Amos Hatch, Ph.D.

Biography

I love being a professor. The idea of creating knowledge and sharing it with others through writing, teaching, and serving is very powerful to me; it's the driving force behind my professional life. While the process of doing research and writing it up is often painful, I still get a great thrill seeing evidence that my scholarly work has influenced others. I enjoy teaching both undergrad and grad courses on topics that range from planning learning activities for kindergarten to designing qualitative studies for doctoral dissertations. I target my service in areas where I think I can make a difference, and that ranges from volunteering in early childhood classrooms to serving on governing boards of national organizations.

I taught for 13 years in urban elementary schools is Kansas City, Missouri and Jacksonville, Florida. I earned degrees from the University of Utah, University of North Florida, and University of Florida and worked the first three years of my academic career at the Ohio State University-Marion. My school teaching experience was in programs for young children, and much of my university teaching has been in teacher education programs designed to prepare teachers for urban early childhood settings. I have a new book on teaching in contemporary kindergarten settings and have published several articles about early childhood curriculum, instruction, and policy. I am a qualitative researcher. I have written/edited three books on qualitative methods, served a four-year term as editor of the International Journal of Qualitative Studies of Education, completed numerous studies in a variety of education contexts, and worked with doctoral students on dissertation projects in many disciplines.

Recent Publications
Hatch, J. A., & Barclay-McLaughlin, G. (in press). Qualitative research:
Paradigms and possibilities. In B. Spodek & O. Saracho, Handbook of research on the education of young children, 2nd Edition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

McDaniel, G., Isaac, M., Brooks, H., & Hatch, A. Dealing with the dilemmas of
K-3 teaching. Accepted for publication in Young Children.

Benner, S. M., & Hatch, J. A. A talent development approach to assessing pre-
service teacher performance. Accepted for publication in Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education.

Hatch, J. A. (2005). Teaching in the new kindergarten. Clifton Park, NY:
Delmar.

Hatch, J. A. (2003, 2004). Accountability shovedown: Resisting the standards
movement in early childhood education. Reprinted in J. S. McKee & K. M. Paciorek (Ed.S..). Early Childhood Education 03/04 and 04/05 Guilford, CT: Dushkin.

Hatch, J. A. (2003). Narrative research: Telling stories of stories. Tennessee
Education, 33, 16-19.

Foster, C., Hatch, A., Lopez, E., Ponder, K., & Cruz, J. (2003). Governing
board service: Is it for you? Young Children, 58, 74-77.

Grieshaber, S., & Hatch, J. A. (2003). Pedagogical documentation as an effect
of globalization. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 19, 89-102.

Hatch, J. A. (2002). Doing qualitative research in education settings. Albany
NY: State University of New York Press.

Hatch, A., Bowman, B., Jor’dan, J. R., Morgan, C. L., Hart, C., Soto, L. D., Lubeck,
S., & Hyson, M. (2002). Developmentally appropriate practice: Continuing the dialogue. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 3, 439-457.

Hatch, A., Collier, L., Keyl, J., LoRe, S., & Phillips, M. (2002). Learning to
teach in an innovative teacher preparation program. Teacher Education and Practice, 15, 111-128.

Hatch, J. A., & Grieshaber, S. (2002). Child observation and accountability:
Perspectives from Australia and the United States. Early Childhood Education Journal, 29, 227-231.

Hatch, J. A. (2002). Accountability shovedown: Resisting the standards
movement in early childhood education. Phi Delta Kappan, 83, 457-462.

 

Contact Information

Dr. Amos Hatch
Professor
Urban Multicultural/Teacher Education

A420 Jane and David Bailey Education Complex
1126 Volunteer Boulevard
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-3442

Phone: 865-974-4209
Fax: 865-974-8718
ahatch@utk.edu

Contact CEHHS

335 Claxton Complex 1122 Volunteer Boulevard
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996

Phone: 865-974-2201
Fax: 865-974-8718