Thomas J. Walker, Professor of Career and Technical Education

Thomas J. Walker, Ed.D.
Professor Emeritus of Career and Technical Education
Dept. of Teaching & Learning

Ritter Hall 338
1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6091

phone: (215) 204-3263
thomas.walker@temple.edu

Education

  • Ed.D. Temple University
  • M.S. College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ (formerly Trenton State College)
  • B.S. Mansfield State University, Mansfield, PA

Areas of Professional Interest

  • Teacher Education
  • Workforce Development
  • STEM Teacher Education
  • Performance-Based Education and Assessment

Recent Scholarship

Walker, T.J. & Walter, R., (2007).  Preparing the workforce that prepares the workforce.  Pennsylvania School Board Journal, 71(4) pp. 22-31

Wichowski, C.P., Erwin, N.B., & Walker, T. J. (1999). The identification and use of content standards for the professional development of workplace learning teacher coordinators and teacher leaders. Workforce Education Forum, 26 (1).

Pissalidis, C., Walker, T. J., DuCette, J., Degnan, J. & Lutkus, A. (1998). Observational Methods for Evaluating Changes in Student Teaching as a Result of a Large Scale Teacher Intervention Program. Paper Presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Brower, E. B., Walker, T. J., & Wichowski, C. P. (1996). The high performance schoolhouse: A means/ends discussion on academic and vocational education. In Campbell, C. P. (Ed.), Education and Training for Work -Volume 2, 233-259. Lancaster, PA: Technomic Publishing Co., Inc.

Walker, T. J., Gregson, J. A., & Frantz, N. R. (1996). Standards of quality for programs that prepare and certify trade and industrial (T&I) education teachers: The need and key issues. Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 34(1), 19-30.

Walker, T. J. (1993).  Critical pedagogy--The practice with veteran teachers:  The work of the eastern Pennsylvania Lead Teacher consortium.  Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 30(4), 29-42.