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Globalized learning is the wave of the future! Literacy is no longer confined to the pages of a book; knowledge can be acquired across worlds through the Internet. New information and communication technologies (ICTs) bring into view the need to develop innovative theories, methods, models and ideas. Given this, my research seeks to provide some forward thinking in the areas of design, culture, literacy and ICTs.

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

A. Culture in Instructional Design & Technology

I am most interested in the design of ICTs that are culture based. Over the last ten years, I have worked towards perfecting an intercultural instructional design framework, The Culture Based Model (CBM). This model is empirically based and evolved out of the data collected in my dissertation research (Young, 1999). CBM guides designers through the management, design, development and assessment process while taking into account explicit culture based considerations.

See corresponding publications:

  1. Instructional Design Frameworks And Intercultural Models (book proposal-accepted for publication)
  2. Exploring Culture In The Design Of New Technologies Of Literacy (chapter – accepted for publication)
  3. The Culture Based Model: An Intercultural Instructional Design Framework(article-accepted for publication)
  4. Integrating Culture In Design (article-in press)
  5. Empowering Minority Students Through Tech Talk (article)

B. The History of Instructional Design and Technologies made by and for African Americans

The contributions of African Americans to the fields of instructional design and instructional technology can be found in historical and contemporary artifacts.This undisclosed piece of history documents that African Americans created culture specific information and communication technologies at times in history where mostly generic examples existed. This is an area of my research that is on-going.

See corresponding publications:

  1. Roads To Travel: A Historical Look At African American Contributions To Instructional Technology (dissertation)
  1. Roads To Travel: A Historical Look At The Freedman’s Torchlight –An African American Contribution To 19th Century Instructional Technologies (article)

C. Race and Ethnicity in Urban Teacher Education

The conditions of schools and schooling have always concerned me as an educator. I continue to write about this area given my tenure in teacher education and my own frustration with the quality of educational reform. In this area, I have always tried to present perspectives that are non-traditional.

See corresponding publications:

  1. What’s Race Got To Do With It? :The Dynamics Of Race Relations In The Oakland Teachers Strike (article)
  1. The Demise Of Public Schooling (social commentary)
  2. Thinking outside the box: Racial and ethnic discourses in urban teacher education (chapter, in press)
    The Wake

PROTOTYPE Urban Tales - "The Wake" is one of 5 chapters in the storybook: "So Long Aunt Betty Bear."In this chapter of "The Wake" Bobby must say goodbye to Aunt Betty Bear. He is scared but his family helps him to say goodbye.

This story is for children in PreK to2nd grades depending on their reading ability and/or interests in the story. The software focuses on the following techniques: fluency, independent silent reading, computer assisted guided oral reading, learner selected repeated reading procedures, vocabulary development and text comprehension (National Reading Panel, 2000).

TEACHING

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDBALTIMORECOUNTY

LLC750 (graduate) - CULTURE & THE DESIGN OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES(ICTs)

This course investigates theories of culture and how culture can influence the design of information and communication technologies (ICTs). It seeks to evaluate frameworks that focus on culture and the design of ICTs, critique existing ICTs that propose a cultural context and engage in design and analytic work that brings culture to the center of the design process.

Theory and research are gathered across fields (i.e., business, industry, schools) and disciplines (e.g., Literacy, Information Systems, Learning Science & Cognition, Educational Science & Technology, Information Science, Industrial Engineering, Instructional Design & Technology). Participants in this course are encouraged to investigate the design of ICTs in their related disciplines.

EDUC 415 (undergraduate) - 615 (graduate) MATERIALS FOR TEACHING READING

This course is designed for teacher candidates. Participants use criteria consistent with findings of scientific research to select, evaluate, and compare instructional programs and materials for teaching reading. Teacher candidates learn how to help students become strategic, fluent, and independent readers using a variety of texts and other materials. They are prepared to involve parents and members of the school and surrounding community to promote reading both inside and outside of school.

EDUC 317 (undergraduate) - 607 (graduate) PROCESSES & ACQUISITIONS IN READING

This course is designed to assist pre-service and in-service teachers in understanding the reading acquisition process through observation and analysis of reading and written language development and the study of current issues in reading research. It is organized around current, accepted, research-based theoretical models that account for individual differences in reading. Introduction to language structures including spoken syllables, phonemes, graphemes, and morphemes is included in this course. Teacher candidates apply knowledge of the core areas of language to reading acquisition in terms of first and second language acquisition, typical development and exceptionalities. They are introduced to current scientific research.