EDUCATION
| Ph.D. | Durham University |
HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS
Peer reviewed journal articles
Yaghoubi J, Walker, D.I., & Tabrizi, K. (2024) ‘Dispositional Empathy and Cultural Sensitivity among Iranian Biculturals living in America’, 100. International Journal of Intercultural Relations https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.101957
Walker, D.I. (2024 forthcoming) ‘Communities for Courage’, in Fowers, B., Oxford University Press. Virtue of Courage.
Walker, D.I. (2024). Editorial for Special Issue – ‘Sociological Contributions to Moral Education’. Journal of Moral Education
Walker, D.I. (2023) ‘Towards a Critical Character Education using Virtue Ethics Philosophy and Bourdieu’s Sociology’ Journal of Moral Education
Walker D.I., & Gungordu N. (2023) ‘Character Strengths as Predictor of Adolescents’ Participation in Sports’. Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy Research
Gungordu, N*., Nabizadehchianeh*, G., Ma, W., O’Connor**, E., & Walker, D.I. (2023 in press). ‘Moral Reasoning Development: Norms for Defining Issue Test-2 (DIT2)’, Ethics and Behavior
Yaghoubi, J*, Walker, D.I., & Behman, B. (2023). ‘Interaction of Empathy and Culture: a Review’. Current Psychology
Scherman R, Misca G, Walker D and Pagè G (2023) Editorial: COVID-19 and beyond: From (forced) remote teaching and learning to “the new normal” in higher education. Front. Educ. 8:1148300. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1148300
Yaghoubi J*, Walker, D.I., & Thoma, S.J. (2023) ‘Empathic Responses to Others in Psychological Pain as Compared to Physical Pain: Does Prior Experience of Pain Matter?’, 42, p6194-6215. Current Psychology https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01852-y
Nabizadehchianeh, G., Kazemitabar, M., Walker, D.I., & Wind, S. (2023). Psychometric properties of the short version of temperament evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego—Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A): Persian version. Journal of Affective Disorders
Walker, D.I. (2022) ‘Sociological contributions for researching morality and cultivating states of moral character’. Journal of Moral Education, 51(1), p24-34
Walker, D.I. (2022) Learning to own professional practice through character – the case of the Junior Army officer. Journal of Moral Education
Chi-Ming Lee, A, Walker, D.I, Chen, Y.H., Thoma, S. J. (2022) ‘Moral thinking and communication competencies of college students and graduates in Taiwan, the UK, and the US: a mixed-method study’. Ethics and Behavior
Yaghoubi J & Walker, D.I. (2022) ‘Situational Empathy among Bicultural’s from opposing countries – Iran and USA’. International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Han, H., Dawson, K., Walker, D.I., Nghi, S & Choi, Y (2022). ‘Exploring the Association between Character Strengths and Moral Functioning using Bayesian Model Averaging’. Ethics and Behavior
Chi-Ming Lee, A, Walker, D.I, Chen, Y.H., Thoma, S. J, & McCusker, S. (2022) A comparative investigation of emerging adults’ moral thinking and communication competencies in Taiwan, the USA, and the UK. Journal of Moral Education
Walker, D.I., & Moulin-Stożek, D (2021). ‘An embedded case-study of moral reasoning in two Mexican secondary schools’ Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 51(7), p984-1002 https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2019.1696667
Walker, D.I., Thoma, S., & Arthur, J.A. (2021) Assessing Ethical Reasoning Among Junior British Army Officers using the Army Intermediate Concept Measure (AICM). Journal of Military Ethics, 20, p2-20.
Walker, D. I. (2021). Character and moral judgement: Neo-Kohlbergian and Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics perspectives. Journal of Education, 202(2) https://doi.org/10.1177/00220574211025978
Brunsdon, J*. & Walker D.I. (2021). Cultivating Character through Physical Education using Memetic, Progressive and Transformative Practices in Schools. Journal of Moral Education
Gungordu, N*., Hernandez-Reif, M., Choi, Y., & Walker, D.I. (2021). The Reliability and Validity of the Lifespan Sibling Relationship Scale (LSRS) with an English-Speaking Young Adult Sample’. International Journal of Psychology, 102(4), p548-555
Walker , D.I. (2020) ‘Character and judgement among Junior Military Leaders’. Journal of Character and Leadership Development
Thoma, S. Walker, D.I., Chen, Y.H., Frichand, A., Moulin-Stożek, D. & Kristjánsson, K (2019). ‘Assessing adolescent’s application of the virtues across multiple cultural contexts: An empirical summary of studies using the Adolescent Intermediate Concepts Measure’ Developmental Psychology.
Walker, D.I., Thoma, S. (2018) ‘Moral and character education’, Oxford University Press: The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education.
Walker, D.I., (2018). The Character Gap By Christian Miller, British Journal of Educational Studies.
Walker, D.I., Thoma, S., Jones, C & Kristjánsson, K. (2017) Adolescent moral judgement: A study of UK secondary school pupils, British Education Research Journal, DOI: 10.1002/berj.3274.
Kwon, S., Walker, D.I. & Kristjánsson, K (2017) ‘Shining light into dark shadows of violence and learned helplessness: Peace education in South Korean Schools’, Journal of Peace Research, DOI: 10.1080/17400201.2017.1373252.
Kwon, S., Kristjánsson K. & Walker, D.I. (2017) ‘Misery in dark shadows behind the high achievement scores in South Korean schooling: An ethnographic study’, Educational Review, 69(2), 201-217.
Walker, D.I., Curren, R., & Jones, C. (2016) ‘Good friendships among children: A theoretical and empirical investigation’, Journal of the Theory of Social Behaviour, 46(3), 286-309.
McGrath, B & Walker, D.I. (2016) ‘Factor structure of character strengths in youth: Consistency across ages and measures’, Journal of Moral Education, DOI.org/10.1080/03057240.2016.1213709.
Walker, D.I., Roberts, M., & Kristjánsson, K. (2015) ‘Towards a new era of character education in theory and in practice’, Educational Review, 67(1), 79-96.
Sanderse, W., Walker, D.I. & Jones, C. (2015). ‘Developing the whole child in an age of academic measurement: can this be done according to U.K. teachers?’, Teaching and Teacher Education, 47, 195-203.
Posada, G., Walker, D.I., Cardin, J-F. & MacDermid Wadsworth, S. (2015) ‘Maternal perspectives on deployment and child-mother relationships in military families’, Family Relations, 64(5), 651-664.
Walker, D.I., Cardin, J.F., Chawla, N., Topp, D., Burton, T. & MacDermid Wadsworth, S. (2014). ‘Effectiveness of a multimedia outreach kit for families of wounded veterans’, Disability and Health, 7(2), 216-25.
Walker, D.I. (2013). ‘Anticipating Army exit: Identity constructions of final year UK career soldiers’. Armed Forces and Society, 39(2), 284 – 304.
Book
Harrison, T, & Walker, D.I. (editors) (2018) Theory and Practice of Virtue Education, Routledge.
Chapters
Walker, D.I. (2023, forthcoming) ‘Communities for Courage’, in Fowers, B., Oxford University Press. Virtue of Courage.
Walker, D.I. (2018) ‘Character in the British Army: A Precarious Professional Practice’, in Carr, D., Routledge. Cultivating moral character and virtue in professional practice.
Walker, D.I. (2016) ‘Putting ‘Insider-ness’ to Work: Researching identity narratives of career soldiers about to leave the Army’, in Woodward, R., Jenkings, N., Williams, A., & Rech, M., Ashgate. Research companion to military research methods.
Reports / Frameworks
Curren, R., Walker, D.I., Mendiola, B., and Bynum, Y. (2021) A Framework for Character Education in Alabama Schools, University of Alabama.
Arthur, J., Walker, D.I. & Thoma, S. (2018). Soldiers of character, University of Birmingham, UK.
Arthur, J., Kristjánsson, K., Walker, D.I., Sanderse, W. & Jones, C. (2015). Character education in UK schools, University of Birmingham, UK.
Topp, D., Cardin, J F., Walker, D.I. & MacDermid Wadsworth, S. (2013). The impact of “Talk, Listen, Connect” evaluation overview of Sesame workshop kits for military families with young children. Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University, Indiana, USA.
COURSES TAUGHT
Current
Graduate courses in advanced educational psychology, motivation and self-regulation, character and moral development, virtue ethics character education.
Advising / examining PhD dissertations and theses (UK , USA and Australia)
Previous
Social and emotional wellbeing in childhood – Northumbria University, UK (2017/18)’; Social worlds – University Of Birmingham, UK (2015/16); Self, identity and society – Durham University, UK (2008-2011)
| Course ID | Course Title | Method of Instruction |
|---|---|---|
| AAA 000 | Title | Online |
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. David Ian Walker is Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of Alabama. He is also Director of the Center for the Study of Ethical Development and Principal Investigator for the ‘Educational Leadership for Character’ project funded ($2.5m) by the Kern Family Foundation. His interdisciplinary research explores how to develop character and how character is shaped by context and culture.
After a first career as a soldier, Walker received his PhD from Durham University, UK and completed post-doctoral study at Purdue University, USA before leading research at the University of Birmingham in UK. He was awarded a Vice Chancellors’ Senior Research Fellowship at Northumbria University, UK before taking up his current position.
Dr. Walker is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Authority, is a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Moral Education and for the Association of Moral Education.