Dr. James P. Takona
Book Publications
Takona, James P. (2009). Youth Violence in American Schools: How Can It be Alleviated. New York: Edwin Mellen Press.
Takona, James P. (2007). Devastating Effects of Hurricane Katrina and Rita on Health and Education: Voices of Children. New York: Edwin Mellen Press.
Takona, James P. & Wilburn, R. (2004). Primer for developing a successful pre-service portfolio. Lanham, TX: University Press of America.
Takona, James P. (2003). Pre-service teacher portfolio. (2nd edition. New York: University Press.
Takona, James P. (2002). Educational research: Principles and practice. New York: University Press.
Takona, James P. (2002). Pre-service teacher portfolio. (1st edition). New York: University Press.
Articles (Selected Last 5 Years)
Takona, James P. (2010). Revisiting the agenda on reforming American urban schools: A distant odd reality of Lake Wobegon School District, Journal of Curriculum Studies.
Takona, James P. (2010). Closing the African American Achievement Gap in Higher Education. [Book Review], Journal of Urban Education: Focus on Enrichment, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.123-124.
Takona, James P. (2009). Attending to the well-being of displaced persons. African Studies Review, 1(1), pp.58-68.
Takona, J. P. (2007). The New Teacher: Constructing a Professional Identity of Urban Teachers is a Complex Ongoing Endeavor. Journal of Urban Education: Focus on Enrichment, Vol. 4, No. 1.
Takona, J. P. , Takona, L. & Duhon, G. (2006). Rethinking Urban Education: Not Just a Notion that Occurs Outside the Classroom. (2006). Journal of Urban Education: Focus on Enrichment, Vol. 3, No. 1.
Takona, James P. (2003). Portfolio development for teacher candidates. College Park, MD. ERIC Clearing House on Assessment and Evaluation. (ERIC Document Reproduction Services No. 481816).
Presentations (Selected Last 5 years)
Keepers, B., Takona, J., Ferron, S., & Davenport, T. (2011). The road to possibilities: Innovative p-20 partnership for excellence in teaching and learning. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, San Diego, CA, February 25, 2011.
Takona, J. P.; Keepers, B., & Wheat, L. (2010). Riding the tide of transforming school instructional leaders: A model for creating future school leadership capacity. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Association for Teacher Education, (2010), Georgetown, KY. September 22, 2010.
Takona, J. P. (2010). Designing a responsive and sustainable assessment system plan that considers authentic tasks. Presentation at the 4th Annual Meeting of International Conference on Design Principles and Practice (2010). Chicago, IL. February 11- 15, 2010.
Takona, J. P. (2009). Cyber crimes against children: Myth or reality. A presentation at the 5th Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Civic Education, Nashville, TN. December 6 – 8th, 2009.
Keepers, B., Takona, J. P., & Ferron, S. (2009). Partnering universities, public schools, and community organizations for student success. Annual Kentucky Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Creating Prepared Learners, Louisville, KY. May 20-21, 2009.
Takona, J. P. (2009). Service Learning.– Discussant – 5th Annual Meeting International Conference on Civic Education (2009), Nashville, TN. December 6 – 8th 2009.
Takona, J. P. & Bellow, S. (2009). Wade in the water: The balance sheet of classroom demographics. Presentation at the National Association for Multicultural Education. New Orleans, LA. November 12-15th 2008.
Takona, J. P. (2007). School violence: Could it all just be the X-box effect? Presentation at the 9th Annual Meeting & Exhibit Conference of the National Association for Peace Education, New Orleans, LA. April 28, 2007.
Takona, J. P. Wilburn, R., & Dandridge, D. (2004). Impact of a decade-long data driven model infusing service learning to the curriculum and learning. Presentation at the 3rd Annual International Conference on Practitioners’ on Civic Education (2005), New Orleans, LA. January 13-15th 2005.
Reviews/Editorial / Publication Assignments (Last 5 Years)
Editorial Peer Reviewer. (Present). Teacher College Record. (Teachers College, Columbia University) [ISSN: 1469-8463].
Senior Editor, (Present). Journal of Urban Education: Focus on Enrichment. [ISSN: 1546-3206]
Executive Peer Reviewer (Present). International Online Journal of Educational Sciences. [ISSN: 1309-2707]
Reviews and Citations in Published Works (Last 5 Years)
Arnold, H. B. [University of the Pacific]. (2005). Book Review. Choice Review Online, http://www.cro2.org/default.aspx?page=reviewdisplay&pid=2894605
Assie-Lumumba, N. T. (2006). Higher Education in Africa: Crises, Reforms, and Transformation. Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa. St. Paul, Dakar, Senegal. [Citation on Page 196].
Desmond, Rodney. (2010). Evolving methods and media for building communities of practice with electronic portfolios in a teacher education context.
Ebert, E. & Culyer, R. (2008). School: Introduction to education. (ISBN: 0534524656). Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth Publishing House [citation on page 126].
Erikson, K. & Peek, L. (October 2010). Hurricane Katrina Research Bibliography. Social Science Research Council: Task Force on Katrina and Rebuilding the Gulf Coast.
Garekwe, M. (2010). Analysis of cognitive levels of examination questions set in the bachelor of nursing programme at the University of Kwazulu – Natal, A dissertation submitted to the Department of Nursing Science, University of Kwazulu, S.A.
Gresse, C. et al. (2009). Empirical evaluation of an Educational game on software measurement. Empirical Software Engineering. Volume 14, Issue 4, pp. 418 – 452.
Johnson, P., & Wilkinson, K. (2009). Enhancing validity of critical tasks selected for college and university program portfolios. National Forum of Teacher Education Journal, 19(3). Pp. 1-5.[citation on p.2]
Mohd Ali, M.K. (2005). Portfolio Sebagai Pemankin pembelajran: Kajian ke atas kes di maktab pergurun kuala terengganu. Prosiding Penyelidikan dan Penilaian, MPTAR 2005.
Mohnot, A. D. (2006). Seeing the Bigger Picture: Higher Order Cognition in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) English Literature Examination. International Educational Administration and Policy (Stanford University).
Owu-Ewie, Charles (2008). Teaching/Learning materials and the development of students’ thinking skills: The case of pre-service teacher training in Ghana. The African Symposium. Vol. 8, No. 2. pp. 167-175.
Selected Completed Dissertation Works [Last 2 Years]:
Goffner, Gwendolyn D. (2011). An Examination of stakeholders’ perception of the impact of the Care for Kids program in elementary schools in Kentucky. Ed.D. Dissertion, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Member]
Lin Kuan-Yu. (2011). An investigation into student learning motivation and attitude toward learning English as a Foreign Language: A case of a Central Taiwan business school. Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Chair].
Stephanie Obi (2011). An examination of factors that influence parents’ choices of pre-school enrollment. Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Chair].
Fred Otto. (2011). An analysis of legal cases of police indiscretion, 42 U.S.C.: 1983 civil liability suits, and federal consent decrees with the community policing model. Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Member].
Mesut Ozturk. (2011). Teaching style preferences of trainees at police in-service training sessions and differences among demographic groups. Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Chair].
David Hoonjin Chai. (2010). Leading as followers: A followership study of the Korean congregational leadership of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Member].
Erika L. Collins. (2010). An examination of Kentucky’s national board certified teachers’ and non-national board certified teachers’ perceived responsibility for student achievement in the areas of engagement, expectations, feedback, motivation, and teaching methods. Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Chair].
Timothy Crook. (2010) Looking through 3-d glasses to compare the effectiveness of the two elementary education programs at Asbury. Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Member].
Erica Scott Lawrence. (2010). A study of self-efficacy of Indiana Gold Star counselors. Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Member]
Jeronda J. Majors. (2010). Urban middle school beginning teachers’ Perceptions of their ability to demonstrate culturally responsive pedagogy and its importance following completion of a New Teacher Support Program. Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Chair].
Nick K. Gargala, (2010). An examination of the effectiveness of the Mankind Project International’s mentoring program. Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Member].
Yi-Chien Lin. (2010). Factors influencing students’ use and acceptance of web-based language learning: A study of selected college students in Taiwan. Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Member]
Mike S. Stacy. (2010). A study of Kentucky high school principals: How individual experiences impact their knowledge of formative assessments. Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Member].
Lynne Monroe Wheat. (2010). A proposed research-based model for university principal preparation programs. Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisvill, KY [Committee Member].
Gregory, Shalonda W. (2009). Perceptions among special education teachers, general education teachers, and school administrators relative to collaborative teacher practices and definition of collaboration in high schools in an urban school district. Ed.D. Dissertation. Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Chair].
Ting Ko, (2009). Ethical dilemmas and decision-making for preschool teachers in Taiwan. Ed.D. Dissertation. Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Member].
Saman Hasan. (2009). Educational malpractice and academic negligence in private schools. Legal implications for school administrators. Ed.D. Dissertation, Spalding University, Louisville, KY [Committee Member].
Edwin Earl Felix. (2009). The impact of a supplemental education program on academic performance and attendance of ninth grade students at-risk for school failure. Ph.D. Dissertation. Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH. [Committee Member].
Melba Venison (2009). The impact of the academic critical triangle on the reading proficiency of K-3rd grade students in urban schools. Ph.D., Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH. [Committee Member].