Daniel J Walsh
Biographic Data
| ID | 103224 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel J Walsh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel J |
| FAMILY NAME | Walsh |
| SIGNATURE | WALSH D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7479-5016 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
This Issue
Youth Participatory Action Research as Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy
In this article, I present the ways in which youth participatory action research (YPAR) provides opportunities for academically rigorous and culturally sustaining pedagogy for immigrant high school students learning English. In a course sponsored by the City University of New York’s College Now program, I introduced students to the principles of critical ethnographic research and then guided them through the creation of a research proposal cataly…
Teaching (In)justice
Implementing EFL policy reform in elementary schools in Japan
This case study examines the implementation of Foreign Language Activities (English language education), which officially began in Japanese elementary schools in 2011. Subjects in this study included 37 Japanese classroom teachers (20 males and 17 females) in four elementary schools in Tokyo. The Teacher Foreign Language Anxiety Scale [Horwitz, E. K. (2008). Becoming a language teacher: A practical guide to second language learning and teaching. …
Lesson Study with preservice teachers
Frog Boy and the American Monkey
Teaching children at-risk
This article examines how an American preschool teacher’s practice and her views of her practice for children considered at-risk for later academic failure are constrained by her cultural contexts. The research is framed by a cultural psychology and draws on an 18-month ethnographic and interpretive biographic study of Anita, an experienced preschool teacher. Anita emphasized: providing a controlled and predictable environment; helping children s…
Quality in Early Childhood Programs
This study investigates how program evaluation has contributed to the definition of quality in early childhood programs and what social and cultural conditions have influenced these definitions. First, a review of evaluation reports from the last 3 decades identified three types of quality used to evaluate early childhood programs: (a) outcome-determined quality, (b) standards-based quality, and (c) developmental appropriateness. An analysis of q…
Studying Children in Context
Studying Children in Context
The art and science of doing qualitative research involving children is the subject of this book. Elizabeth Graue and Daniel Walsh discuss the research process, dealing succinctly with generic issues but emphasizing where work with children presents its own particular challenges. Part One looks across the research enterprise, conceptualizing it as an holistic activity. Part Two focuses on fieldwork, and the final part examines the interpretive an…
Diversity and Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Diversity and Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Good research and bad research
The Evolution of the Disneyland Environs
Disneyland in Anaheim, California, can be thought of as the quintessential tourist destination. Its popularity is reflected not only in its millions of visitors, but also in the creation of an elaborate tourist-oriented commercial district surrounding the theme park. These environs have evolved slowly over time from orange groves and small farms to massive hotels and convention facilities, exhibiting distinct periods of growth and change. Since 1…
Knocking on kindergarten's door
Changes in kindergarten
The Critical but Transitory Importance of Letter Naming
THIS STUDY tests the theoretical claim that letter naming involves processes which, if slow and awkward, obstruct the transitions through which novice readers ordinarily must pass. According to the theory, this effect should exist even for children who are able to name letters accurately. Also implied is a threshold level in letter-naming speed: Below the threshold, variations in letter-naming speed arise primarily from letter-specific faltering …
The confluence model's good predictions of mental age beg the question
The confluence model's good predictions of mental age beg the question
Lesson Study with preservice teachers
Changes in kindergarten
Teaching (In)justice
Implementing EFL policy reform in elementary schools in Japan
This case study examines the implementation of Foreign Language Activities (English language education), which officially began in Japanese elementary schools in 2011. Subjects in this study included 37 Japanese classroom teachers (20 males and 17 females) in four elementary schools in Tokyo. The Teacher Foreign Language Anxiety Scale [Horwitz, E. K. (2008). Becoming a language teacher: A practical guide to second language learning and teaching. …
The Critical but Transitory Importance of Letter Naming
THIS STUDY tests the theoretical claim that letter naming involves processes which, if slow and awkward, obstruct the transitions through which novice readers ordinarily must pass. According to the theory, this effect should exist even for children who are able to name letters accurately. Also implied is a threshold level in letter-naming speed: Below the threshold, variations in letter-naming speed arise primarily from letter-specific faltering …
Youth Participatory Action Research as Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy
In this article, I present the ways in which youth participatory action research (YPAR) provides opportunities for academically rigorous and culturally sustaining pedagogy for immigrant high school students learning English. In a course sponsored by the City University of New York’s College Now program, I introduced students to the principles of critical ethnographic research and then guided them through the creation of a research proposal cataly…
Quality in Early Childhood Programs
This study investigates how program evaluation has contributed to the definition of quality in early childhood programs and what social and cultural conditions have influenced these definitions. First, a review of evaluation reports from the last 3 decades identified three types of quality used to evaluate early childhood programs: (a) outcome-determined quality, (b) standards-based quality, and (c) developmental appropriateness. An analysis of q…
This Issue
Teaching children at-risk
This article examines how an American preschool teacher’s practice and her views of her practice for children considered at-risk for later academic failure are constrained by her cultural contexts. The research is framed by a cultural psychology and draws on an 18-month ethnographic and interpretive biographic study of Anita, an experienced preschool teacher. Anita emphasized: providing a controlled and predictable environment; helping children s…
The Evolution of the Disneyland Environs
Disneyland in Anaheim, California, can be thought of as the quintessential tourist destination. Its popularity is reflected not only in its millions of visitors, but also in the creation of an elaborate tourist-oriented commercial district surrounding the theme park. These environs have evolved slowly over time from orange groves and small farms to massive hotels and convention facilities, exhibiting distinct periods of growth and change. Since 1…
The confluence model's good predictions of mental age beg the question
The confluence model's good predictions of mental age beg the question
The Critical but Transitory Importance of Letter Naming
THIS STUDY tests the theoretical claim that letter naming involves processes which, if slow and awkward, obstruct the transitions through which novice readers ordinarily must pass. According to the theory, this effect should exist even for children who are able to name letters accurately. Also implied is a threshold level in letter-naming speed: Below the threshold, variations in letter-naming speed arise primarily from letter-specific faltering …
Changes in kindergarten
Knocking on kindergarten's door
The Evolution of the Disneyland Environs
Disneyland in Anaheim, California, can be thought of as the quintessential tourist destination. Its popularity is reflected not only in its millions of visitors, but also in the creation of an elaborate tourist-oriented commercial district surrounding the theme park. These environs have evolved slowly over time from orange groves and small farms to massive hotels and convention facilities, exhibiting distinct periods of growth and change. Since 1…
Good research and bad research
Diversity and Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Diversity and Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Studying Children in Context
The art and science of doing qualitative research involving children is the subject of this book. Elizabeth Graue and Daniel Walsh discuss the research process, dealing succinctly with generic issues but emphasizing where work with children presents its own particular challenges. Part One looks across the research enterprise, conceptualizing it as an holistic activity. Part Two focuses on fieldwork, and the final part examines the interpretive an…
Studying Children in Context
Frog Boy and the American Monkey
Teaching children at-risk
This article examines how an American preschool teacher’s practice and her views of her practice for children considered at-risk for later academic failure are constrained by her cultural contexts. The research is framed by a cultural psychology and draws on an 18-month ethnographic and interpretive biographic study of Anita, an experienced preschool teacher. Anita emphasized: providing a controlled and predictable environment; helping children s…
Quality in Early Childhood Programs
This study investigates how program evaluation has contributed to the definition of quality in early childhood programs and what social and cultural conditions have influenced these definitions. First, a review of evaluation reports from the last 3 decades identified three types of quality used to evaluate early childhood programs: (a) outcome-determined quality, (b) standards-based quality, and (c) developmental appropriateness. An analysis of q…
Lesson Study with preservice teachers
Implementing EFL policy reform in elementary schools in Japan
This case study examines the implementation of Foreign Language Activities (English language education), which officially began in Japanese elementary schools in 2011. Subjects in this study included 37 Japanese classroom teachers (20 males and 17 females) in four elementary schools in Tokyo. The Teacher Foreign Language Anxiety Scale [Horwitz, E. K. (2008). Becoming a language teacher: A practical guide to second language learning and teaching. …
Teaching (In)justice
This Issue
Youth Participatory Action Research as Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy
In this article, I present the ways in which youth participatory action research (YPAR) provides opportunities for academically rigorous and culturally sustaining pedagogy for immigrant high school students learning English. In a course sponsored by the City University of New York’s College Now program, I introduced students to the principles of critical ethnographic research and then guided them through the creation of a research proposal cataly…
Psychology (15 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (6 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works)