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David Pearson is a faculty member in the programs in Language and Literacy and Cognition and Development at the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as Dean from 2001-2010. Current research projects include Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading--a Research and Development effort with colleagues at Lawrence Hall of Science in which reading, writing, and language as are employed as tools to foster the development of knowledge and inquiry in science--and the Strategic Education Research Partnership--a collaboration between UC Berkeley, Stanford, and the SFUSD designed to embed research within the portfolio of school-based issues and priorities. Prior to coming to Berkeley in 2001, he served on the faculties of education at Michigan State, Illinois, and Minnesota.
Awards include the 1989 Oscar Causey Award (NRC) for contributions to reading research, the 1990 William S. Gray Citation of Merit (IRA) for contributions to reading research and practice, the 2005 Albert J. Harris Award (IRA) for the year÷s best reading disability publication, and the 2003 Alan Purves Award (NCTE) for a publication impacting practice. In 2006 the University of Minnesota honored him with the Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award, and in 2010 AERA gave him Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award.
He is the founding editor of the Handbook of Reading Research now in its fourth volume, he edited Reading Research Quarterly and the Review of Research in Education, and he has served on the Editorial Review Board for some 20 educational journals. Professor Pearson received his B.A. in History from the University of California at Berkeley, taught elementary school in California for several years, and went on to complete his Ph.D. in Reading Education at the University of Minnesota. He completed post-doctoral study at the University of Texas, Austin and Stanford University
1963 BA, History, UC Berkeley
1969 Ph.D., Education, University of Minnesota
| Macy's Inc., San Francisco Systems Analyst | 1963-1964 |
| Porterville, California School, Classroom Teacher | 1964-1966 |
| University of Texas, Austin, Post-Doctoral Fellow | 1969-1970 |
| University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Assistant-Full Professor | 1969-1979 |
| University of Illinois, Professor | 1978-1995 |
| Co-Director, Center for the Study of Reading | 1985-1989 |
| Dean | 1989-1995 |
| Michigan State University, John A. Hannah Professor | 1995-2001 |
| Co-Director, (CIERA) | 1997-2001 |
| University of California, Berkeley, Professor and Dean | 2001- |
Courses and Professional Programs
Educ 252A, Reading Research: Sociocognitive Perspective
Educ 290E, Curriculum, Assessment and Professional Development in Literacy Education
Educ 290B, Comprehension: Fundamental Processes, Instructional Strategies, and Assessment
Books Pearson, P.D. (Eds.) (1977). Reading: Research, theory and practice. Clemson, SC: National Reading Conference.
Beach, R., & Pearson, P.D. (Ed.) (1978). Perspectives on literacy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota.
Johnson, D.D., & Pearson, P.D. (1978). Teaching reading vocabulary. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
Pearson, P.D., & Hansen, J. (Eds.) (1978). Reading: Disciplined inquiry in process and practice. Clemson SC: National Reading Conference.
Pearson, P.D., & Johnson, D.D. (1978). Teaching reading comprehension. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Pearson, P.D., Barr, R., Kamil, M.L., & Mosenthal, P. (Eds.) (1984). Handbook of reading research. New York: Longman, Inc.
Johnson, D.D., & Pearson, P.D. (1984). Teaching reading vocabulary (2nd Edition). New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
Samuels, S. J. & Pearson, P. D. (Eds.) (1988). Changing school reading programs: Principles and case studies. Newark DE: International Reading Association.
Taylor, B., Harris, L., & Pearson, P. D. (1988). Reading difficulties: Instruction and assessment. New York: Random House.
Barr, R., Kamil, M.L., Mosenthal, P., & Pearson, P.D. (Eds.) (1991). Handbook of reading research (Vol. 2). New York: Longman, Inc.
Taylor, B., Harris, L., Pearson, P.D., & García, G.E. (1995). Reading difficulties: Instruction and assessment (2nd Edition). New York: Random House.
Kamil, M., Mosenthal, P., Pearson, P.D., & Barr, R. (Eds.) (2000). Handbook of reading research (Vol. 3). Hillsdale NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Taylor, B.M., & Pearson, P.D. (Eds.) (2002). Teaching reading: Effective schools, accomplished teachers. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Darling-Hammond, L., Barron, B., Pearson, P.D. & Schoenfeld, A.S., Stage, E., Zimmerman, T.D., Cervetti, G.N., & Tilson, J.L. (2008). Powerful learning: What we know about teaching for understanding. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Kamil, M., Pearson, P.D.,Moje, E., & Afflerbach, P. (Eds.) (2011). Handbook of reading research (Vol. 4). London: Routledge
Articles (Refereed Journals, Proceeding) Current Vita at
bspace.berkeley.edu/portal/site/~189290/page/fc6f1431-1058-4118-80f1-9249dd68c3b6
Selected articles at
bspace.berkeley.edu/access/content/user/189290/Articles/
Presentations at
www.scienceandliteracy.org
Workshops
Areas of Specialization / Interests
Educational Equity
Learning
Literacy
Poverty and Children
Reading Development
Writing and Literature
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