Faculty
Our list of experts and their research strengths:
| Name | Research areas |
|---|---|
| Robert Anthony | Developmental language arts, applied linguistics, cross cultural education |
| Deborah Begoray | Secondary English language arts, literacy, visual literacy and media, literacy and health |
| Don Bergland | Digital arts and technology, 3D interactive environments, multimedia, digital graphics, audio production, technology and art, techno-ethnography, creativity, studio production |
| David Blades | Theory and philosophy of science education curriculum, science education methodology, ethics and curriculum development, curriculum history and theory, world citizenship education, post-structuralism and curriculum change |
| Jilliane Code | Teacher preparation elementary, Teacher preparation secondary, Applied research, Educational psychology, Twenty first century learning, Distributed e-learning, Personal learning networks, Online learning community development, Educational technology |
| Robert Dalton | Visual arts, Teacher preparation secondary, Curriculum studies, Gender, Race and ethnic relations, Anthropology |
| Michael Emme | Creative play strategies and collaborative research with children, children's visual experience of school, photography as an art form, photonovela as multimodal inquiry and expression, lens media and communication, visual and arts-based methodologies |
| Leslee Francis-Pelton | Secondary mathematics methodologies, elementary mathematics methodologies, mathematics curriculum, measurement and evaluation, computer applications in mathematics education |
| Robert Graham | |
| Wanda Hurren | Curriculum theory, social studies and geography education, notions of identity and place, map-work and other cartographic interruptions, post-structural perspectives, poetic representation in writing and research |
| Valerie Irvine | Teacher preparation elementary, Teacher preparation secondary, Adult and lifelong learning, Curriculum studies, Applied research, Twenty first century learning, Distributed e-learning, Personal learning networks, Online learning community development, Educational technology, Theories of technology adoption |
| Mary Kennedy | Creativity and the creative process, choral music, music and community, multicultural music |
| Mijung Kim |
Scientific literacy and inquiry teaching, elementary and middle science curriculum, Critical thinking and problem based learning, Environmental education, teacher education |
| Graham McDonough | Teacher preparation secondary, Curriculum studies, Christianity, Ethics/morality, Gender, Sexual diversity, Philosophy, Canadian studies |
| Onowa McIvor | Indigenous language and cultural revitalization, second language acquisition, Indigenous early childhood education (ECE), Indigenous K-12 education, Indigenous post-secondary education, and identity development |
| James Nahachewsky | Teacher preparation elementary, Teacher preparation secondary, Curriculum studies, Literacy (in schools and adult) |
| Rhonda Nixon | Teacher pre-service and in-service learning in language and literacy, multimodal practices and assessment, children’s and young adult literature, digital literacies, multimodal qualitative research methods, spatial and ecological theories of teaching and learning |
| Sylvia Pantaleo | Language and literacy, children's and young adult literature, literature-based literacy programs, literary theory, elementary curriculum, teacher education |
| Tim Pelton | Teacher preparation elementary, Adult and lifelong learning, Curriculum studies |
| Alison Preece | Teacher preparation elementary, Early childhood education, Literacy (in schools and adult), Family/children |
| Monica Prendergast | Theatre, Teacher preparation elementary, Curriculum studies, Philosophy |
| Jason Price | Teacher preparation elementary, Teacher preparation secondary, Aboriginal education, Curriculum studies, International and comparative education, Social policy, Ecological restoration, Environmental protection, Ethics, Urban issues, Family/children, Human rights, Native and aboriginal canadians, Race and ethnic relations, Political science, Sociology, Child and youth care, Aboriginal health, Child and youth health |
| Helen Raptis | Aboriginal education, Applied research, Social policy, Gender, Immigration/multiculturalism, Native and aboriginal canadians, Race and ethnic relations, Sociology, History |
| Ted Riecken | Teacher preparation elementary, Aboriginal education, Curriculum studies, Health education, Preventive medicine/health promotion, Family/children, Native and aboriginal canadians, Child and youth health |
| Carmen Rodriguez de France | Aboriginal education, Early childhood education, Immigration/multiculturalism, Race and ethnic relations |
| Kathy Sanford | Teacher preparation elementary, Teacher preparation secondary, Curriculum studies, Literacy (in schools and adult) |
| Ruthanne Tobin | Elementary English language arts, instructional practices for struggling literacy learners |
| Michelle Wiebe | Assessment in art (studio assessment, self assessment, theory assessment), leadership in the arts, arts program reform curriculum development |
| Lorna Williams | First Nations ancestry, indigenous culture and traditions |
Researchers currently on leave
- Laurie Baxter
- Jennifer Thom