Faculty Vita

Cary Buzzelli, Ph.D.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty load

Other Administrative Responsibilities

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Buzzelli, C.A., & Johnston, B. (2002). The moral dimensions of teaching: Language, power and culture in classroom interactions. Routledge/Falmer Press.

Johnston, B., & Buzzelli, C.A. (2002). Expressive morality in a collaborative learning activity: A case study in the creation of moral meaning. Language and Education, 16, 37-47.

Buzzelli, C.A., & Johnston, B. (2001). Authority, power, and morality in classroom discourse. Teaching and Teacher Education 17, 873-884.

Buzzelli, C.A., & L'Esperance, M. (2000). School Renewal: A Study of Dialogue, Authority and Power. Educational Practice and Theory, 22, 5-21.

Review of "It's Hard to Be Good" by Brian McCadden. (1998). NY: Peter Lang. Published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 13, 681-686.

Buzzelli, C.A. (1997). Origins, differences and the origins of differences in moral development: Parent-child discourse as moral activity. Developmental Review, 17, 101-109.

Buzzelli, C.A. (1997). The moral implications of teacher- child discourse in early childhood classrooms. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11, 515-534.

Funded Projects

Buzzelli, C.A. & Johnston, B. Moral Agency in Teacher Education. Submitted as a Proffitt Internal Research Grant, March 15, 2002. Budget: $32,697. Funded.

Johnston, B. & Buzzelli, C. A. Moral Agency in Teacher Education. Submitted to the Multidisciplinary Ventures and Seminars Fund, Dean of Faculties Office, Indiana University, February 15, 2002. Funded at $1100.00.

Active Learning Grant, Dean of Faculties Office, June 1, 1999. $1500.00 The purpose of the grants is to support development of undergraduate courses that facilitate active involvement by students.

Buzzelli, C. A. The Moral Dimensions of Teaching. Planning Grant Submitted to the Research Institute for Teacher Education, School of Education, May 15, 1996, Budget: $2500. Funded.

Conference Presentations

Buzzelli, C.A. & Johnston, B. "Power, Authority and Morality in Classroom Discourse". Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April, 1999.

Buzzelli, C.A. &, L'Esperance, M. "Dialogue as Meaning Making: Moral and Otherwise." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the JCT/Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory. Bloomington, IN, October 24, 1998.

Buzzelli, C.A. "Finding the Hidden Voices in Classroom Discourse: Listening for Care and Justice." Paper presented as part of a symposium titled "Educating for Care and Justice: Reflections on Language, Culture and Power" at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Atlanta, GA. November, 20, 1997. Symposium participants included Mark Tappan, Bill Johnston, and Ramaswami Mahalingam.

Buzzelli, C.A. "The Hidden Moral Discourse of Curriculum and Teaching." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Bloomington, IN. October 17, 1997.

Buzzelli, C.A. "Making Moral Meaning Through Discourse: A Dialogic Account of Moral Development." Paper presented as part of the symposium titled "Sociocultural Perspectives on Moral Development", at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development Annual Conference, Washington, DC, April 1997.

Buzzelli, C.A., & Johnston, B. "Expressive Morality in a Collaborative Learning Activity: The Creation of Moral Meaning". Paper presented at part of a symposium titled "Talking Science - Doing Science: Meaning Making in a Third Grade Science Class" presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, March 1997. Symposium participants included Bill Johnston, Gordon Wells, Elisabeth Measures, Jill Burton, and Mari Haenda.

Flinders, D. & Buzzelli, C. A. "A Collaborative Study of the Moral Dimensions of Curriculum and Teaching". Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, March 1997.

Buzzelli, C.A. "Sharing Moral Reflections on Teaching and Learning." Session presented at the annual meeting of the South Central Association for the Education of Young Children, Bloomington, IN. October 11, 1997.

Honors/Awards

Distinguished Alumni Award from College of Education, Georgia State University, 1993.

Outstanding Dissertation Award, Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, Georgia State University, 1985. Dissertation title: The Role of Trust in Children's Peer Relations.