MARK C. BAILDON
Associate Professor & Head
Humanities and Social Studies Education
National Institute of Education, NTU
1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616
Office: 3-03-141
Phone: 65-6790-3425
mark.baildon@nie.edu.sg
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EDUCATION
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, Michigan
Ph.D. - Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy (2004)
Dean’s Scholar Fellow (1999-2002)
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Syracuse, New York
Masters of Social Sciences (1994)
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, Rochester, New York
Bachelor of Arts Degree - History/Psychology (1979)
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RESEARCH PROJECTS & GRANTS
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, Singapore
Designing, Developing & Scaling the Critical Web Reader, Principle Investigator (2014-end 2015).
S$ 195,000 - Project to scale Critical Web Reader tools for broader implementation in schools.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, Singapore
Using Web-Based Tools to Support Source Work and Inquiry in Social Studies, Principle Investigator
(2009 – 2012)
 This project investigated the ways secondary social studies teachers and students develop key inquiry
and literacy practices with digital sources of information in Singapore’s Social Studies curriculum.
(Office of Education Research grant - S$384,722)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, Singapore
HSSE Online: Research and Practice in Humanities and Social Studies Education, Principle
Investigator/Co-Editor (2012)
 Grant to develop online journal for research and practice in humanities and social studies education.
(Office of Education Research grant - S$10,000)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, Singapore
Virtual Disciplined Inquiry Laboratory, Principle Investigator (2007)
 Research into the design of interactive digital learning environments to support source-based
historical interpretation and explanation. (Learning Sciences Laboratory grant - S$50,000)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, Indiana
Critical Web Reader, Project Leader & Collaborator (2005 - present)
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Developing, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive set of technology tools to scaffold Webbased literacies and inquiry-based social studies. See http://cwr.indiana.edu/ for more information.
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, Michigan
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Project TIME Team Leader/Academic Outreach Specialist (2002 - 2004)
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Created and evaluated innovative social studies curriculum and technology tools as part of a U.S.
Department of Education Technology Innovation Challenge Grant. Led professional development
institutes, workshops and in-service training, and worked collaboratively with K-12 school personnel
to implement curriculum integrated with technology. Led project research and dissemination efforts.
Dissertation study focused on teacher learning using videotape and collaborative inquiry.
Research/Project Assistant: Project TIME (2000-2002)
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Developed Web-based social studies curriculum and technology tools (the Meaningful Learning
Toolbox) to engage students in meaningful learning experiences. Responsibilities included gathering
classroom data to inform curriculum development, professional learning, and project evaluation.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Research Assistant: Institute for Social Research (Summer 2000)
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Administered pretest assessments for the Study of Instructional Improvement.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, Singapore
Associate Professor & Deputy Head
Humanities and Social Studies Education (2006-present)
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Teaching MAS 801, “Critical Thinking and Writing in the Social Sciences,” MAS 802, “Issues and
Research in Social Studies Education,” MAS 816, “Social Studies in Today’s Schools,” MAS 817,
“Citizenship Education in a Global Age,” MAS 818, “Social Studies and Curriculum Theory,” QCL
520, “Teaching Social Studies to Secondary Students,” QCL 521, “Use of Sources in Secondary
Social Studies Classrooms,” and QCL 522, “Assessment and Reflective Teaching in Social Studies.”
Master of Arts in Social Studies Programme Coordinator (2006-2011).
Deputy Head of Humanities and Social Studies Education Academic Group (2011-present).
Indiana University – Sabbatical (October 2012 to January 2013).
TAIPEI AMERICAN SCHOOL, Taipei, Taiwan
Upper School Social Studies Teacher (2004-2006)
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Taught 9th grade Asian Studies as part of an interdisciplinary humanities team.
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, Michigan
Course Instructor (1999-2002)
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Taught TE 802, "Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Practice," TE 402, "Designing and Studying
Practice," and TE 501/502, “Internship in Teaching Diverse Learners.”
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Adjunct Instructor (2000-2002)
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Taught ED 431, "Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School," in the Master of Arts with
Certification Program (ELMAC) and ED 304, "Student Teaching in Secondary Social Studies."
SAUDI ARABIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS - DHAHRAN DISTRICT, Saudi Arabia
Social Studies Teacher (8/94 - 6/99)
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Taught 9th Grade Social Studies, Media Arts, and Media Literacy/Film Studies, Newspaper, Great
Books, and Contemporary Issues electives. 9th Grade Instructional Facilitator; Junior High
Technology Coordinator; served on Teacher Evaluation Committee, School Advisory Board, School
Improvement committees, District Technology Committee.
SINGAPORE AMERICAN SCHOOL, Singapore
Social Studies Teacher (8/89 - 6/94)
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Taught Geography, Great Books, and Writing Workshop. Team Coordinator; Social Studies
Curriculum Coordinator; served on Middle School Strategic Planning committee, to plan and
implement an exemplary interdisciplinary Middle School program; served on Academic Committee,
Advisory Program Committee, Building Bridges Committee; Student Council Advisor.
WALWORTH BARBOUR AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN ISRAEL
Kfar Shmaryahu, Israel
Social Studies Teacher (6/87 - 6/89)
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Taught Western Civilizations (Grade 10), Alternative American History (11), ESL History (9-10),
Modern World History (12), Economics (11-12); AP tutorial, European History.
BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL, Bennett, Colorado
Social Studies Teacher (6/85 - 6/87)
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Taught American History, World History, and Contemporary Issues in an interdisciplinary
curriculum that utilized team teaching in an open classroom environment. Team Leader in a member
school of the Coalition of Essential Schools.
DOLORES SCHOOL DISTRICT, Dolores, Colorado
Social Studies Teacher (8/83-6/85)
MOUNT AIRY PSYCHIATRIC CENTER, Denver, Colorado
Mental Health Worker (6/81-7/83)
ARIZONA STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, Phoenix, Arizona
Behavioral Health Counselor (9/80-6/81)
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PUBLICATIONS
Books
Baildon, M., Loh, K. S., Lim, I. M., Inanç, G. Z., & Jaffar, J. (eds.) (2013). Controversial History
Education in Asian Contexts. Singapore: Routledge.
Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2011). Social Studies as New Literacies in a Global Society: Relational
Cosmopolitanism in the Classroom. New York: Routledge.
Book Chapters
Baildon, M. (2014). Disciplinary intuitions as praxis: The role of intuition in social education. In Lim, K.
Y. T. (ed.), Disciplinary intuitions and the design of learning environments (pp. xx-yy). New York:
Springer.
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Baildon, M., & Afandi, S. (2013). A disciplinary approach to teaching historical controversy in
Singapore’s schools: The case of the Internal Security Act. In M. Baildon, K.S. Loh, I.M. Lim, G.Z.
Inanç, & J. Jaffar (Eds.), Controversial History Education: History Textbook Controversies and
Teaching Historical Controversy in Asian Contexts. Singapore: Routledge.
Loh, K.S., Baildon, M., Lim, I.M., Inanç, G., & Jaffar, J. (2013). Introduction: Controversy, history and
history education in Asia. In M. Baildon, K.S. Loh, I.M. Lim, G.Z. Inanç, & J. Jaffar (Eds.),
Controversial History Education: History Textbook Controversies and Teaching Historical Controversy
in Asian Contexts. Singapore: Routledge.
Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2012). Using technology to support relational cosmopolitanism for social
education. In B.M. Maguth (Ed.), New Directions in Social Education Research: The Influence of
Technology and Globalization on the Lives of Students (pp. 21-42). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.
Afandi, S., & Baildon, M. (2010). History education in Singapore. In Nakou, I., & Barca, I. (Eds.),
Contemporary Public Debates Over History Education (pp. 223-242). London: Information Age.
Baildon, M., & Sim, J. B.-Y. (2010). The dilemmas of Singapore’s National Education in the global
society. In Reid, A., Gill, J., & Sears, A. (Eds.), Globalisation, the Nation-State and the Citizen:
Dilemmas and Directions for Civics and Citizenship Education (pp. 80-96). New York: Routledge.
Baildon, M. (2009). "Being rooted and living globally": Singapore's imagined communities and identities
through the prism of educational innovation. In Ismail, R., Shaw, B., & Ooi, G.L. (2009). Southeast
Asian Culture and Heritage in a Globalising World (pp. 59-77). Surrey: Ashgate.
Damico, J. & Baildon, M. (2008). Reading Web sites in an inquiry-based social studies classroom. In D.
Rowe & R.T. Jimenez (Eds.) National Reading Conference Yearbook (pp. 204-217). Oak Creek, WI:
National Reading Conference.
Ashburn, E., Baildon, M., Damico, J., & McNair, S. (2006). The landscape of teaching: Mapping the
terrain of teaching for meaningful learning using technology in social studies. In Ashburn, E., & Floden,
R. (2006). Teaching for Meaningful Learning Using Technology: Knowledge, Skills and Leadership (pp.
117-140). NY: Teachers College Press.
Journal Articles
Baildon, M., Sim, J. B.-Y., & Paculdar, A. (2014). A tale of two countries: Comparing civic education in
the Philippines and Singapore. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, DOI:
10.1080/03057925.2014.940848.
Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2014). Social studies education for the 21st century: Addressing challenges
with new literacies and a web-based technology tool. T.H.E.N (Journal about Technology, Humanities,
Education, & Narrative). 11, 2014: http://thenjournal.org/feature/386/.
Baildon, M. (2014). Well-being and humanities education in Singapore. HSSE Online 3(1), 37-47.
Baildon, M., Afandi, S., & Rajah, C. (2014). Wars past used to promote peace education. Sangsaeng, 39
Spring 2014, 27-29
Ho, L.C., & Baildon, M. (2013). Geographies of online spaces and intercultural education. Intercultural
Education, 24, 327-341.
Baildon, M., & Baildon, R. (2012). Evaluating online sources: Helping students determine
trustworthiness, readability, and usefulness. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 24(4), 11-14.
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Baildon, M. (2012). Book Review: Digital teaching platforms: Customizing classroom learning for each
student. Teachers College Record, http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=16817.
Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2011). Judging the credibility of internet sources: Developing critical and
reflexive readers of complex digital texts. Social Education, 75(5), 269-273.
Damico, J., & Baildon, M. (2011). Content literacy for the 21st century: Excavation, elevation, and
relational cosmopolitanism in the classroom. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 55(3), 232-243.
Baildon, M. (2010). Book review: Social studies today: Research and practice. British Journal of
Educational Studies, 58(2), 236-238.
Damico, J., Baildon, M., & Greenstone, D. (2010). Cultivating children's agency as readers by examining
how historical agency works in children's literature. Social Studies Research and Practice, 5(1), 1-12.
Damico, J., Baildon, M., Exter, M.A., & Guo, S.J. (2009). Where we read from matters: Students access
cultural knowledge to examine competing web sites. Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacy, 5(4), 325335.
Baildon, M., & Sim, J.B.-Y. (2009). Notions of criticality: Singaporean teachers’ perspectives of critical
thinking in social studies. Cambridge Journal of Education, 39(4), 407-422.
Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2009). How do we know? Students examine issues of credibility with a
complicated multimodal Web-based text. Curriculum Inquiry 39(2), 265-285.
Damico, J., Baildon, M., & Lowenstein, K.L. (2008). Did the bombs just fall from the sky? Examining
agency in a text set of World War II children's literature. Social Studies Research and Practice, 3(3), 5159.
Baildon, M. (2008). Troubling data: A Foucauldian perspective of “a multiple data source approach” to
professional learning and evaluation. Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor, 15, 126-144.
Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2008). Negotiating epistemological tensions in thinking and practice: A case
study of a literacy and inquiry tool as a mediator of professional conversation. Teaching & Teacher
Education, 24(6), 1645-1657.
Baildon, R., & Baildon, M. (2008). Guiding independence: Developing a research tool to support student
decision-making in selecting sources of information. The Reading Teacher, 61(8), 636-647.
Damico, J., & Baildon, M. (2007). Examining ways readers engage with Web sites during think aloud
sessions. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 51(3), 254-263.
Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2006). “We have to pick sides”: Students wrestle with counter claims while
reading Web sites. Social Education, 70(3), 156-159.
Damico, J., Baildon, M., & Campano, G. (2005). Integrating literacy, technology and disciplined inquiry
in social studies: The development and application of a conceptual model. T.H.E.N (Journal about
Technology, Humanities, Education, & Narrative). http://thenjournal.org/feature/92/
Baildon, M. (2005). Professional learning focused on using MLT curriculum units and the principled use
of technology. Project TIME Final Report submitted to U.S. Department of Education.
Baildon, M. (2004). The aesthetic dimensions of teaching: Working in the conceptual space between
students’ experiences and subject matter. (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation). East Lansing: Michigan
State University.
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Baildon, M. (2003). A case for engaged intellectual work. Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor.
Volume 5.2, July, 2003. http://www.louisville.edu/journal/workplace/issue5p2/5p2.html
Baildon, M. (1998). Social studies teachers do care about history and standards. The International
Educator. Volume XII, Number 4, April, 1998.
Baildon, M. (1995). Students at Yanbu International School give peace a chance. The International
Educator. Volume IX, Number 3, December, 1995.
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CONFERENCE PAPERS PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS
Damico, J.S., & Baildon, M. (2014, March). Using inquiry and literacy strategies to investigate climate
change. IN The International Society for the Social Studies (ED.) The International Society for the Social
Studies Annual Conference Proceedings, 1, 40-47.
Ho, L.C., & Baildon, M. (2013, January). Geographies of Online Spaces and Intercultural Citizenship. IN
(EDS.) The Body and the Web: Tools for Intercultural Learning, N.A.
Ho, L.C., Baildon, M. & Chang, C.H. (2009, June). Exploring teachers' conceptual understanding of the
Social Studies Curriculum. IN (EDS.) Proceedings 3rd Redesigning Pedagogy Conference, 1, 1.
Chang, C.H., Ho, L.C.& Baildon, M. (2009, June). Uncovering Dsiciplinary Influences on the National
Social Studies Syllabus.. IN (EDS.) Proceedings 3rd Redesigning Pedagogy Conference, 1, electronic.
Baildon, M., Ho, L.C. & Chang, C.H. (2009, June). Positioning Singapore Social Studies for a
Globalising World. IN (EDS.) Proceedings 3rd Redesigning Pedagogy Conference, 1, 1.
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PRESENTATIONS
Baildon, M. (2014). The challenges of teaching diversity: Contexts, controversies and discomfort.
International Conference on Teacher Education. Quezon City, Philippines.
Baildon, M. (2014). Showcase of good practices: Singapore. Sub-regional workshop in Mekong cluster:
Global citizenship education for a culture of peace and sustainability. APCEIU & UNESCO. Yangon,
Myanmar.
Damico, J.S. & Baildon, M. (2014). Using inquiry and literacy strategies to investigate climate
change. The International Society for the Social Studies Annual Conference Proceedings, Orlando, FL .
Baildon, M. (2014). 2015 ASEAN integration and well-being in Singapore. International Symposium:
What can the 2015 ASEAN integration bring to the well-being of ASEAN people? Nagoya University,
Nagoya, Japan.
Damico, J., & Baildon, M. (2013). Common core literacy and inquiry strategies to investigate climate
change. National Council for the Social Studies, St Louis, MO.
Damico, J., & Baildon, M. (2013). How to help students with complex online sources, The Learning
Conference, Birmingham, MI.
Baildon, M. (2013). Re-thinking social studies source work in the digital age, HSSE Symposium: Media,
civic participation, and humanities education, Redesigning Pedagogy Conference, Singapore.
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Ho, L. C., & Baildon, M. (2013). Geographies of online spaces and intercultural citizenship. The Body
and the Web: Tools for Intercultural Learning, Florence, Italy.
Baildon, M. (2013). The importance of critical thinking skills for leaders and university members.
Keynote Address, Ma Chung University, Malang, Indonesia.
Baildon, M. (2012). Expanding teaching repertoires: Teaching 21st century skills within systems of
constraint. Symposium: Living in an “Illiberal” Democracy: Tensions and Challenges in Civic and Social
Studies Education in Singapore. College and University Faculty, NCSS Conference, Seattle, WA.
Damico, J. & Baildon, M. (2012). Using technology to support relational cosmopolitanism for social
education. Symposium: New Directions in Social Education Research: The Influence of Technology and
Globalization on the Lives of Students. College and University Faculty, NCSS Conference, Seattle, WA.
Baildon, M., Afandi, S., Rajah, C., & Damico, J. (2012). A disciplinary approach to teaching historical
controversy, Research-into-Practice Special Session, National Council for the Social Studies, Seattle,
WA.
Damico, J., & Baildon, M. (2012). Guiding students to be skilled and successful readers of the Internet.
Birmingham Public Schools Learning Conference, Birmingham, MI.
Greenstone, D., & Baildon, M. (2012). Teaching strategies and curriculum based assessment in social
studies. Humanities Educators Conference, Singapore.
Baildon, M., Soon, M., Chew, E., Tan, M., Chew, B., Ang, T.K., Hassan, E. (2012). Engaging students
and developing 21st century skills: Using a Web-based tool to scaffold student interest and inquiry with
complex websites. Humanities Educators Conference, Singapore.
Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2012). Reading conspiracy: To believe is not enough. American Educational
Research Association, Vancouver, Canada.
Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2012). From the teacher workshop to actual classrooms with students: What
happens when secondary social studies teachers in Singapore redesign curriculum, teaching, and learning
through inquiry and new literacies. American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada.
Baildon, M., & Afandi, S. (2011). Considering controversy: Moving toward a disciplinary approach to
history in Singapore’s schools. History as Controversy: Writing and Teaching Contentious Topics in
Asian Histories, Singapore.
Baildon, M., Damico, J., Rajah, C., Afandi, S., & Paculdar, A. (2011). Scaffolding inquiry and literacy in
social studies classrooms. Research-into-Practice Special Session, National Council for the Social
Studies, Washington, DC.
Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2011). What happens when secondary social studies teachers in Singapore
use a web-based tool to re-imagine curriculum, teaching, and learning? College and University Faculty,
Washington, DC.
Damico, J., & Baildon, M. (2011). What do these web sites about climate change have to do with social
education? An interactive viewing, analysis, and group discussion. College and University Faculty,
Washington, DC.
Sim, J.B.-Y., Paculdar, A., & Baildon, M. (2011). A tale of two countries: Comparing civic education
policy in the Philippines and Singapore. International Assembly, Washington, DC.
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Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2011). Creating social studies curriculum with web-based tools in Singapore:
Re-positioning teachers as intellectual authorities. Redesigning Pedagogies International Conference,
Singapore.
Baildon, M. (2011). Civic education as relational cosmopolitanism. Redesigning Pedagogies
International Conference, Singapore.
Sim, J.B.-Y., Paculdar, A., & Baildon, M. (2011). Comparing civic education policy in the Philippines
and Singapore. Redesigning Pedagogies International Conference, Singapore.
Sim, J.B.-Y., Paculdar, A., & Baildon, M. (2011). A tale of two countries: Comparing civic education
policy in the Philippines and Singapore. 55th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International
Education Society, Montreal, Canada.
Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2011). Teaching the 3 C’s (critical evaluation of credibility, claims, and
contexts) with online documentary video. American Education Research Association Annual Conference,
New Orleans, LA.
Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2011). Creating social studies curriculum with web-based tools in Singapore:
Re-positioning teachers as intellectual authorities. American Education Research Association Annual
Conference, New Orleans, US.
Afandi, S., & Baildon, M. (2010). Contextualizing historical consciousness. Paper presented at American
Education Research Association “Understanding Complex Ecologies in a Changing World,” Denver,
CO.
Baildon, M., & Damico, J. (2010). Conceptualizing social studies as critical global citizenship education:
A case study of Singapore as nation-state and/or transnational hub. Paper presented at American
Education Research Association “Understanding Complex Ecologies in a Changing World,” Denver,
CO.
Ho, L.C., & Baildon, M. (2009).Understanding social studies in new contexts. Paper presented at
National Council of Social Studies College and University Faculty Association, Atlanta, GA.
Ho, Li-Ching, Chang, C.H., Baildon, M., & Alviar, T. (2009) Symposium: Defining and re-defining
social studies in Singapore for a globalising world. Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference,
Singapore.
Damico, J., Baildon, M., Yazzie-Mintz, T., Riddle, R., & Exter, M. (2009). Symposium: DiversITy
(Diverse IT): Using a technology tool for curriculum innovation in teacher education. American
Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, CA.
Baildon, M. & Sim, J.B.Y. (2008). Notions of criticality in a ‘polite culture’: Teachers’ perspectives of
Social Studies in Singapore. Asia Pacific Educational Research Association Conference, Singapore.
Baildon, M. (2008). New assessment for ‘new times.’ Paper presented at New Dimensions in Humanities
Education Conference, Singapore.
Sim, J., & Baildon, M. (2008). The role of critical thinking and critical pedagogy in citizenship education
in Singapore. Paper presented at New Dimensions in Humanities Education Conference, Singapore.
Damico, J., Baildon, M., Riddle, R. & Campano, G. (2008). Using technology tools to cultivate academic
and critical literacy across cultures and continents. World Congress of Reading, San Jose, Costa Rica.
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Baildon, M. (2008). The changing landscapes of educational reform: Globalisation and educational
reform in the post-developmental state. SEAGA, Quezon City, Philippines.
Baildon, M. (2008). Can web 2.0 and MUVE support disciplined inquiry in humanities education?
HUMming Through IT Conference Keynote Address, Crescent Girls School, Singapore.
Baildon, M. & Damico, J. (2007). How do we know? Students examine issues of credibility with a
multimodal text. American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Damico, J., Baildon, M., Guo, S.J. & Exter, M.A. (2007). Accessing prior knowledge and adjudicating
between different perspectives: Students examine competing websites in social studies. American
Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Damico, J., Baildon, M. & Campano, G. (2006). Critically reading and evaluating Web sites: A
conceptual synthesis and an empirical investigation. Symposium, National Reading Conference, Los
Angeles, CA.
Baildon, M. (2006). Moving toward a discipline-based pedagogy. Plenary Lecture, History Association of
Singapore.
Baildon, M (2006). Troubling data: A Foucauldian perspective of “a multiple data source approach” to
professional learning and evaluation. American Educational Research Association Conference, San
Francisco, CA.
Baildon, M. & Damico, J. (2006). Negotiating epistemological tensions in thinking and practice: A
case study of a literacy and inquiry tool as a mediator of professional learning. American Educational
Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Damico, J. & Baildon, M. (2006). Examining ways readers engage with Web sites during think
sessions. American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.
aloud
Baildon, M. (2005). Using the internet to promote inquiry-based learning and literacy. EARCOS. Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam.
Baildon, M., Yott, S. & Wells, T. (2004). Using technology to support inquiry-based learning in the
classroom. Workshop at Michigan Association of Computer Users and Learners Annual Conference,
Grand Rapids, MI.
Farley, J., Ashburn, E., Baildon, M., Damico, J., & McNair, S. (2003). Challenges and issues in
evaluating meaningful learning using technology. Panel Presentation at American Evaluation Association
Annual Conference, Reno, NV.
Baildon, M. & Acheson, J. (2003). The narration creation station: The power of multimedia narratives.
Presentation at National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Baildon, M. & Damico, J. (2003). A multiperspectival view of assumptions about students’ prior
knowledge in an inquiry-based social studies curriculum. American Educational Research Association
Conference, Chicago, IL.
Reckase, M., Baildon, M., Ashburn, E., Ruble, C. & Murphy, L. (2003). Working with the data:
Assessment in support of student learning. Presentation at Michigan State University College of
Education & the Education Alliance of Michigan 6th Annual Education Conference.
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Roessler, M., Baildon, M., Yott, S., McGuire, M. & Acheson, J. (2003). Critical strategies for inquiryoriented social studies: Connecting students’ prior knowledge and personal experience with social studies
content of Mexico and migration. Michigan Council for the Social Studies Annual State Conference.
Baildon, M., Simmons, L. & Johnson, D. (2003). From inquiry to narration: Engaging students via the
internet. Presentation at Michigan Association of Computer Users and Learners Annual Conference,
Detroit, MI.
Baildon, M. Damico, J. & Vance, B. (2002). Naked and unlearning: Creative spontaneity as aesthetic
being. American Educational Research Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Baildon, M. (1996). Creating and using simulations in the social studies classroom.
Presentation/workshop at Near East South Asia (NESA) Annual Conference, Cairo, Egypt.
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SERVICE
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Editor, HSSE Online: Research and Practice in Humanities & Social Studies Education (2012present)
 NIE Graduate School Taskforce, 2013.
 Co-Chair, Humanities Educators Conference, 30-31 May 2012
 Convener, History as Controversy: Writing and Teaching Contentious Topics in Asian Histories
Conference (2011)
 Organising/Steering Committee for NIE’s Redesigning Pedagogy Conference 2011 (2010-2011)
 TE 21 Postgraduate Programmes Project Team (2010)
 Curriculum Framework Committee, Ministry of Education (2009-present)
 Secondary Social Studies Syllabus Committee, Ministry of Education (2009-present)
 Master of Arts in Social Studies Programme Coordinator (2006-present)
 HSSE Post Graduate Diploma Education Programme Coordinator (2006-present)
 HSSE Conference Committee (Programme Chair) (2008)
 Organising/Steering Committee for NIE’s Redesigning Pedagogy Conference 2009 (2008-2009)
 Co-Editor of HSSE Online Journal
 HSSE Strategic Planning Day Chairperson (2008)
 Reviewer, American Education Research Association, Division B, Section 1, Curriculum Studies &
Section 2, Curriculum Theory (Fall 2002 - present).
 Reviewer, T.H.E.N. - Technology Humanities, Education, and Narrative (2004 - present).
 Facilitator of Teacher Inquiry Group - Phi Delta Kappa Taiwan (2004-2006).
 Curriculum Committee, National Council for the Social Studies (July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2005).
 Strategic Visions Committee, MSU/Project TIME (Fall 2002 - 2004).
 Executive Committee, Battle Creek Area School Consortium (Fall 2002-2004).
 Ph.D. Admissions, Policy, and Program Committee, College of Education, Michigan State
University (2002-2003).
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AFFILIATIONS
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American Education Research Association
National Council for the Social Studies & NCSS College and University Faculty Assembly
Singapore Association of Social Studies Education
Phi Delta Kappa (International)
Southeast Asian Geography Association
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