Education Studies Department
David Hildreth
Lincoln Financial Professor of Education Studies
Office
Bauman-210G
+1 (336) 3162363
dhildret@guilford.edu
Biography
David Hildreth has been at Guilford College since 2000. He currently holds an Endowed Professorship: Lincoln Financial Endowed Chair of Education Studies. Before Guilford, David had a dual professorship appointment in Education and Biology, Francis Marion University.
David's teaching and research interests focus on improving science teaching / K-12 teachers' sense of efficacy in teaching science. Additionally, David works with the supervision and the importance of reflection in teacher development, especially as it pertains to beginning and preservice teachers. Recently, David has been working with local schools to help improve new teacher support, teacher retention, and curricular development. As it pertains to pedagogy, David has multiple publications focusing on engaging and creative ways to make science more accessible to K-12 learners.
Education
UNC Greensboro, Graduate work in Special Education,
UNC Greensboro, Ph.D., 1997
Eastern Carolina University, M.A.Ed., 1991
UNC Chapel Hill, B.S., 1990
Selected Scholarship
- Mental Health in the Collegiate Classroom: A Discussion/Reflection Post Covid. NC-ACTE, Sept. 22, 2022.
- Teacher vs. Student Perception of Teaching Methodologies Implemented on the Collegiate Level. NC-ACTE, Sept. 24, 2021.
- Facilitating Leadership in Beginning High School Teachers & Guilford College Secondary Education Majors. Triad Teacher Research Conference, April 27th, 2016.
- Science Fairs: Is there a best approach? Making them work—Let’s have fun, both teacher and student. NCSTA, Nov. 5, 2014.
- Hildreth, D. (2012). From professor to student and back again: What a long strange trip and lessons learned. National Teacher Education Journal, 5(3), 49-54.
- Cook, H, Hildreth, D., & Matthews, K. (2004). The Leeuwenhoek license: Helping students focus in on science. Science and Children, 41(8).
- Appelget, J., Matthews, K., Hildreth, D., & Daniel, M. (2002). Teaching the history of science to learning disabled students. INTERVENTION in School and Clinic.
- Hildreth, D., Matthews, K., Hess, L., & Settle, R. (2001). Lights, camera, action…its science! Science Activities, 38(3).
- King, P., & Hildreth, D. (2001). Internet Courses: Are they worth the effort. Journal of College Science Teaching, 31(2).
- Byrd, S., & Hildreth, D. (2001). Learning the Functional Groups: Keys to Success. Journal of Chemical Education. 78(10).
- Hildreth, D,. & Sawyer, P. (2001). Reinvigorating the Professorate: Reflections about teaching academically gifted youth. Roeper Review, 23(4).