Keith S. Lockwood

Keith S. Lockwood Ph.D. was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1964 and grew up in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey and is the father of four daughters. He was a teacher of children who are deaf or hard of hearing in the New York City public schools for 13 years, and continues to be a force in the implementation of democracy, deaf culture and constructivism, academic or social, in the education of deaf or hard of hearing children. His ability as an interpreter in American Sign Language was of particular use in his work as a teacher of the deaf. His experiences came to reinforce his long standing view points on constructivist practice and Jean Piaget's work. His study "Contemporary Reading Practice in an Urban Day School for Children who are deaf or hard of hearing," is regarded as a meaningfully modern interpretation of Piagetian theory, and its application to the psycho-linguistic and educational development of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. His influences include: Vygotsky, Popper, Marx, Hegel, Kohn, Mill, Dewey, Levine, Barth, Bakhtin, Maclaren, Goodman, Clay, Perkinson and Postman. Lockwood holds a Ph.D. from New York University in the Department of Applied Psychology with a specialization in the Rehabilitation of the deaf and Special Education, and was a student of Dr. Neil Postman and Dr. Henry Perkinson. His articles include: Inclusive Instructional Practices for Special Education Teachers,"Allergic Asthma and Food Allergies in School Settings," "Let Them Play with Language," and "Abbott Affirms The Rights of All Children."