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Overview

Hal A. Lawson is affiliated with the University at Albany, State University of New York in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences and health professions, with a focus on education and related fields.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Health Professions

Within these broad fields, Lawson's subfields of study cover:

  • Education
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
  • Safety Research
  • Social Psychology

The primary topics of their work are:

  • Physical Education and Pedagogy
  • Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

Hal A. Lawson has published research in several venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
  • Education Sciences
  • Quest
  • Preventing School Failure Alternative Education for Children and Youth
  • Nature Reviews Methods Primers

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lawson include:

  • "Student Engagement and Disengagement as a Collective Action Problem," 2020, Education Sciences
  • "Participatory action research," 2023, Nature Reviews Methods Primers

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Lawson are:

  • Hans van der Mars
  • Murray Mitchell
  • Phillip Ward
  • Kristen C. Wilcox
  • Emily Jones

Best Publications

  • New Conceptual Frameworks for Student Engagement Research, Policy, and Practice

    Michael A. Lawson;Hal A. Lawson

  • Toward a Model of Teacher Socialization in Physical Education: The Subjective Warrant, Recruitment, and Teacher Education1

    Hal A. Lawson

  • Toward a Model of Teacher Socialization in Physical Education: Entry into Schools, Teachers’ Role Orientations, and Longevity in Teaching (Part 2)

    Hal A. Lawson

  • Empowering people, facilitating community development, and contributing to sustainable development: The social work of sport, exercise, and physical education programs

    Hal A. Lawson

  • Occupational Socialization and the Design of Teacher Education Programs

    Hal A. Lawson

  • Making sense of it all: consumer providers' theories about factors facilitating and impeding recovery from psychiatric disabilities.

    Michael A. Mancini;Eric R. Hardiman;Hal A. Lawson

  • A childhood obesity intervention developed by families for families: results from a pilot study.

    Kirsten K Davison;Janine M Jurkowski;Kaigang Li;Sibylle Kranz

  • The logic of collaboration in education and the human services.

    Hal A Lawson

  • Beyond the New Conception of Teacher Induction

    Hal A. Lawson

  • The Subjective Warrant and Recruitment Into Physical Education

    A. M. Dewar;H. A. Lawson

  • Reframing family-centred obesity prevention using the Family Ecological Model.

    Kirsten K Davison;Janine M Jurkowski;Hal A Lawson

  • Occupational Socialization, Cultural Studies, and the Physical Education Curriculum

    Hal A. Lawson

  • Connecting the Dots: Progress toward the Integration of School Reform, School-Linked Services, Parent Involvement and Community Schools.

    Hal Lawson;Katharine Briar-Lawson

  • The Family-centered Action Model of Intervention Layout and Implementation (FAMILI): the example of childhood obesity.

    Kirsten K. Davison;Hal A. Lawson;J. Douglas Coatsworth

  • Exploring linkages between school climate, behavioral norms, social supports, and academic success.

    Laura M. Hopson;Kathryn S. Schiller;Hal A. Lawson

  • Community Collaboration to Improve Schools: Introducing a New Model from Ohio.

    Dawn Anderson-Butcher;Hal A. Lawson;Jerry Bean;Paul Flaspohler

  • Problem-Setting for Physical Education and Sport

    Hal A. Lawson

  • Participatory Action Research

    Hal A. Lawson

  • Emergent Evidence in Support of a Community Collaboration Model for School Improvement

    Dawn Anderson-Butcher;Hal A. Lawson;Aidyn Iachini;Paul Flaspohler

  • The Role of District Office Leaders in the Adoption and Implementation of the Common Core State Standards in Elementary Schools

    Francesca T. Durand;Hal A. Lawson;Kristen Campbell Wilcox;Kathryn S. Schiller

Frequent Co-Authors

Kirsten K. Davison
Kirsten K. Davison Boston College
Phillip Ward
Phillip Ward The Ohio State University
Ann MacPhail
Ann MacPhail University of Limerick
Keith J. Zullig
Keith J. Zullig West Virginia University
J. Douglas Coatsworth
J. Douglas Coatsworth University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Wayne Sailor
Wayne Sailor University of Kansas
David Kirk
David Kirk University of Strathclyde

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