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Thomas J. Walker, Professor of Career and Technical Education

Thomas J. Walker,  Professor and Chairperson
Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology in Education

Ritter Hall 351
1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6091

phone: (215) 204-2296
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
  • Staff Development/Professional Development
  • Performance-Based Education and Assessment

Recent Scholarship

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).

Walker, T.J., & Zirkle, C. (1999). Certifying T&I teachers. Techniques (Journal of the Association for Career and Technical Education, 74 (5), 44.

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.