Research interests

I am applying views from the reconceptualized curriculum studies field to an understanding of technology integration, educational policy and politics, and, most especially, media literacy, and how this affects our society, culture, and the practicing teacher. I am interested in how proÔø‡democratic uses of technology in schools and society spread, how they can be encouraged, and the role of media literacy skills and concepts in the work of leaders. Most recently, I have been researching relevant culture studies, political, curriculum studies and historical texts regarding my next major writing project, with the working title, Ôø‡Alien Nation: A Primer on Empire, Corporations, and Restoring Democracy.Ôø‡

Refereed Journal Articles

Refereed Journals (Selected)

Brownell, G. & Brownell, N. (in press, 2005). Corporateering, technology, & schooling. The National Social Science Journal.

Brownell, G. (2005). Media literacy and technology in the schools: Searching and reÔø‡searching for the metaÔø‡story of our time. Telemedium: The Journal of Media Literacy, 52(1&2), 95 Ôø‡ 103.

Brownell, G. & Brownell, N. (2003). Technology, democracy & the schools: Friends or foes? The National Social Science Journal , 20(1), 29 - 34.

O'Bannon, B. W., & Brownell, G. (1999). Networks for learning: Using the internet to enhance instruction. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education , 15(4), 11 - 17.

Brownell, G., Jadallah, E., & Brownell, N. (1993). Formal reasoning ability in pre-service elementary education students: Matched to the technology education task at hand? The Journal of Research on Computing in Education , 25(4), 439 - 446.

Zirkler, D., & Brownell, G. (1992). Analogical reasoning: A cognitive consequence of programming? Computers in the Schools , 8(4), 135 - 145.

Zirkler, D. & Brownell, G. (1991). The development of students' mental models of Logo keywords. The Journal of Computer Science Education , 6(1), 21 - 27.

Brownell, G., & McConnaughy, K. (1991). What's wrong with this picture? The Computing Teacher, 18(8), 54 - 55.

Refereed Proceedings (Selected)

Brownell, G. & Brownell, N. (2003). Media literacy and technology in a mediaÔø‡saturated democracy, in The National Social Science Perspectives Journal.

Patterson, N., Brownell, N. & Brownell, G. (2003). Building portfolios: Bridging a technology course and a social studies methods course, in Technology and Teacher Education Annual, 2003 , Willis, Jerry, et. al., editors, Charlottesville , VA : Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.

Brownell, G. & Brownell, N. (2001). Connect the dots: Technology, media literacy, curriculum studies, and teachers, in The National Social Science Perspectives Journal.

Brownell, G. & Brownell, N. (2000). Technology directors and applications of complexity theory, in Technology and Teacher Education Annual, 2000 , Willis, Jerry, et. al., editors, Charlottesville , VA : Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.

Brownell, G. (1999). Institutional leadership and technology trends, in Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference on Technology and Education , Tampa , Florida , October, 1999.

Brownell, G., & Brownell, N. (1995). Publishing partners: A university/school collaboration to publish a technology text, in Technology and Teacher Education Annual , 1995 , Willis, Jerry, et. al., editors, Charlottesville , VA : Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 460 - 463.

Brownell, G., Brownell, N., & Zirkler, D. (1993). Two studies: Attitude change during a required computer education course for preservice teachers, in Technology and Teacher Education Annual , Carey, D., et. al., editors, Charlottesville , VA : Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 136 - 142.

Brownell, G. (1993). Preservice teachers in a computer utilization in the classroom course: An overview of four studies, in Rethinking the Roles of Technology in Education , Estes, N., & Thomas, M., editors, Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, 143 - 145.

Brownell, G., & Zirkler, D. (1990). Deductive reasoning, Logo and the schools, in The 7th International Conference on Technology and Education Proceedings , Brussels , Belgium , 254 - 256.

Books

Brownell, Gregg, Youngs, Carol, Metzger, Jan. (1999). A PC for the teacher. Belmont , CA : Wadsworth Publishing Company, 445 pages.

Brownell, Gregg, Metzger, Jan, Youngs, Carol & Brownell, Nancy. (1996). A Mac for the teacher: ClarisWorks version Second Edition. St. Paul , MN : West Publishing Company, 355 pages.

Brownell, Gregg, Metzger, Jan, Youngs, Carol & Brownell, Nancy. (1994). A Mac for the teacher: Microsoft Works version . St. Paul , MN : West Publishing Company, 350 pages.

Brownell, Gregg, Metzger, Jan, Youngs, Carol & Brownell, Nancy. (1994). A Mac for the teacher: ClarisWorks version . St. Paul , MN : West Publishing Company, 351 pages.

Brownell, Gregg. (1992). Computers and teaching , Second Edition. St. Paul , MN : West Publishing Company, 575 pages.

Brownell, Gregg. (1987). Computers and teaching . St. Paul , MN : West Publishing Company, 423 pages.

Monograph Chapters

Brownell, Gregg. (1993). Survey research and content analysis research in technology and teacher education. In H. C. Waxman, & G. Bright, (editors). Approaches to research on teacher education and technology . Charlottesville , Virginia : Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 79 - 92.

Editorships of Journals

January, 1994 to October, 1995, Editor, American Secondary Education .

January, 1993 to January, 1994, Associate Editor, American Secondary Education .

Awards/Recognition

Writing Award - Selected as one of eleven scholars from an international field as presenting important emerging scholarship in the field of media literacy. The relevant article, Ôø‡Media Literacy and Technology in the Schools: Searching and ReÔø‡Searching for the MetaÔø‡Story of Our Time,Ôø‡ is published in the Spring, 2005 issue of Telemedium: The Journal of Media Literacy .

Institute for the Study of Culture and Society (BGSU) - a one semester fellowship to study media literacy, its relationship to curriculum studies, and the interplay of media literacy, culture and society. (Fall, 2003).