Tim Hopper

Position
Contact
Credentials
BA (Exeter), MA, PHD (Alta)
Area of expertise
School integrated teaching education; teacher games for understanding and electronic portfolios; action research and qualitative research genres; social constructivism and complexity theories
Description
Dr. Hopper is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, BC. He received his PhD from the University of Alberta. His scholarly work focuses on teacher education, physical education, and applications of complexity theory in teaching and learning. Dr. Hopper has taught at all levels of the school curriculum both in Canada and the UK. He is currently involved with the US Tennis Association to develop and teach graduate level professional tennis management program focusing on the application of a play-practice-play approach. His research focuses on the use of digital portfolios in local schools, promoting assessment-for learning processes here and in Gulu in Uganda. He currently has two SSHRC funded research projects.
ORID number: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-5422
Digital Portfolio: https://folioz.ca/user/timhopper
Research interests
- School integrated teaching education
- Teacher games for understanding (TGfU)
- Digital portfolios and assessment for learning
- Qualitative research methods and genres
- Complexity thinking and education
Selected publications
Sanford, K., & Hopper, T. (2019). Educational Transformation: The BC Story. Houlihan Publishing. Victoria, BC. Retrieved fromhttps://books2read.com/BCEdTransformation
Walton-Fisette, J. L., Richards, K. A. R., Centeio, E. E., Pennington, T. R., & Hopper, T. (2019). Exploring Future Research in Physical Education: Espousing a Social Justice Perspective. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 90(4), 440–451. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2019.1615606
Rhoades, J. L., & Hopper, T.,(2019). Reciprocal recursive nonconscious behavior mimicry, PE groupings, and modification-by-adaptation. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 0(0), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/25742981.2019.1709088
Hopper, T., Sanford, K., Fu, H., & Monk, D. (2018). What is a digital electronic portfolio in teacher education? A case study of Instructors’ and students’ enabling insights on the electronic portfolio process. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 44(2). Retrieved from https://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/27634
Hopper, T. (2015). Self-study of an elementary generalist PE teacher educator: School integrated teacher education and structural coupling. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 6(3), 259–272. https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2015.1092723
Ovens, A., Hopper, T., & Butler, J. (Eds.). (2013). Complexity thinking in physical education: Reframing curriculum, pedagogy, and research. Routledge. New York. Retrieved from http://books.google.ca/books?id=maIxh30GakYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false