Roles and subjects

Supernumerary Fellow in Education and Computer Science

Contact

samantha-kaye.johnston@cs.ox.ac.uk

Academic Background

BSc. (Psychology) – The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus (Jamaica)

M.A. (Education) – Liverpool Hope University (England)

Ph.D. (Psychology) – Curtin University (Australia)

Undergraduate Teaching

Education and Psychology

Teaching

Introduction to Psychology and Science and Professional Practice in Psychology, Critical Thinking in Online Contexts.

Assessment

Adult Developmental Psychology, Indigenous and Cross-Cultural Psychology, Individual Differences, and Principles of Psychological Assessment.

Postgraduate Teaching

Education

Tutorial courses

• Pedagogy
• Sociology of Education
• Education for Sustainable Development
• The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence

Research Interests

Samantha’s research profile and interest cover skill development, in particular, skills that support digital intelligence. She focuses on two strands: (1) strengthening the development and assessment of digital skills, including autonomy, critical thinking, and critical reading (including how students understand and use language), and (2) elevating the voices of young people from diverse backgrounds in their ethical engagement with technology.

Selected Publications

• Hillman, V., Manolev, J., Zeide, E., Kumar, P., Martin, F., Johnston, S.-K., Vladova, G., & Lai, R (in press). Children, education, and technologies: current debates, key concerns, future directions around data privacy, surveillance and datafication. In Children and Screens 2024 Handbook, Springer
• Zhang, Z., Zhao, J., Wang, G., Johnston, S.-K., Chalhoub, G., Ross, T., Liu, D., Tinsman, C., Zhao, R., Van-Kleek, M., & Shadbolt, N.  (in press).  Trouble in paradise? Understanding mastodon admins motivations, experiences, and challenges running decentralised social media. Computer-supported Cooperative Work, Association for Computing Machinery
• Johnston, S.-K & Zixuan, L (2024). The Young Reporter Programme: A digital intelligence perspective. In T. Dodds (Ed.), Immersive Journalism: Virtual Worlds and the Future of the News Industry. Lexington Books.
• Atabey, A., Wang, G., Johnston, S.-K., Lin, G. C., Wilson, C., Urquhart, L., & Zhao, J. (2024). The second workshop on Child-Centred AI design (CCAI). In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 24), May 11–16, 2024, Honolulu, HI, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA.
• Wang, G,. Zhao, J., Johnston, S.-K., Zhang, Z., Van Kleek, M., & Shadbolt, N. (2024). CHAITok: A proof-of-concept system supporting children’s sense of data autonomy on social media. In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 24), May 11–16, 2024, Honolulu, HI, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA.
• Hillman, V., Esquivel M & Gonsales, P., Johnston, S.-K., & Ogu, E. (2023). Global transformations, local choices: Navigating the impacts of artificial intelligence on education. CETIC-Brazil.
• Johnston, S.-K., McGrane, J., Vendrell i Morancho., M & Hopfenbeck, T.N. (2023).  A multi-country comparison of lower secondary students critical thinking under the International Baccalaureate and National Curricula. Review of Education, 11, e3442
• Scott-Barrett, J., Johnston, S.-K. & Denton-Calabrese, T., McGrane, J & Hopfenbeck, T.N. (2023). Nurturing curiosity and creativity in primary school classrooms. Teacher and Teacher Education, 135,104356
• Hopfenbeck, T. N., Johnston, S.-K., Cresswell, C., Double, K., & McGrane, J.  (2023). An evaluation of the IB career-related programme implementation in Kent, UK. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 1-15
• McGrane, J., Johnston, S-K., Vendrell i Morancho., M & Hopfenbeck, T.N. (2022).  The effect of the middle years programme on critical thinking development: An international multisite evaluation. International Baccalaureate Organisation
• Binns, A., & Johnston, S.-K. (2022). Impact of assistant language teachers on English education in Shizuoka. In P. Ferguson, & R. Derrah (Eds.), Reflections and New Perspectives. Japan Association for Language Teaching, 89-99
• Hopfenbeck, T.N., Denton-Calabrese, T., Johnston, S.-K., Scott-Barrett, J., & McGrane, J. (2022). Facilitating curiosity and creativity in the classroom: An international multisite video study. International Baccalaureate Organisation
• Hopfenbeck, T.N., Johnston, S.-K., Cresswell, C., Double, K., & McGrane, J. (2021). Evaluation of IB CP [Career Programme] implementation in the county of Kent, UK. International Baccalaureate Organisation
• UNESCO Report (2021). Reimagining our futures together: A new contract for education. UNESCO (Contributed).

See also Dr Johnston’s departmental profile on the Department of Computer Science and Oxford Martin School website and profile on the The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society website.