Background
Janet Ward Schofield was born on May 8, 1946, in Newark, New Jersey, United States. She is the daughter of William Rankin, Jr. and Sarah Ellis Ward.
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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study where Janet Schofield received her Bachelor of Arts degree.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
Harvard University where Janet Schofield received her Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
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The study on which this book is based examined the development of social relationships among black and white students in a new, desegregated urban middle school. In the initial phase, information was gathered from classroom observation, interviews, and a wide variety of supplementary sources over a three-year period beginning with summer preservice teacher training sessions held before the school opened in 1975.
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1982
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As important as it is to realize the potential of computer technology to improve education, it is just as important to understand how the social organization of schools and classrooms influences the use of computers, and in turn, is affected by that technology in unanticipated ways. In Computers and Classroom Culture, Janet Schofield observes the fascinating dynamics of the computer-age classroom.
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1995
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Bringing the Internet to School presents the results of one of the first comprehensive studies of Internet implementation in K-12 schools. Based on the information gleaned from this groundbreaking study, two experts in the field of high-technology and schools, Janet Ward Schofield and Ann Locke Davidson examine the myriad issues that arise when the Internet is introduced into the classroom. This important book reveals the positive and negative consequences that Internet use has on classroom equity, academics, and social life.
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2002
Janet Ward Schofield was born on May 8, 1946, in Newark, New Jersey, United States. She is the daughter of William Rankin, Jr. and Sarah Ellis Ward.
Janet Schofield began her studies at Radcliffe College (now Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study) in 1964 where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude in 1968. Then she obtained a Master of Arts degree at Harvard University in 1969 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1972.
Janet Schofield, after receiving her master's degree, began her teaching career. From September 1969 till June 1970 she worked as an instructor of psychology and sociology at Spelman College. In 1972-1973 she was a research psychologist in Policy Research Division at the Office of Economic Opportunity. In 1973 she joined the National Institute of Education as a research psychologist. Her duties varied but included developing and contributing to policy-related research and reviewing grant proposals. She left this position in March 1974 and in September joined the University of Pittsburgh as an associate professor. In 1986 she became a professor in the department of psychology. From 1981 till 1986 Schofield also worked as a senior scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center of the university.
As a member of the psychology faculty as well as of the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC), she taught graduate and undergraduate students and conducted research. Her main areas of expertise included research methods of intergroup relations and the aspects of technology use. She consulted for local, state, federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, and businesses on topics ranging from race relations to educational technology to research methods.
In May 2009 Schofield began her career as a senior advisor at Royal Thimphu College in Thimphu, Bhutan. She serves on the College Management Committee and contributes to a wide variety of areas including institutional research, policy, program and curriculum development, student and career services, public relations, faculty development, and international programs.
Janet Ward Schofield's academic training, her varied experience, her teaching, and research led her to produce significant work in sociology and education. While she wrote books and scholarly papers, she also reviewed and edited the work of her peers.
Black and White in School: Trust, Tension, and Tolerance?, first published in 1982 and later released in 1989 in a revised edition, is the result of a three-year study, sponsored by the National Institute of Education in the mid-1970s, of a desegregated middle school in a northern United States urban environment. The research team used observation, interviews, and field experiments to create a detailed portrait of the social dynamics of the school. Social relationships and interactions between black and white students were the particular focus of this study. Students in grades six, seven, and eight composed the population studied. Attention was given to external factors, including local politics and shifts in decisions made by the school board.
In Computers and Classroom Culture (1995), Schofield describes the many ways - some of them unexpected - that computer technology changed the learning environment. The data for this study was gathered during the 1985-1986 and 1986-1987 academic years at a large, public high school with a diverse enrollment. Schofield directed a group of researchers as they conducted approximately 250 hours of interviews with students and faculty. Close to 400 hours of observation of the use of computers in class was recorded. Some of the more surprising findings of the study have to do with the expectations of administrators and teaching staff.
Schofield and Ann L. Davidson produced a five-year study of the Networking for Education Testbed (NET), sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Bringing the Internet to School: Lessons from an Urban District (2002) is the use of the Internet in education. The researchers cautioned against the unconsidered adoption of the Internet in a school's curriculum, suggesting that it is necessary to understand the effects of technology on a school's culture and the mirroring influence of the school on technology. Schofield and Davidson point out that the wealth of information and ideas available to students via the Internet can be more distracting than helpful. Teachers' twin concerns about losing control of the curriculum and the potential loss of authority are also factors in a changing learning environment. However, Schoefield and Davidson note that Internet use also brings with it some unexpected positive change in the classroom environment and in teacher-student relations.
Schofield's work was represented in many professional journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology, and Social Psychology Quarterly. She contributed to anthologies, including The Development of Children's Friendship, edited by S. Asher and J. Gottman, and Cooperation in Education, edited by S. Sharon, P. Hare, C. Webb, and R. Hertz Lazarowitz.
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2002Janet Schofield was a member of the American Psychological Association, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, American Educational Research Association, and Society of Experimental Social Psychology.
Janet Schofield married Douglas Franklin Schofield III on September 1, 1968. The marriage produced three children: Alanya Lynn, Heather Ward, and Emily Duncan.