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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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Teacher Preparation in Computer Science and Justice for Transformation
Matsko, K. K. (PD/PI), Hooper, P. K. (Co-PD/PI) & Horn, M. S. (Co-PD/PI)
9/15/24 → 8/31/29
Project: Research project
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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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Constructing Understandings
Duckworth, E., Hooper, P. K., McKinney, A. & Schneier, L., Dec 1 2022, In: Human Development. 66, 4-5, p. 260-275 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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Reframing playful participation in museums: Identity, collaboration, inclusion, and joy
Lyons, L., Berland, M., de Royston, M. M. K., Hooper, P., Lindgren, R., Planey, J., Quigley, K., Thompson, W., Beheshti, E., Uzzo, S., Hladik, S. K., Ozacar, B. H., Shanahan, M. C., Sengupta, P., Kumar, V., Pellicone, A., Hansen, D., Bonsignore, E., Kraus, K. & Ahn, J. & 2 others, , 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. 1503-1510 8 p. (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL; vol. 3).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
326 Scopus citations