Prof. Daniel A. Wagner
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Professor of Education
University of Pennsylvania, USA
UNESCO Chair in Learning and Literacy
Director, International Literacy Institute (ILI)
Founding Director, Literacy Research Center
Director, National Center on Adult Literacy
Head, Program in International Educational Development (IEDP)
- Visiting Fellow, International Institute of Education Planning, twice (Paris)
- Visiting Professor, University of Geneva (Switzerland)
- Fulbright-Hays Scholar at the University of Paris
- Fellow of the American Psychological Association
- Fellow of the American Anthropological Association
- Has extensive experience in national and international educational issues; has consulted for numerous U.N. and donor agencies as well as with the U.S. government, and has worked in more than a dozen countries around the world
- More than 120 professional publications, including 20 books (translated into a half-dozen languages) across topics of literacy, basic education, child development, applied technology, and research and policy in cultural and international perspectives
- Areas of Expertise: International education and development; Literacy, learning, and cognition in children, youth, and adults; Language acquisition and multi-lingualism; Educational technologies
- Educational psychology
- Research Interests and Current Projects include literacy across the lifespan (children, youth, adults), comparative studies of basic education and literacy, education in developing countries, and appropriate uses of educational technologies
- Current international projects have been in India, South Africa, and Morocco. Most recently, he has completed a major review in the area of learning indicators for use in understanding the quality of education in the developing world
