Faculty

Little genius

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
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
 Philosophy of Education, Moral Education, Dissent, Religious Education, Catholic Education, Religion/Spirituality in Schools, Philosophy in High Schools
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
 21st century literacies, Teacher education, Curriculum theory, e-Readers and reading processes
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, elementary curriculum
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, Drama/Theatre Education (K-12 & Postsecondary), Applied Drama/Theatre, Curriculum Studies/Theory/Philosophy, Performance Theory/Performance Studies, Arts-based Qualitative Research Methods
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
Trish Rosborough
Wolff-Michael Roth Workplace studies, cultural-historical activity theory, conversation analysis, semiotics, gesture studies, applied cognitive science, science education, phenomenological inquiry and hermeneutic analysis, human-computer interaction, representation in scientific practice, epistemology, discourse analysis, research design (quantitative and qualitative)
Kathy Sanford Teacher preparation elementary, Teacher preparation secondary, Curriculum studies, Literacy (in schools and adult)
Jennifer Thom Curriculum studies and elementary mathematics education, theories of mathematical understanding, ecological/comples/EMBODIED forms of teaching and learning
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

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