Ian Westbury

Activities & Honors

• General Editor, Revista Estudios Del Curriculum, 2001-2002

Research Statement

My research agenda has focused on the interface between ideas about education and educational research and the institution of the (high) school. I have worked on this agenda as I have looked at (1) the relevance of the German Didaktik tradition for enhancing the idea of reflective teaching and (2) cross-cultural achievement in mathematics as seen comparatively and empirically in the IEA international math studies.

Currently my work has two foci: I am beginning a cross-national study of curriculum development which will involve a study of the development and implementation of the Illinois Standards; I am completing a study of school outcomes and their contexts in metro Chicago.

I teach courses in curriculum theory, educational assessment and evaluation, and web-based teaching in high school social studies.

I am General Editor of the Journal of Curriculum Studies.

Grants

• Co-Principal Investigator, National Resource Center for Global Studies, U.S. Department of Education (Center for Global Studies), 2003-2006
• Principal Investigator, From Curriculum Development to Lesson-Planning, Campus Research Board, 2002-present
• Principal Investigator, From Curriculum Development to Lesson-Planning, Campus Research Board, 2002-present
• Principal Investigator, Visiting Scholar, University of Southern Queensland, 1999-present
• Principal Investigator, Visiting Scholar, Abo Akademi Vasa, 1998-1999
• Principal Investigator, Second International Mathematics Study: Data-enhancement project, National Science Foundation, 1987-1989

Publications

• Westbury, I. (in press). Introduction. In P. Menck (Ed.), Looking into classrooms: Papers on didactics. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
• Westbury, I. (2002). John Dewey's The educational situation: As concerns the elementary school: Implications for our time. Journal of Curriculum & Supervision, 17(2), 120-129.
• Westbury, I. (in press). Theory, research and improvement of music education. In R. Colwell (Ed.), Handbook of research on music teaching and learning (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Westbury, I. (1998). With Hueih-Lirng Laih, The transformation of Taiwan's upper secondary education system: A policy analysis Archive, 6 (18).
• Laih, H. L., & Westbury, I. (1998). The transformation of Taiwan's upper secondary education system: A policy analysis. Educational Policy Analysis Archive, 6(18).
• Westbury, I. D. (1998). Didaktik and curriculum studies. In B. B. Gundem & S. Hopmann (Eds.), Didaktik and/or curriculum: An International dialogue (pp. 47-78), New York: Peter Lang.
• Westbury, I. (1996). With Chao-Sheng Hsu, Structures of curriculum governance and classroom practice in mathematics. Educational Policy Analysis Archive. 18 (2), 123-129.
• Westbury I. (ed.) In Search of More Effective Mathematics Education: Examining Data from the IEA Second International Mathematics Study. Norwood, NJ : Ablex Publ. Co., 1994. - VII.
• Westbury, I. (1992). Comparing American and Japanese achievement: Is the United States really a low achiever? Educational Researcher, 21(5), 18-24.