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Professor Hooper's research addresses how children come to understand computational ideas from a sociocultural perspective and how to support educators in the design of learning environments that use digital tools to engage all learners in learning through making.
Education/Academic qualification
Epistemology and Learning, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
… → 1998
Early Childhood Education, MEd, Kent State University
… → 1984
Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts, BA, Hampshire College
… → 1983
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Collaborative Research: Reimagining Educator Learning Pathways Through Storywork for Racial Equity
Bang, M. (PD/PI), Hooper, P. K. (Co-PD/PI) & Vossoughi, S. (Co-PD/PI)
6/15/23 → 5/31/28
Project: Research project
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Designing Equity-Centered Learning and Teacher Development at the Intersections of Formal and Informal Ecologies
Hooper, P. K. (PD/PI), Matsko, K. K. (Co-PD/PI) & Vossoughi, S. (Co-PD/PI)
George Lucas Educational Foundation
9/1/21 → 12/31/23
Project: Research project
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Equitable Computer Science for All Learning Ecosystems: Developing Underserved Students’ Computational Making Literacies Through Community-Embedded Out of School Time Programming
Pinkard, N. (PD/PI), Vossoughi, S. (Co-PD/PI), Hooper, P. K. (Other) & Worsley, M. A. B. (Other)
9/1/18 → 6/30/21
Project: Research project
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EAGER: MAKER: A Cultural Framework for Equity in Maker Practices
Wilensky, U. (PD/PI), Hooper, P. K. (Co-PD/PI), Vossoughi, S. (Co-PD/PI) & Vossoughi, S. (Other)
8/1/17 → 3/31/21
Project: Research project
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Learning through Youth Community Tinkering Overview of the Research Program
Vossoughi, S. (PD/PI) & Hooper, P. K. (Other)
Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation
3/1/17 → 9/30/19
Project: Research project
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Deepening perceptions of learning: Studying and designing ethical practice with researchers, teachers and learners
Vossoughi, S., Bang, M., McDaid-Morgan, N., Hooper, P., Berry, A., Papak, A., Booker, A., Collins, C., Marin, A., Halle-Erby, K., Agarwal, P., Meixi, Cortez, A., Nzinga, K., Tayne, K., Davis, N. & Patel, L., 2020, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings. Gresalfi, M. & Horn, I. S. (eds.). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), p. 430-437 8 p. (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL; vol. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Taking on the task of reimagining teacher education: Positioning teachers as emergent learning scientists within complex political and ethical ecologies
Davis, N., Hooper, P., Echevarria, R., Muñoz, A., Vossoughi, S., Cortez, A., Meixi, Pham, J., Scott, M., Sengupta-Irving, T., Tunney, J. & Macias, M., 2020, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings. Gresalfi, M. & Horn, I. S. (eds.). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), p. 2191-2198 8 p. (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL; vol. 4).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Making through the lens of culture and power: Toward transformative visions for educational equity
Vossoughi, S., Hooper, P. K. & Escudé, M., Jun 1 2016, In: Harvard Educational Review. 86, 2, p. 206-232 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Tensions and possibilities for political work in the learning sciences
Booker, A. N., Vossoughi, S. & Hooper, P. K., Jan 1 2014, In: Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS. 2, January, p. 919-926 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
26 Scopus citations