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Leonard J. Waks

Leonard J. Waks,  Professor Emeritus
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Ritter Hall 264
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6091

phone:(215) 204-6178
leonard.waks@temple.edu

Education

1984 Ed.D. Temple University, Psycho-Educational Processes
1968 Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Philosophy
1964 B.A. University of Wisconsin, Philosophy

Areas of Professional Interest

  • Technology in Education

Recent Scholarship

Book
Technology's School: Challenge to Philosophy. Greenwich, Conn: JAI, 1995

Book Chapters
"Exploratory Education in a Society of Knowledge and Risk". In V. Anfara, ed., The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education, Volume 2. Greenwich, Conn. : Information Age Pub., 2002, 23-40.

"Philosophy of Technology." in D. Borchert, ed., The Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Supplement), New York, Macmillan Reference, 440-445, 1996 (with Carl Mitcham).

"Filosofia de la Educacion en CTS: Ciclo de Responsibilidad y Trabajo Communitario." Chapter 3 in A. Alonso et. al., eds, Para Comprender Ciencia, Technologia Y Socieded., Madrid, EVD, 1996.

"Las relaciones Escuela-Comunidad Y Su Influencia en la Educacion en Valores en CTS." Chapter 4 in A. Alonso et. al., eds, Para Comprender Ciencia, Technologia Y Socieded., Madrid, EVD, 1996.

"Emptiness, in J. Garrison and A. G. Rud (eds.) The Educational Conversation: Closing the Gap Albany N. Y.: SUNY Press, 1995, 85-95.

Edited Journal Volumes
Editor, Special Issue: Philosophy of Design, Design Education, and Educational Design. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 11, 1, 2001.


Edited Journal Special Sections
Editor, Symposium "The Educational Situation 1901-2001: From Industrial Nation State to Global Network Society." Journal of Curriculum and Supervision 17,2, Winter 2002.

Editor, Special Section: "Technology and Social Action." Research in Philosophy and Technology 16, 1997.

Articles in Refereed Journals

"Workplace Learning in America: Shifting Roles of Househods, Firms and Schools". Educational Philosophy and Theory, 36,5, September 2004, 563-577.

"In the Shadow of the Ruins: Globalization and the Rise of the Corporate Universities" Policy Futures in Education, Special Issue on University Futures, 2, 2, 2004.

"The Concept of a 'Networked Common School', E-Learning, 1,2 2004, 317-328.

"How Globalization Can Cause Fundamental Curriculum Change: An American Perspective," Journal of Educational Change, 4, 4, December 2003, 383-418.

"Computer-Mediated Experience and Education." Educational Theory (Winter 2002).

Essay Review: "Computers and Networks in the Age of Globalization" International Journal of Education and Information Technologies 6, 4, 2001, 299-304.

"The Educational Situation Regarding the University: 1901-2001",Journal of Curriculum and Supervision 17,2, Winter 2002, 144-159.

"Donald Schon's Philosophy of Design and Design Education," International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 11, 1, 2001, 37-51.

"Resolving the Tension Between Academic Rigor and Developmental Appropriateness" Part I," Middle School Journal 32, 2 November 2000; Part II, Middle School Journal 32, 3, January 2001 (with Vincent Anfara).

"Reid's Theory of Curriculum as Institutionalized Practice."Journal of Curriculum Studies , 32, 4, 2000, 589-598.

"The Continuum of Means-Ends and the Reconciliation of Science and Art in the Later Works of John Dewey" Transactions of the C.S. Peirce Society , 35, 3, Summer 1999, 595-612.

"Reflective Practice in the Design Studio and Teacher Education." Journal of Curriculum Studies 31, 3, 1999 303-316.

"The Global Network Society and STS Education." Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 19, 1999, 46-48.

"Four Basic Questions about High-Tech Education." Technology in Society 20, 3, 1998 (275-286).

"Experimentalism and the Flow of Experience". Educational Theory 48, 1, 1998, 1-19.

"Post-Experimentalist Pragmatism." Studies in Philosophy and Education 17, 1, 1998. 17-28.

"The Project Method in Postindustrial Education" Journal of Curriculum Studies 29, 4, 1997, 391-406.

"Public Intellectuals and Interdisciplinary Studies." Research in Philosophy and Technology 16, special issue on Technology, Intellectuals, and Social Action, 1997, 61-72.

"Technology as a Theme in Applied Ethics: From Periphery to Core" (with Carl Mitcham). Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 16, 4, 1996, 217-226.

"Citizenship in Transition: Globalization, Technology, and Education" International Journal of Technology and Design Education 6, 1996, 287-300.

"P.I.E. (Post Industrial Education) in the Sky." International Journal of Technology and Design Education , 6, 1996, 177- 82

"Environmental Claims and Citizen Rights." Environmental Ethics, 18, 1996, 133-48.