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Allen Phelps
Professor
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| L. Allen Phelps is a senior scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, professor emeritus of the School of Education and director emeritus of the Center on Education and Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Over the past four decades, Dr. Phelps’ research and teaching has focused on improving policy and leadership in career and technical education, secondary special education, and other education initiatives seeking to integrate high schools, colleges, and the economy. Anchored in inter- and intra-disciplinary perspectives, Dr. Phelps' scholarship has informed questions about the economic and social returns associated with various education policies and programs and led to changes in state and federal legislation for career and technical education. As director of the Center on Education and Work and professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at UW-Madison from 1990 to 2011, his research has highlighted the efficacy of such innovations as work-based learning, individualization or personalization of instruction, school-to-work transition for students with disabilities, regional community and technical college initiatives, and career and college readiness. In his half-time faculty appointment at UW-Madison, Dr. Phelps led graduate courses and seminars centered on governance and leadership of education for work, two-year college leadership, and high school re-design and innovation. In addition, he has taught research methods and the foundations of higher and postsecondary education. Over the past decade, six of his 25 Ph.D. students have served as presidents at one of the Wisconsin Technical Colleges.
Selected publications include:
Phelps, L.A., (2012, Winter) (Ed.) Advancing the regional role of two-year colleges. New Directions in Community Colleges, Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Nathan, M.J, Atwood, A.K., Prevost, A, Phelps, L.A. & Tran, N. (2011). How professional development in Project Lead the Way changes high school STEM teachers' beliefs about engineering education, Journal of Pre-college Engineering Education Research, 1(1), 15-28.
Nathan, M. J., Tran, N. A., Atwood, A. K., Prevost, A., & Phelps, L. A. (2010). Beliefs and
expectations about engineering preparation exhibited by high school STEM teachers. Journal ofEngineering Education, 99(4), 409-426.
Phelps, L.A. (2003). High schools with authentic and inclusive learning: Selected features and findings. NCSET Research to Practice Brief, 2(2). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, National Center for Secondary Education and Transition.
Mooney, M., Phelps, L.A., & Anctil, T.M. (2002, July). Using postschool outcome data to improve practices and policies in restructured inclusive high schools. RISER Brief No 6. Madison: Center on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin.
Mooney, M. & Phelps, L.A. (2001, June). Life after high school: Which postschool outcomes matter for students with and without disabilities in restructured high schools? RISER Brief No 4. Madison: Center on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin.
Phelps, L.A. (1998). Changing work, changing learning: The
imperative for teacher learning in the workplace and communities. Madison: Center on Education and Work and National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Phelps, L.A. & Hanley Maxwell, C. (1997, Summer). School-to-work transitions for youth with disabilities: A review of outcomes and practices. Review of Educational Research, 67(2), 197-226.
Phelps, L.A., Scribner, J., Wakelyn, D., & Weis, C. (1996). Youth apprenticeship in Wisconsin: A stakeholder assessment. Madison: Center on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin.
Phelps, L.A., Hernandez, V.M., Jones, J., Sanchez, D., & Neiri, A. (1995). Students' indicators of quality in emerging school-to-work programs. Journal of Vocational Education Research 20(2), 75-101.Contact Informationaphelps@education.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-2714
Office: 964A Ed Sciences
Current ProjectsDiscretionary Research FundingImproving Educational Outcomes in Manufacturing Engineering Technologist and Technician Education (METTE) WI Advanced Manufacturing Pathway Education Network (WAMPEN) Completed ProjectsAligning Educational Experiences with Ways of Knowing Engineering: How People Learn EngineeringDocumenting and Evaluating the Individual Learning Plans for High School Network (CEW) An Extension of the Longitudinal Study of ILP, Career Decision-Making and Work Readiness on Work Transitions Great Lakes West Comprehensive Assistance Center Great Lakes West Comprehensive Assistance Center (Year 6) Longitudinal Research Project on individualized planning tools to improve high school student outcomes (CEW)
[Supplement to 144-PRJ12ES} Research Institute on Secondary Education Reform (RISER) SPDG - State Personnel Development Grant SPDG - State Personnel Development Grant - Continuation SPDG-State Personnel Development Grant-Continuation |
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