, pre-kindergarten assessment and alignment with elementary school, and teacher education, Dr. Brown has illuminated some of the tensions for the field that policymakers' reforms generate and has proposed practical solutions that early childhood advocates might implement to foster learning environments that match how children learn and develop.

Terminal Degree

Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction. The University of Wisconsin-Madison (2004).

M. A., Curriculum and Instruction. New MexicoStateUniversity (1997).

B.A., Philosophy. The University of the South (1993).

Representative Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Brown, C. P. (2009). Being accountable for one’s own governing: A case study of early educators responding to standards-based early childhood education reform. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 10, 3-23.

Brown, C. P. (2008). Research in Review: Advocating for policies to improve practice. Young Children, 63 (4), 70-77.

Brown, C. P. (2008). Keep it cheap, keep it local, and keep it coming: Standards-based accountability reform in Wisconsin. Educational Policy, 22 (2), 250-294.

Brown, C. P. (2007). Unpacking standards in early childhood education. Teachers College Record, 109 (3), 635-668.

Recent Awards

Recipient, 2007 Early Education/Child Development Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association Early Research Career Award

Boards, Committees and Associations

American Educational Research Association
National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
Association for Childhood Education International
Phi Delta Kappa
Texas Early Childhood Association

Current Research Projects and Grants

Dr. Brown's current work continues to examine the impact of policymakers' high-stakes reforms on pre-service and in-service teachers. He is also investigating the impact of the implementation of a mixed-delivery school readiness partnership model on pre-k programs across a collection of rural school districts in Texas.

Current Courses

Undergraduate:

Guiding Young Children in Groups

Early Childhood Program Development

Graduate:

Social Contexts of Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education Programs

Critical Perspectives in Early Childhood Education

Case Study Research

Research Interests and Expertise

Examing how early childhood education stakeholders across a range of political and educational contexts respond to policymakers’ high-stakes standards-based accountability reforms. These contexts include policymaking at the state and district level, pre-kindergarten, elementary school, and teacher education.

Full Vita (download)

http://www.edb.utexas.edu/vitae/ci/CPBrownAbridgedVita.pdf

Last Updated : September 10th 2009, 11:07:07 AM