David Ian Walker

HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS

1. ​Walker, D.I. (2024) ‘Sociological Contributions to Moral Education’.  Journal of Moral Education
2. Walker, D.I. (2023) ‘Towards a Critical Character Education using Virtue Ethics Philosophy and Bourdieu’s Sociology’ Journal of Moral Education
3. Gungordu, N*., Nabizadehchianeh*, G., Ma, W., O’Connor, E., & Walker, D.I. (2023).  ‘Moral Reasoning Development: Norms for Defining Issue Test-2 (DIT2)’, Ethics and Behavior https://doi.org/10.1080/10508422.2023.2206573
4. 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, 51(4), 443-462. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2021.1956445
5. Yaghoubi J* & Walker, D.I. (2022) ‘Situational Empathy among Bicultural’s from opposing countries – Iran and USA’ International Journal of Intercultural Relations.  91, 282-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2022.11.002
6. 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 https://doi.org/10.1080/10508422.2022.2063867
7. Walker, D.I. (2022) ‘Sociological contributions for researching morality and cultivating states of moral character’.  Journal of Moral Education, 51(1), p24-34
8. Walker, D.I. (2022) Learning to own professional practice through character – the case of the junior Army officer.  Journal of Moral Education.  51(4), 554-572. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2021.1991292
9. Brunsdon, J*. & Walker D.I. (2022).  Cultivating Character through Physical Education using Memetic, Progressive and Transformative Practices in Schools. Journal of Moral Education, 51(4), p477-493, https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2021.1894105
10. 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2019.1696667 51(7), p984-1002
11. 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.
12. 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, 55:10, DOI: 10.1037/dev0000770
13. Walker, D.I., Thoma, S. (2018) ‘Moral and character education’, Oxford University Press: The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education.
14. 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. 
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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. 
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. Walker, D.I. (2013). ‘Anticipating Army exit: Identity constructions of final year UK career soldiers’.  Armed Forces and Society, 39(2), 284 – 304.

Book:

1. Harrison, T, & Walker, D.I. (editors) (2018) Theory and Practice of Virtue Education, Routledge.

Chapters:

1. Walker, D.I. (2024) ‘Communities for Courage’, in Fowers, B., Oxford University Press. Virtue of Courage.
2. 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.

Research reports / frameworks:

1. Curren, R., Walker, D.I., Mendiola, B., and Bynum, Y. (2022). A Framework for Character Education in Alabama Schools, University of Alabama (updated and combined with the companion guide).
2. Arthur, J., Kristjánsson, K., Walker, D.I., Sanderse, W. & Jones, C. (2015).  Character education in UK schools, University of Birmingham, UK. 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / ACTIVITIES

• British career soldier for 23 years

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.