Salika A. Lawrence

Salika A. Lawrence, PhD is a professor of literacy and language arts at William Paterson University. She is also the director of the Master’s in Literacy program and co-director of the Basic Reading Instruction program. As a teacher educator, Dr. Lawrence brings expertise as literacy specialist and former middle school Social Studies and high school teacher History teacher. She has worked as a literacy coach and continues to serve schools in this capacity by facilitating common planning teams and professional learning communities. Dr. Lawrence frequently conducts school, district and program evaluations. She has authored and co-authored book chapters, and her work also appears in such journals as Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, The Language and Literacy Spectrum: Journal of the New York State Reading Association, Literacy Research & Instruction, The Journal of Literacy and Technology, Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education.

Publications

Exploring the Use of Technology, Multimodal Texts, and Digital Tools in K-12 Classrooms
Exploring the Use of Technology, Multimodal Texts, and Digital Tools in K-12 Classrooms
Salika A. Lawrence. © 2016. 25 pages.
This chapter explores how teachers and students use technology in K–12 classrooms, the extent to which these practices align to previous research, and the ways in which digital...
Critical Practice in P-12 Education: Transformative Teaching and Learning
Critical Practice in P-12 Education: Transformative Teaching and Learning
Salika A. Lawrence. © 2014. 317 pages.
With an ever growing diverse population and access to new technologies, it is no revelation that education is undergoing a significant transformation in the twenty-first century....
Exploring the Use of Technology, Multimodal Texts, and Digital Tools in K-12 Classrooms
Exploring the Use of Technology, Multimodal Texts, and Digital Tools in K-12 Classrooms
Salika A. Lawrence. © 2014. 25 pages.
This chapter explores how teachers and students use technology in K–12 classrooms, the extent to which these practices align to previous research, and the ways in which digital...
Teacher Education in Online Contexts: Course Design and Learning Experiences to Facilitate Literacy Instruction for Teacher Candidates
Teacher Education in Online Contexts: Course Design and Learning Experiences to Facilitate Literacy Instruction for Teacher Candidates
Salika A. Lawrence. © 2013. 28 pages.
Teacher candidates in online courses engage in authentic learning to foster 21st-century practices similar to those of their K–12 students, namely information and technology...