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social/political cognition, civic education cross-nationally, cross-cultural and inter-cultural studies, research related to social policy, Interaction in technology-rich environments, social studies and history learning. <em>Areas of Student Supervision:
reading online, digital media and learning, reading comprehension, learning online, teaching online, digital literacy
Life-making among Black folx within higher education contexts through the following areas: liberatory masculinities among Black men; faith and spirituality; and love as an intervention in social justice praxis.
culturally responsive literacy instruction; Black youth futures; critical multimodal literacies; arts-based research methods; intersectionality
Research focuses on teaching and teacher education, cultural diversity, and school-community partnerships.
Early Childhood Education; Early Childhood Special Education/Intervention; Teacher Preparation; Educational Technology
Justice Walker is a Learning Scientist who studies what middle and high school students and teachers know, think, and do when learning with biotechnologies and computer science-enabled data science tools. His work draws on active learning perspectives in constructionism, design, and literacy to study how teachers and students respond to modern STEM learning experiences set in formal and informal environments.
influence of art making on critical and creative thinking skills; maintaining relevancy in art curriculum with contemporary artists; connecting traditional handwork processes to contemporary art making; community based art education
Dr. Walker's research examines teaching and learning in higher education, with a particular interest in classroom collaboration and teamwork, as well as experiential learning and its role in supporting student academic development and career preparation.
My research focuses on the teaching and learning of mathematics, and of algebra in particular. I examine how teachers' attend to student algebraic thinking during instruction and how pre-service teachers can learn to attend productively to student algebraic thinking through the use of video.