Dr. Magnus O. Bassey
Associate ProfessorQueens College
Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services
Powdermaker Hall, Room 150-N
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11367
(718) 997-5335
magnus.bassey@qc.cuny.edu

 

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. M. O. Bassey received his Ed.D. from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education. He is the author of four books and numerous academic articles.  His articles have appeared in rigorously peer reviewed journals such as: Educational Foundations, The Educational Forum, The Journal of Negro Education, The Western Journal of Black Studies, Dialogues and Alliance,  Educational Change and The Journal of Black Studies. Before joining Queens College, Dr. Bassey taught in the New York City Public Schools and at SUNY-Oneonta as well as at the College of Technology, Calabar, Nigeria.


COURSES TAUGHT:

Historical, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education.
Foundations of Education
Philosophies of Education
The History of American Education


RESEARCH INTEREST:

The Effects of Poverty on Students’ Academic Achievement.
Intersections between Race, Gender, Ethnicity and Academic Achievement.


BOOKS 

Bassey, M. O. (2005). Malcolm X and African American Self-Consciousness. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press.

Bassey, M. O. (2003). Malcolm X: The Seeker of Justice. Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris Corporation. 

Bassey, M. O. (1999). Western Education and Political Domination in Africa: A Study in Critical and Dialogical Pedagogy. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey. 

Bassey, M. O. (1999). Missionary Rivalry and Educational Expansion in Nigeria, 1885-1945. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press. 

 


BOOK CHAPTER       

Bassey, M. O.  (2003). Foundational Studies in Teacher Education: A New Imperative.  In G. Noblit & B. Hatt-Echeverria (Eds.), The future of educational studies (pp. 163-176). New York: Peter Lang. 

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES   

Bassey, M. O. (2007). What is Africana Critical Theory or Black Existential Philosophy? The Journal of Black Studies.   

Bassey, M. O. (1999). Malcolm X: Islam and African American Self-Consciousness. Dialogue and Alliance: A Journal of the International Religious Foundation, 13(1), 50-64. 

Bassey, M. O. (1997). Multicultural Education: Philosophy, Theory and Practice. The Western Journal of Black Studies, 21(4), 232-240. 

Bassey, M. O. (1997). Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century: Connecting Pre-service Teachers with Community. Educational Change, Spring, pp. 29-37. 

Bassey, M. O. (1996). Teachers for a Changing Society: Helping Neglected Children Cope with Schooling. The Educational Forum, 61(1), 58-61. 

Bassey, M. O. (1996). Teachers as Cultural Brokers in the Midst of Diversity. Educational Foundations, 10(2), 37-51. 

Bassey, M. O. (1995).  The Place of Dialogical Pedagogy in the Academy. College at Oneonta Teaching Notes, 1(6), 1-2.

Bassey, M. O. (1993). Multicultural Education: Its Unexplored Philosophical Themes. The Western Journal of Black Studies, 17(4), 202-208. 

Bassey, M. O. (1991). Missionary Rivalry and Educational Expansion in Southern Nigeria, 1885-1932. The Journal of Negro Education, 60(1), 36-46. 

 

ORAL PAPERS AND ADDRESSES

Bassey, M. O. Return to the Source: John Dewey and the Educational Metamorphoses of Malcolm X. Paper read at the 35th Annual Conference of the New York Foundations of Education Association held in Rochester, New York, March 31-April 1, 2006.

Bassey, M. O. The Educational Metamorphoses of Malcolm X: What Would John Dewey Say? Paper presented at the Secondary Education Department Brown Bag Seminar, March 16, 2005. 

Bassey, M. O. “The Question of Self-Consciousness in African American Autobiographical Narratives.” Paper presented at the Secondary Education Department Brown Bag Seminar, 2004.

Bassey, M. O. “Foundational Studies as Social Activism: A New Imperative for Teacher Education.” Paper read at the 31st Annual Conference of the New York Foundations of Education Association, April 26-27, 2002.

Bassey, M. O. “Foundational Studies in Teacher Education: A New Imperative.” Paper read at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Studies Association held in Detroit, Michigan, October 28-31, 1999.

Bassey, M. O. “Malcolm X: Islam and African American Self-consciousness.” An invited paper presented at the conference of the Inter Religious Federation For World Peace, held in Washington, DC, November 25-30, 1997. 

Bassey, M. O. “American Education in the Age of Conservatism.” Paper read at the New York State Foundations of Education conference held at SUNY- Oneonta, April 19-20, 1996. 

Bassey, M. O. “Planting and Harvesting the Soul of a Continent: Educating the African Black Male.” An invited paper presented at Binghamton University on the occasion of the Black History Month organized by the Institute of Global Cultural Studies and the Department of Africana Studies, February 24, 1996. 

Bassey, M. O. “Africana Self and Multicultural Education.” Paper read at the 14th Annual conference of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University, October 20-22, 1995. 

Bassey, M. O. “Teachers as Cultural Brokers in the Midst of Diversity.” Paper read at the New York State Foundations of Education Association Conference held at SUNY-Cortland, April 21-22, 1995. 

Bassey, M. O. “Multicultural Education: Its Philosophical Underpinnings.” Paper read at the Fourth Annual Conference of Philosophy, Interpretation, Culture held at Binghamton University, April 22-23, 1994.

Bassey, M. O. Key Issues in Multicultural Education. Paper read at the 12th Annual Conference of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University, October 29-31, 1993. 

Bassey, M. O. Multiculturalism: A humanistic/Critical Educational Perspective. Paper read at a lecture sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Studies Program at SUNY-Oneonta, May 5, 1993.

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:

American Educational Studies Association
Kappa Delta Pi
New York State Foundations of Education Association