Matthew Keefer
Professional Academic and
Research Experience:
Post Doctoral Researcher,
University of Pittsburgh, Learning Research and Development Center,
September, 1994-96
Associate Professor of
Educational Psychology, University of Missouri, St Louis, Missouri
September, 1996 - 2002
Associate Professor of
Educational Psychology, University of Missouri, St Louis, Missouri
September, 2002, present
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:
1. Keefer, M. W. (2005) Making Good Use of Online Case Study Materials Science and Engineering Ethics Vol 11, 413-429.,
395-417
2. Keefer, M. W. (2003) Moral Reasoning and Case-based Approaches to Ethical Instruction in Science. In D. L. Zeidler (Ed) The Role of Moral Reasoning on Socioscientific Issues and Discourse in Science Education, (p. 241-259). Kluwer Academic Publishers: AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands,
395-417
3. Keefer, M.W., (2002) Designing
reflections on practice: Helping teachers apply cognitive learning
principles in an SFT - inquiry-based learning program. Interchange A quarterly
review of education. Vol 33/4,
395-417
4. Keefer, M.W., & Ashley, K.D. (2001). Case-based Approaches to
Professional Ethics: A systematic comparison of students’ and
ethicists’ moral reasoning. The Journal
of Moral Education Vol. 30, (4) 377-398.
5. Keefer, M.W.,
Zeitz, C.M., & Resnick, L.B. (2000). Judging the Rational Quality of
Peer-Led Student Dialogues. Cognition and Instruction, 18
(1), 55-83.
6. Keefer, M. W., (1999) Challenges in teaching professional ethics: Theoretical and practical issues. Symposium presented at the Association for Moral Education Annual Meeting: November, Minneapolis, MN. Some Preliminary Thoughts On Reasoning With Cases: A Cognitive Science Approach, Rosa Lynn Pinkus, Micki Chi, Judith McQuaide, Kevin Ashley, and Martha Pollack. The Role of Middle-level Principles in the Resolution of Practical Ethical Dilemmas. Matthew W. Kevin, A. Ashley. What Can Philosophy Contribute to Professional Ethics? Michael Pritchard
7. Keefer, M.W.
(1997) Distinguishing practical and theoretical reasoning: A
critique of Deanna Kuhn's theory of informal argument. Informal
Logic Vol 18 No.1 35-55
8. Ashley, K. D., &
Keefer, M. W. (1996) Ethical reasoning strategies and their relation
to case-based instruction: Some preliminary results. Proceedings
of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society,
San Diego CA, July, 1996.
9. Keefer, M.W.,
(1996) The inseparability of morality and personal well being: The
Duty/ Virtue debate in moral education - revisited. The Journal
of Moral Education. Vol. 25, (3) 277-290
10. Keefer,
M.W., & Olson, D. (1995) Moral reasoning and moral concern: An
alternative to Gilligan's gender based hypothesis. Canadian
Journal of Behavioral Sciences. Vol. 27(4) 420-437
Dr. Keefer has
experience as a PI on several different research projects including
the following:
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An NSF (SDEST)
funded study investigating relationships between case-based
instruction in engineering ethics and cognitive analyses of
ethical reasoning strategies.
Dr. Keefer
is presently working on another NSF (SDEST) research grant to
study internet supported problem-based learning approaches to
teaching professional ethics in science and engineering in
collaboration with Dr. Caroline Whitbeck at CWRU.
Dr.
Keefer was also the sole PI for a more recent Interagency
Educational Research Initiative (NSF) award aimed at improving
students’ understanding of reading, mathematics,
and science. The project is titled: An Inquiry-based Approach to
Professional Development: Using prototypes to help teachers
reflect on project-based learning and is funded for $253,482.00.
The project focuses on the
collaborative development of curriculum, teaching, and
assessment tools designed to help teachers implement a
problem-based learning program.
Dr. Keefer
has also been a Co-PI or sole PI on three other major research
and professional development projects funded by the James S.
McDonnell Foundation. These projects produced innovative new
curricula and professional development tools for teachers in the
St Louis region.
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In summer 2002 Dr. Keefer
participated in an NSF sponsored summer institute focusing on
online ethics instruction.