Name:  Judith Davidson
Title:    Assistant Professor
Office:  O'Leary 521
Phone:  978.934.4611
Fax:      978.934.3005

Judith_Davidson@uml.edu
Education:

B.A. Antioch University
M.S. Bank Street College of Education
Ph.D. University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois

Educational Links:

Hanau Model School Partnership http://modelschools.terc.edu/
Bertram Bruce (doctoral advisor): http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/facstaff/chip/

Research Interests:

Organizational culture
Planning and implementing educational change
Qualitative Research Methodology and "Practice Theories"
Technology Integration
Course Offerings:

Fall 1999:
Perspectives and Visions I--Core Doctoral
Seminar Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods.

Spring 1999:
Perspectives and Visions II--Core Doctoral
Seminar Qualitative Research as a Tool for Teacher Action
Research Technology, Education, and Society: Integrating Technology Across Educational Settings.

Publications:

Technology Integration

Wasser, J. (1998). Technology infusion: A systemic proposition. Learning from the Hanau Model Schools Partnership. Hanau Model School Partnership Research Brief #3. April, 1998. Cambridge, MA: TERC.

Wasser, J. (1996). Reform, restructuring, and technology infusion, in Technology infusion and school change: Perspectives and practices. Cambridge, MA: TERC. NSF grant RED-9552492.

Wasser, J. McGillivray, K., & McNamara, E. (1998). Diaries of an Educational Technologist: A New Role for Technology Integration Support. Hands-On, 21, (2).

Wasser, J., McNamara, E., & McGillivray, K. (1999). Going broad and going deep: Taking a full-school approach to technology integration across the curriculum. Electronic School, September 1999, 54-56.

Wasser, J., & McNamara, E. (1998). Professional development and full-school technology integration: A description of the professional development model of the Hanau Model Schools Partnership. Hanau Model Schools Partnership Research Brief #5. Cambridge, MA: TERC.

Wasser, J., McNamara, E., & Grant, C. (1998). Electronic networks and systemic school reform: Understanding the diverse roles and functions of telecommunications in changing school environments. Hanau Model Schools Partnership Research Brief #4, June, 1998. Cambridge, MA: TERC.

Qualitative Research Methodology

Wasser, J. & Bresler, L. (1996). The interpretive zone: Conceptualizing collaboration among teams of qualitative researchers. Educational Researcher, 26, (4), 5-15.

Literacy

Bruce, B. & Davidson, J. (1996). An inquiry model for literacy across the curriculum. Journal of Curriculum Studies, Issue #2 for 1996, 281-300.

Davidson, J. & Koppenhaver, D. (1993). Adolescent literacy: What works and why (2nd ed.). New York: Garland Press.

Professional Activities:

Science Curriculum Revision Work ­ Lowell Public Schools
CRITICAL MASS project - inservice content and pedagogy workshops for middle school teachers. Hudson and Fitchburg