Teaching and Research Interests
- Technology education
- Vocational education and training
- Evolution of technology education as a school subject
- Transformation of vocational education towards liberal
purposes
I received the bachelor’s degree in 1974 and the masters in
1975, both in Industrial Education at University at
Wisconsin-Stout. In 1983 I received the Ph.D. in Education at
the Ohio State University.
Prior to my arrival at the University of Minnesota in 1990,
my work experience included four years as a secondary school
technology education teacher, two years as a vocational
education supervisor in the Ministry of Education, and five
years as an industrial trainer in Trinidad and Tobago, my
homeland.
At Minnesota I have regularly taught the core graduate
courses “Comparative Systems” and “Foundations of WHRE”. I
designed the course "Technology and Ethics" which meets the
University's liberal studies, writing-intensive requirement. I
also designed a four-year undergraduate degree (approved by the
Board of Regents) that meets licensure requirements for teaching
technology education. Several students have now earned this
degree. I have been a visiting professor at the University of
British Columbia, and Program Officer at the National Science
Foundation (1999-2001). I am past editor of the Journal of
Vocational Education Research, and have been on the
editorial board of the Journal of Industrial Teacher
Education. I have been a board member of the ERIC
clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education. I am
Past-President of the National Association of Industrial and
Technical Teacher Education (NAITTE), and the Association of
Career and Technical Education Research (ACTER). I have won
grants in excess of 1.5 million dollars.
I have won eleven outstanding manuscripts awards in
Journal of Vocational Education Research (3), Journal of
Industrial Teacher Education (4), Journal of Technology
Education (3), and Performance Improvement Quarterly
(1).
I won the most outstanding research manuscript award from the
Career and Technical Education SIG at the 2005 American
Education Research Association (AERA) meeting.
Selected Works
Lewis, T. (2008). Creativity in technology
education: providing children with glimpses of their inventive
potential. International Journal of Technology and Design
Education (Online), DOI 10.1077/S10798-008-9051-y.
Lewis, T. (2007). Braverman, Foucault and
the labor process: framing the current high-skills debate.
Journal of Education and Work, 20(5), 397-415.
Lewis, T. (2007). Engineering Education in
Schools. International Journal of Engineering Education, 23(5),
843-852.
Lewis, T. (2007). The problem of
cultural fit—What can we learn from borrowing the German Dual
System? Compare, 37(4), 463-477.
Lewis, T. (2007). Social inequality in
education: A constraint on an American High Skills Future Curriculum Inquiry,
37(4), 329-349.
Lewis, T. (2007). School reform in
America: Can Dewey’s ideas save high school vocational
education? In L. Clarke and C. Winch (Eds). Vocational
Education: International Perspectives and issues. London:
Taylor and Francis.
Lewis, T. (2006). Creativity: A Framework
for the design/problem solving discourse in technology
education, Journal of Technology Education, 17(1), 36-53.
Lewis, T. & Cheng, S-Y. (2006). Tracking,
expectations, and the transformation of vocational education.
American Journal of Education, 113(1), 67-99.
Lewis, T. (2006). Design and Inquiry: Bases
for an accommodation between science and technology education.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 43(3), 255- 281.
Lewis, T. (2005). At the Interface of School
and Work. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 39(3),
421-441.
Lewis, T. (2005). Towards artistry: A
critique of the HRD Performance Paradigm and a suggested New
Model. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 18(2), 56-75.
Lewis, T. (2005). Coming to terms with
engineering design as content. Journal of Technology
Education, 16(2), 37-54.
Lewis, T. (2004). A turn to engineering: The
continuing struggle of technology education for legitimization
as a school subject. Journal of Technology Education, 16(1),
21-39.
Lewis, T. (2000). Technology education in
developing countries. International Journal of Technology and
Design Education, 10, 163-179.
Lewis, T. (2000). Adopting standards for
technology education. Journal of Industrial Teacher
Education, 38(1), 71-90.
Lewis, T. (1999). Research in technology
education—Some areas of need. Journal of Technology
Education, 10(2), 42-57.
Lewis, T., Stone, J., Madzar, S. & Shipley,
W. (1998) The transition from school to work: An examination of
the literature. Youth and Society, 29(3), 259-292.
Lewis, T. & Peasah, K.(1998). An
investigation of the instructional thoughts, beliefs and
practices of selected HRD practitioners. Journal of
Industrial Teacher Education, 35(2), 6-28.
Lewis, T. (1998). Vocational education as
general education. Curriculum Inquiry, 28(3), 283-289.
Lewis, T., Petrina, S., & Hill, A.M. (1998).
Problem posing: Adding a creative element to problem solving.
Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 36(1), 5-35.
Lewis, T. (1997). Impact of technology on
work and jobs in the printing industry--implications for
vocational curriculum. Journal of Industrial Teacher
Education, 34(2), 7-28.
Lewis, T. (1997). Towards a liberal
vocational education. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 31(3),
477-489.
Lewis, T. (1997). America's Choice: Literacy
or productivity. Curriculum Inquiry, 27(4), 301-421.
Lewis, T. (1996). A model for thinking about
the evaluation of training. Performance Improvement
Quarterly, 9(1), 3-22.
Lewis, T. (1996). Comparing technology
education in the U.S. and U.K.. International Journal of
Technology and Design Education, 6, 221-238.
Lewis, T. (1996). Training and technological
change: Case evidence from the printing industry. Performance
Improvement Quarterly, 9(4), 37-56.
Lewis, T. (1995). Inside three workplace
literacy initiatives: possibilities and limits of vocational
institutions. Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 33(1),
60-82.
Lewis, T. (1995). From manual training to
technology education--the continuing struggle to establish a
school subject in the United States. Journal of Curriculum
Studies. 27(6), 621-645.
Lewis, T. (1994). Limits on change to
technology education curriculum. Journal of Industrial
Teacher Education, 31(2), 8-27.
Bjorkquist, D. J. and Lewis, T. (1994). A
model for training research from the worker's perspective.
Human Resource Development Quarterly, 5(2), 111-129.
Lewis, T. (1994). Bridging the
liberal-vocational divide: British and American versions of an
old debate. Oxford Review of Education, 20(2), 199-217.
Lewis, T. (1993). Valid knowledge and the
problem of practical arts curricula. Curriculum Inquiry, 23(2),
175-202.
Lewis, T. (1993). Reform of technology
Teacher Education: A study of the perceptions of Industrial
Teacher Educators. Journal of Industrial Teacher Education,
30(2), 7-30.
Lewis, T. & Konare, A. (1993). Labor Market
dispositions of technical college personnel in Minnesota and
Wisconsin. Journal of Vocational Education Research, 18(3),
15-47.
Lewis, T., & Gagel, C. (1992). Technological
Literacy:A critical analysis. Journal of Curriculum Studies,
24(2), 117-138.
Lewis, T., & Bjorkquist, D. C. (1992). Needs
assessment: A critical reappraisal. Performance Improvement
Quarterly, 5(4), 33-54.
Lewis, T. (1991). Introducing technology
into school curricula. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 23(2),
141-154.
Lewis, T. (1991). Difficulties attending the
new vocationalism in the USA. Journal of Philosophy of
Education, 25(1), 95-108.
Lewis, T. (1991). Technology as general
education. The Journal of General Education, 40, 34-48.
Lewis, T. (1990). Toward a new paradigm for
vocational education research. Journal of Vocational
Education Research, 15(2), 1-30.
Updated March 2008
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