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- Yonghee Suh
- Assistant Professor
- Teaching & Learning
- 167-6 Education Building
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-3284
- ysuh@odu.edu
- Dr. Yonghee Suh was born and raised in Seoul, Korea. She was a middle social studies teacher and received her Ph. D. from
Curriculum, Teaching and Educational Policy at Michigan State University.
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Education
- Michigan State University,
2006
- Major: Curriculum, Teaching and Educational Policy
- Degree: Ph. D.
- Seoul National University,
1998
- Major: Social Studies education
- Degree: M.A.
- Seoul National University,
1994
- Major: History Education
- Degree: B.A.
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Research Interests
- 1. Teaching social studies-history
2. Teacher knowledge and beliefs and their relationships to teaching practices
3. International textbook research
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Licensures and Certifications
- Certification for teaching secondary social studies (Grade 7-12)
- Sponsoring Organization: South Korean department of Education, Seoul National University
- Date Obtained: 1994-02-01
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Expertise
- Education
- Teaching & Learning history-social studies
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Book Chapters
- Suh, Y., and Yurita, M. (2010). Toward building global citizenship by teaching historical controversy: a comparative research on Japanese and South Korean
history textbooks.. London & Portland, OR: International Review of History Education: Trends in Contemporary ‘Public’ Debates on History Education.
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Articles
- Suh, Y., Yurita, M., LIn, L., and Metzger, S. Collective memory of World War II represented in Chinese, Japanese and Korean history textbooks. Theory and Research in Social Education
- Suh, Y., and An, S. Model minority or perpetual foreigner?: Images of Asian Americans portrayed in U.S. history textbooks. Multicultural perspectives
- An, S., and Suh, Y. Simple, yet complicated: U.S. history represented in South Korean history textbooks.. Social Studies
- Suh, Y., Hinton-Johnson, K., Marken, J. A., and Lee, G. (2011). Are we feeling comfortable teaching it? A self-study of four teacher educators’ conversations about So Far from the Bamboo
Grove. Multicultural Education, 19 (1),
- Suh, Y. Past looking: Using arts as historical evidence in teaching history. Social Studies Research & Practice
- Suh, Y., Yurita, M., and Metzger, S. (2010). What do we want students to remember about the “Forgotten War”? A comparative study of Japan, Korea, and U.S high school history
textbook accounts on the Korean War. International Journal of Social Education, 23 (1), (pp. 51-75).
- Suh, Y. (2008). How the doctoral mentoring helped the cultural transformation from peripheral observer to active participant: Learning to
research and teach from Suzanne Wilson. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 10 (1-2), (pp. 87-100).
- Metzger, S., and Suh, Y. (2008). Significant or safe? Two cases of instructional uses of history feature films. Theory and Research in Social Education, 36 (1), (pp. 88-109).
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Presentations
- Learning ways of seeing the past: Analysis of the use of images as historical evidence and student performance in the NAEP
U.S. history assessment
- Conference Name: AERA
- Sponsoring Organization: AERA
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Date: April, 2013
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
Grant, L. Presenter & Author
- “Strangers from a different shore”: Collective memory of Asian American experiences represented in U.S. history textbooks.
- Conference Name: AERA
- Sponsoring Organization: AERA
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Date: April, 2013
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
An, S. Presenter & Author
- Knowledge transmission versus social transformation: A critical analysis of big ideas in elementary social studies methods
textbooks
- Conference Name: National Council for the Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: National Council for the Social Studies
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Date: November, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
Butler, B. M. Presenter & Author
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
Scott, W. Presenter & Author
- Model minority or perpetual foreigner? Images of Asian Americans portrayed in U.S. History textbooks
- Conference Name: CUFA associated with NCSS
- Sponsoring Organization: CUFA associated with NCSS
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Date: November, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
An, S. Presenter & Author
- World War II revisited: Students’ perceptions on historical significance in Japan and South Korea
- Conference Name: CUFA associated with NCSS
- Sponsoring Organization: CUFA associated with NCSS
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Date: November, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
Yurita, M. Presenter & Author
- Simple yet complicated: U.S. history represented in South Korean history textbooks
- Conference Name: AERA
- Sponsoring Organization: AERA
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Date: November, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
An, S. Presenter & Author
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
- Between History and Collective Memory: History Textbook Controversies, Technology and How Students in Japan and Korea Make
Sense of World War II
- Conference Name: NCSS
- Sponsoring Organization: NCSS
- Location: Washington D.C.
- Date: November, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
Yurita, M. Presenter & Author
- Reading the Past, Impacting Future Teachers: A Self-Study of Four Teacher Educators
- Conference Name:
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: November 19, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
Hinton-Johnson, K. Presenter & Author
Marken, J. A. Presenter & Author
Lee, G.
- Are We Feeling Comfortable Teaching It? Self-study of Four Teacher Educators’ Conversations about So Far from the Bamboo
Grove.
- Conference Name: American Educational Research Association
- Sponsoring Organization: American Educational Research Association
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: April, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
Hinton-Johnson, K. Presenter & Author
Marken, J. A. Presenter & Author
Lee, G. Presenter & Author
- Deconstructing History Textbook Controversies: A Comparative Study of Chinese, Japanese and Korean History Textbook Accounts
on World War II.
- Conference Name: CUFA associated with NCSS
- Sponsoring Organization: CUFA associated with NCSS
- Location: Denver, CO.
- Date: November, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
Yurita, M. Author Only
Lin, L. Author Only
- History as art and art as history: Teachers’ knowledge and beliefs about history and their ways of using the arts
- Conference Name: College and University Faculty Assembly
- Sponsoring Organization: College and University Faculty Assembly
- Location: Denver, CO.
- Date: November, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
- Between history and collective memory: History textbook controversies in Japan and Korea and textbook accounts on World War
II
- Conference Name: National Council for Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: National Council for Social Studies
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Date: November, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
Yurita, M. Author Only
- International debates over textbook controversy: A comparative study of Japanese and South Korean history textbook accounts
of the Second World War. Paper presented at
- Conference Name: Society for the Study of Curriculum History
- Sponsoring Organization: Society for the Study of Curriculum History
- Location: San Diego, CA.
- Date: April, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y.
Yurita, M. Author Only
- Politics in history textbook controversies & constructing global citizenship
- Conference Name: Comparative & International Educational Society
- Sponsoring Organization: Comparative & International Educational Society
- Location: Charleston, South Carolina
- Date: March, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Yurita, M. Author Only
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
- Teaching historical controversy: A comparative research on Japanese and South Korean history textbooks
- Conference Name: National Council for Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: National Council for Social Studies
- Location: Huston, TX
- Date: November, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y.
Yurita, M. Author Only
- Integrating instructional technologies in teaching social studies: Using Google Earth to teach middle school geography
- Conference Name: University of Valparaiso
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Valparaiso
- Location: Valparaiso, IN
- Date: October, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Donovan, J. Presenter & Author
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
- A comparative study of Japan, Korea, and U.S high school history textbook accounts on the Korean War
- Conference Name: National Institute of Education
- Sponsoring Organization: National Institute of Education
- Location: Singapore
- Date: May, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
Yurita, M. Presenter & Author
- A tale of two teachers and their use of history movies
- Conference Name: AERA
- Sponsoring Organization: AERA
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: April, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Metzger, S. Presenter & Author
Suh, Y.
- Teachers’ beliefs about history and their ways of using the arts: A case study of two high school history teachers
- Conference Name: National Council for Social Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: National Council for Social Studies
- Location: Kansas City, MO
- Date: November, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y.
- Teachers’ knowledge and beliefs about history and their ways of using the arts: A case study of three high school history
teachers
- Conference Name: AERA
- Sponsoring Organization: AERA
- Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Date: April, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y.
- The impact of Reading Classroom Explorer on Pre-service teachers' learning to teach literacy
- Conference Name: The National Reading Conference
- Sponsoring Organization: The National Reading Conference
- Location: Miami, Florida
- Date: December, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y. Presenter & Author
Siebenthal, S. Presenter & Author
Boiling, E. Author Only
Pearson, D. Author Only
- Examining changes in pre-service teachers' practices and dispositions toward reading
- Conference Name: AERA
- Sponsoring Organization: AERA
- Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
- Date: April, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y.
Pearson, D. Author Only
Siebenthal, S. Author Only
Park, H. Author Only
- A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Reading Classroom Explorer as a Component of Pre-service Teacher Education
- Conference Name: National Reading Conference
- Sponsoring Organization: National Reading Conference
- Location: San Antonio, TX
- Date: December, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Suh, Y.
Siebenthal, S. Presenter & Author
Pearson, D. Author Only
- 2006: Professional Development Fund, Indiana University-Northwest
- 2005: Travel Grant, National Council for Social Studies
- 2005: Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Michigan State University
- 2004: Research Month Fellowship, Michigan State University
- 1999: University Graduate Fellowship, Michigan State University
- 1998: University Recruit Fellowship, Michigan State University
- 1998: Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award , Seoul National University
- 1995: Graduate Fellowship , Seoul National University
- 1990: Undergraduate Fellowship , Seoul National University
- 1990: University Recruit Fellowship , Seoul National University
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research