UC Davis School of Education

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Cynthia Carter Ching

Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Programs
Phone: (530) 752-4427
Email: ccching@ucdavis.edu


Expertise
Child Development; Collaborative Learning; Gender and technology; Learning in Informal Settings; Qualitative Methodology; Technology and identity

Education

  • Ph.D. Education, UCLA
  • B.A. Psychology, University of California Irvine

Highlighted Publications

  • Ching, C. C. & Foley, B. J. (Eds.) (forthcoming). Technology, learning, and identity: Research on the development and exploration of selves in a digital world. To be published by Cambridge University Press.
  • Ching, C. C. & Kafai, Y. B. (in press) Peer pedagogy: Student collaboration and reflection in a learning through design project. Teachers College Record. To be published July 2008.
  • Ching, C. C., Wang, X. C., Shih, M., & Kedem, Y. (2006). Digital photography and journals in a K-1 classroom: Toward meaningful technology integration in early childhood education. Early Education & Development, 17, 347-371.
  • Ching, C. C., Basham, J., & Jang, E. (2005). The legacy of the digital divide: Gender, SES, and early exposure as predictors of full-spectrum technology use among young adults. Urban Education, 40, 394-411.
  • Ching, C. C., Levin, J. A., Parisi, J. (2004). Classroom artifacts: Merging the physicality, technology, and pedagogy of higher education. Education, Communication, & Information, 4, 221-235.
     
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Professional Experience

  • Associate Professor, School of Education, UC Davis, 2007-present
  • Assistant Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001-2007

Awards and Honors

  • Jan Hawkins Early Career Award, 2007, AERA, Division C, Learning & Instruction
  • Arnold O. Beckman Award for Research, 2002, University of Illinois
  • Regents Dissertation Fellowship, 1999, University of California
  • NIMH Doctoral Research Fellowship, 1997, University of California, Los Angeles

Associations, Boards & Committees

  • Associate Editor, Journal of the Learning Sciences
  • Editorial Board, Early Childhood Research & Practice
  • Program Chair, Learning Sciences Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association (2004-2005)
  • Education Committee, International Society of the Learning Sciences
  • Organizing Committee, International Conference on the Learning Sciences 2004
  • Organizing Committee, Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, 2007
  • Organizing Committee, Computers and Writing Conference, 2009

Courses Taught at UC Davis

  • ED 110: Introduction to Educational Psychology
  • ED 292: Collaborative Learning
  • ED 292: Introduction to the Learning Sciences
  • ED 292: Interview Methods