Dr. Tanya Kaefer
Director, Joint PhD in Educational Studies
Director
tkaefer@lakeheadu.ca
+1 (705) 330-4010ext. 2616
TBA
Tues/Thurs 11am - 1pm
Academic Qualifications:
PhD, Duke University, 2009
Date joined Lakehead:
August, 2012
Research Interests:
- Sources of children’s knowledge; and how this knowledge may influence their language and reading development in early education
- How early language experiences and media exposure prepare children for the challenges of reading
- Investigating the cognitive processes underlying early reading and vocabulary development
- Social transmission of vocabulary and concept knowledge
- Knowledge development among lower-SES populations