Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction, University of South Dakota, 2021
M.A. History, University of South Dakota, 2013
B.S.Ed. History, Northern State University, 2007
Dr. Christian D. Pirlet specializes in technology integration in PK-12 settings. His primary focus has included the use of game-based learning to study student motivation in the social sciences. Prior to entering higher education, Dr. Pirlet spent 14 years in secondary classrooms teaching social studies including current events, AP US history, honors economics, psychology, and American Indian studies.
Dr. Pirlet is a member of the National Council for History Education (NCHE), Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), and Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the International Honors Society in Education. Dr. Pirlet also works with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and its affiliated groups, the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) and the International Assembly (IA). Dr. Pirlet is the secretary and webmaster for IA.
In South Dakota, Dr. Pirlet has served in standards-unpacking sessions (2020, 2018) and assisted with the revision process for the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings for South Dakota.
At Northern, Dr. Pirlet is the co-advisor for Northern State’s chapter of the South Dakota Education Association (SDEA).
Awards
Dr. Pirlet received South Dakota’s 2011 James Madison Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Dr. Pirlet was nominated for the South Dakota History Teacher of the Year Award in 2018 and 2019 and the John Morton Excellence in the Teaching of Economics Award in 2020.
Research Interests
Remote learning
Game-based learning
Social studies education
Minecraft: education edition
Technology infused pedagogical models
Economic education
Global education
Publications
...