Jere Edward Brophy (June 11, 1940 – October 16, 2009) was an American educational psychologist and University Distinguished Professor of Teacher Education at Michigan State University. He received the E. L. Thorndike Award in 2007.
Life and career
Brophy was born in Chicago, Illinois. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 1967 from the University of Chicago, he spent additional eight year at the University of Texas before joining Michigan State University faculty in 1976 as professor and senior researcher in the Institute of Research on Teaching. He then served as co-director of the Institute of Research on Teaching from 1981 to 1994 and then began attending the American Educational Research Association meetings.
Brophy was an Elected Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the International Academy of Education. He also was a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, was elected into the National Academy of Education, and was a recipient of an honorary degree from the University of Liège, Belgium in 2004.
Brophy married Arlene in 1963 whom he met at the Marillac Social Center in Chicago.
Brophy died in Okemos, Michigan in October 2009 at the age of 69.
See also
References
- "Dr. Jere Edward Brophy". Legacy.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- Gaedke, Bill; Shaughnessy, Michael (2003). "An Interview with Jere Brophy". Educational Psychology Review. 15 (2): 199–211. doi:10.1023/A:1023481231990. eISSN 1573-336X. ISSN 1040-726X. JSTOR 23361519. S2CID 142520482.
- "Jere Edward Brophy". Corvin. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- "Jere Brophy Papers". Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- "Past E.L. Thorndike Award Recipients". Archived from the original on February 12, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019. Archived February 12, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Jere E. and Arlene Pintozzi Brophy Endowed Fellowship in Education". Michigan State University. 12 May 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- Brophy J E & Evertson C M (2010) Teaching Young Children Effectively. Journal of Classroom Interaction, Vol. 45.1, Pages 5–8.
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