Gerald LeTendre
Gerald LeTendre
Professor of Education and International Affairs
Department Head, Education Policy Studies
Educational Theory & Policy
Comparative & International Education
310G Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802-3203
Email: letendre@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-3771
Fax: 814-865-1480
Introduction
Dr. LeTendre has extensive experience with cross-national, multi-methods studies of education. He worked on both The Third International Math-Science Study (TIMSS) and the IEA Civic Education Project, looking at issues of achievement and socialization among early adolescents, and has been a consultant to the Board on International and Comparative Education of the National Research Council. He was a Fulbright scholar in Bremen, Germany and currently edits the American Journal of Education.
Areas of Expertise
- Teacher Work Roles
- Comparative Education
- Educational Policy
Publications (Full CV available here)
- Co-author with Motoko Akiba of Improving Teacher Quality (Teachers College Press)
- Co-author with Dr. David Baker of National Differences, Global Similarities (Stanford University Press)
Professional Experience & Activities
- Senior Fulbright Scholar
- Spencer Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the National Academy of Education
- Senior researcher on a three-year joint National Science Foundation/Fund for the Improvement of Education Grant which supports analysis of the Third International Math-Science Study
Honors & Awards
Recipient of a Japan Foundation Fellowship for his dissertation work, a Johann Jacobs Young Scholar Award and a National Academy of Education/Spencer Post-doctoral Fellow
Education
- Ph.D in Education from Stanford University
- Master in Sociology from Stanford University
- B.A. in Sociology from Harvard University
