Office hours
By appointment
Recent Courses Taught
EDN 520 Instructional Development
EDN 543 Teaching for Global Citizenship in the Social Studies Curriculum
LIC 501 Research-Based Instructional Design and Integrated Curriculum
LIC 534 Advanced Social Studies Methods, K-6
LICL 531 Practicum in Elementary Education
EDN 280 Play and Creative Arts
Education
Ph.D. with Honors, Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership, The College of William & Mary, 2007
Ed.S., Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, The University of Alabama, 2004
M.S., Elementary Education, Florida State University, 2001
B.A. with Honors, Anthropology (Minor: French), The University of Georgia, 1999
Professional Service and consulting
HundrED, Ambassador
The Institute for Humane Education, Advisory Council Member
The World Bank Group, Consultant
Research Interests
Curriculum and Instruction
Democratic Education
Learning Design
Global Education
Gratitude Practice
Social Studies Education
Teacher Education
Recent Publications
- Crawford, E. O. (2024). [Review of the book Teaching U.S. history thematically: Document-based lessons for the secondary classroom, by Rosalie Metro]. Teachers College Record. https://journals.sagepub.com/page/tcz/collections/bookreviews
- Crawford, E. O., & Jones, M. (2024). ‘It’s not a challenge, it’s an opportunity’: Empowering children to create a sustainable future. In Y. Weipeng, S. Kewalramani, and J. Senthil (Eds.), Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) Education in the Early Years: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 239-253). Routledge.
- Teixeria, J. E., Crawford, E. O., Martini, E., Ruiz, M., Butcher, N., Purwana, R., Hoosen, S., Vasudevan, S. R., & Olmore, S. (2023). Assessment of Indonesia’s early childhood education and development accreditation process. World Bank.
- Crawford, E. O. , & Pendarvis, B. (2023). 5 ways to use design thinking as a solutionary educator [blog post]. https://humaneeducation.org/five-ways-to-use-design-thinking-as-a-solutionary-educator/
- Crawford, E. O., & Fauteux, M. (2022). Gratitude practice as democratic teacher praxis: Building agency and belonging in social studies classrooms. In N. Keefer and T. K. Flint (Eds.), Mindful social studies: Frameworks for social emotional learning and critically engaged citizens (pp. 181-202). Rowman & Littlefield: Lexington Books.
- Crawford, E. O. (2022). Principles, pedagogies, and possibilities for revisioning the primary grades curriculum toward social justice and sustainability [Review of Teaching for social justice and sustainable development across the primary curriculum, edited by A. M. Kavanagh, F. Waldron, & B. Mallon]. Theory & Research in Social Education. DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2022.2053822
- Marschall, C., & Crawford, E. O. (2022). Worldwise learning: A teacher’s guide to shaping a just, sustainable future. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
- Byker, E., Crawford, E. O., & Lee, H. D. (2021). Giving equity a voice: Supporting school administrators with global equitable theories and practice. In R. S. Brown (Ed.), Bending the Arc Towards Justice: Equity-Focused Practices for Educational Leaders. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
- Crawford, E. O. (2021). Cultivating teacher and student agency using a human-centered design approach: Stories of teachers-in-training. In K. Roney and R. Lipka (Eds.), Middle Grades Curriculum and the Self-Enhancing School. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
- Vaughan-Lee, C., & Crawford, E. O. (2021). 5 ways to engage learners with photography [blog post]. https://tinyurl.com/ch9jbdma
- Crawford, E. O., Higgins, H. J., & Hilburn, J. (2020). Using a global competence model in an instructional design course before social studies methods: A developmental approach to global teacher education. Journal of Social Studies Research, 44(4), 367-381.
Recent Presentations
- Crawford, E. O., & Marschall, C. (2023, November 21-22). Transforming teacher education to shape a just, sustainable future [Invited virtual conference presentation]. SDG 4 Seminar: Celebrating Voices: Reflecting on 160 Years of Teacher Education and Imagining the Future, The University of Jyväskylä, Finland. https://www.jyu.fi/en/events/sdg4-seminar-celebrating-voices-reflecting-on-160-years-of-teacher-education-and-imagining-the
- Crawford, E.O. (2022). Co-creating networks for change: Revisioning community engagement and problem-solving through human-centered practices. Invited keynote presentation at the Summer Summit: Fostering Glocal Competences in Education at the University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI.
- Crawford, E.O. (2022). Disciplinary and interdisciplinary global studies. Invited presentation for UNC’s A World View to You! professional development program, Dillard Drive Magnet Middle School, Raleigh, NC.
- Teixeria, J., & Crawford, E.O. (2021). Learning for human capital development PASA (174815): Support to the revision of the curriculum. Note on quality education in the age of climate change. Virtual presentation to the Indonesian Education Team of the World Bank Group.
- Cousteau, A., Gordon, S., Crawford, E. O., Kimmel, C., Long, M., Paterson, K. J. (2021, January 24). Teaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals at Schools. In Green School Bali (Producer), School for Now series [panel discussion]. https://youtu.be/8mftZyChNV8
- Crawford, E. O. (2020). From film to photography: Using stories to promote empathy and climate action [Video]. TEDx Craver Road Countdown Program. https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/40853
- Vaughan-Lee, C., & Crawford, E. O. (2020). Empowering student voices: Using short films and photography to promote climate action. Presented at the virtual International Society for Technology in Education conference.
- Crawford, E. O., & Sule, J. (2020). Enhancing quality education and human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from the U.S. and Nigeria. Invited presentation at an SDG4 Quality Education for All Seminar, The University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
- Crawford, E .O., & Fauteux, M. (2019). Cultivating student agency using mindfulness and facilitated gratitude practice. Presented at the annual conference of the National Council for the Social Studies, Austin, TX.
Honors and Awards
- Nautilus Book Award – Better Books for a Better World, Gold Winner Category: Social Sciences & Education for Worldwise Learning: A Teacher’s Guide to Shaping a Just, Sustainable Future, 2022
- 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Award, UNCW’s Senior Scholar Nominee, 2019 (not awarded)
- UNC Center for European Studies Curriculum Development Award, 2018-2019
- NCSS International Assembly (IA) Excellence in Teaching Award, 2018
- Global Teacher Education Fellow, 2017-2018
- Distinguished Childhood Education Article, Childhood Education: Innovations, 2017
- UNCW Watson College of Education Global Scholar (Finland & Sweden), 2016 and 2017
- UNCW Discere Aude Outstanding Professor Award, The University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2013
- UNCW Excellence in eLearning Award, The University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2013
- UNCW Discere Aude Outstanding Professor Award, The University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2012