Areas of expertise
Education researchers explore a very broad range of topics. Find a researcher by browsing through our 12 areas of expertise and associated keywords.
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Curriculum and Instruction
| Name | Area | Contact |
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Assistant Professor, Additional Language Learning
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TESOL/Applied linguistics, Language socialization, Second-language writing, Chinese as an additional language, Internationalization of higher education, Case study as a research method
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Office: MacLaurin A524
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Professor, Language & Literacy
Acting Chair of the Department
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Secondary English language arts, literacy, visual literacy and media, literacy and health
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Office: MacLaurin A549
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Professor, Science Education & Curriculum Studies
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Theory and philosophy of science education curriculum, Science education methodology, Aesthetics in/of science education, Ethics and curriculum development, Curriculum history and theory, Post-structuralism and curriculum change
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Office: MacLaurin A566
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Associate Professor, Art Education
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Creative play strategies and collaborative research with children, children's visual experience of school, art as self-directed therapy, artists collectives and community, visual narrative forms in research including photonovela as multimodal inquiry and expression, photography as an art form, , lens media and communication, visual and arts-based methodologies
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Office: MacLaurin A196
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Associate Professor, Mathematics Education
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Secondary mathematics methodologies, elementary mathematics methodologies, mathematics curriculum, assessment as/for/of learning in mathematics,
development and use of iOS apps for learning mathematics |
Office: MacLaurin A527
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Professor, Social Studies & Curriculum Studies
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Curriculum theory, arts-based research, aesthetics and knowing, social studies and geography education, notions of identity and place, poststructural perspectives, poetic representation in writing and research
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Office: MacLaurin A558
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Assistant Professor, Educational Technology
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Educational Technology, Technology Integrated Learning, Digital Literacy, Networked and Open Learning, Open Education, Distributed online, blended, and multi-access learning, Learning Theories, Theories of Technology Adoption and Educational Change, Learning Design, Inquiry-based Learning, Assessment, Accessitiliby, K-12 and Higher Education, Teacher Education
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Office: MacLaurin A568
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Associate Professor, Philosophical Foundations
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Philosophy of Education, Moral Education, Dissent and Minority Rights, Independent and Separate Schools, Catholic Education, Religion/Spirituality in Schools |
Office: MacLaurin A556
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Associate Professor in Science Education and Research Methodologies
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Teacher Preparation - Elementary; Science Education - Elementary; Educational Measurement, Quantitative methods
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Office: MacLaurin A554
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James Nahachewsky
Associate Dean Undergraduate Programs Associate Professor, Language & Literacy, Curriculum Studies
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21st century literacies, Teacher education, Curriculum theory, e-Readers and reading processes
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Office: MacLaurin A247
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Assistant Professor, Educational Technology
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Technology integrated learning design, Digital literacies of educators, Open education resources and practices, Open source software in education, Knowledge management, Learning analytics, Innovation in education, Emerging technologies to support research
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Professor, Language & Literacy
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Children's and young adult literature, Response to literature, Literature-based literacy programs, Language and Literacy, Visual Literacy, Multimodality
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Office: MacLaurin A364
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Associate Professor, Mathematics Education
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Mathematics education, applications of technology in education, assessment, and development of educational apps.
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Office: MacLaurin A528
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Associate Professor, Drama Education
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Theatre, Teacher preparation elementary, Curriculum studies, Aesthetic Philosophy, Drama/Theatre Education (K-12 & Postsecondary), Applied Drama/Theatre, Curriculum Studies/Theory/Philosophy, Performance Theory/Performance Studies, Arts-based Qualitative Research Methods
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Office: MacLaurin A523
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Assistant Professor, Music Education
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Music education, Rural education, Social capital, Place-based and place-conscious education, Praxial music education philosophy, Critical pragmatism, Integrating Indigenous knowledge and perspectives in music education
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Office: MacLaurin A564
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Associate Professor, Social Studies
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Teacher & educational leadership preparation, Indigenous/countercultural education, Education for ecological restoration, Education for the advancement of human rights and happiness, Educational policy and governance, Peace education, Governance simulations and youth leadership
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Office: MacLaurin A561
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Associate Professor, Historical Foundations
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Social and Historical Foundations of Education in British Columbia, Aboriginal/ Indigenous Education, Multicultural/ Anti-Racist Education, Education Policy Studies, First Nations and Minority Education, Educational Reform |
Office: MacLaurin A365
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Professor, Social Studies
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Teacher preparation elementary, Aboriginal education, Curriculum studies, Educational change and innovation, Technology in education, Participatory research
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Office: MacLaurin A532
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Lansdowne Professor, Applied Cognitive Science
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Workplace studies (aviation, software design), cultural-historical activity theory, conversation analysis, semiotics, gesture studies, applied cognitive science, phenomenology, human-computer interaction, interaction analysis, representation in scientific practice discourse analysis, research methods (quantitative and qualitative)
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Office: MacLaurin A567
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Professor, Language & Literacy
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Teacher education, New literacies, Learning through video games, Gender and pedagogy, Assessment, Electronic portfolios, Community-based engagement, Museum and library education, Qualitative research methodologies
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Office: MacLaurin A526
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Assistant Professor, Art Education
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Art Education, Studio practices, Painting, Arts-based research, Artistic inquiry, Elementary Teacher Education |
Office: MacLaurin A199
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Dean, Faculty of Education
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Adult and Higher Education, International and Comparative Education, Literacy, Research Methods
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Office: MacLaurin A243
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Assistant Professor, Language & Literacy, Early Childhood Education
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Early Childhood Education, Literacy & Multimodality, Family & Community Literacies, International Education, Outdoor & Environmental Education, Indigenous Knowledge
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Office: MacLaurin A559
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Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations and Teacher Education
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Transformative Inquiry, Pre-service teacher development, Cross-cultural understanding, Indigenous learning and teaching, Holistic education, Early childhood education, Mindfulness in education, Generous listening
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Office: MacLaurin A353
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Associate Professor, Mathematics Education & Curriculum Studies
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Mathematics education and curriculum studies; Theories of cognition and mathematical understanding; Collective learning; Spatial, numeric and geometric reasoning; Ecological, (em)bodied and culturally responsive forms of teaching, learning, and research
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Office: MacLaurin A530
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Associate Professor, Language & Literacy
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Elementary English language arts, instructional practices for struggling literacy learners, differentiated instruction
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Office: MacLaurin A557
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Assistant Professor, Art Education
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Assessment in art (studio assessment, self assessment, theory assessment), leadership in the arts, arts program reform curriculum development, developing creativity
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Office: MacLaurin A198
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Indigenous Education
| Name | Area | Contact |
Assistant Professor Indigenous Education | Indigenous education, Diversity a social justice, Second language acquisition, Indigenous early childhood education, Teacher education, Arts-based and place-based education, Formal and non-formal education, Community-engaged scholarship. |
Office: MacLaurin A270 |
Associate Professor Indigenous Education | The NEȾOLṈEW̱: ‘one mind, one people’ project aims to deepen the understanding of best practices of adult Indigenous language learning (AILL), how adult Indigenous learners contribute to passing on their language to others in their communities and families, in addition to how language is linked to health and well-being. |
Office: MacLaurin A463 |
Professor and Chair Indigenous Education | Indigenous education, Indigenous worldviews, online learning, Indigenous research, teacher education, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous pedagogy, Indigenous student success |
Office: MacLaurin A260 |
Associate Professor Indigenous Education | Indigenous language revitalization; Indigenous epistemologies; Indigenous language learning and teaching; language immersion; mentor-apprentice; Kwak’wala |
Office: MacLaurin A267 |
Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
| Name | Area | Contact |
Professor | Exercise physiology; pediatric sport performance; women and exercise; health benefits of exercise in cancer patients; occupational physiology; fitness and testing |
Office: MCK 128 |
Professor | Girl-friendly physical education; team building in physical education; authentic assessment in physical educations |
Office: MCK 131 |
Associate professor; BEd Secondary Curriculum programs leader | School integrated teaching education; teacher games for understanding and electronic portfolios; action research and qualitative research genres; social constructivism and complexity theories |
Office: MCK 127 |
Associate professor | Neural control of human movement and motor rehabilitation with aging and after injury and disease (e.g., stroke or Parkinson’s disease); neural control of balance during walking and coordination of limbs and trunk during rhythmic movement; assistive devices and technologies related to mobility and mobility measurement |
Office: MCK 134 |
Associate professor | Biomechanics and motor control of human movement in sport; exercise and rehabilitation |
Office: MCK 135 |
Associate professor | Neuroeconomics, learning, decision-making, motor learning and control |
Office: MCK 187 |
Assistant Teaching Professor | Effects of exercise on health and disease outcomes in cancer patients; exercise assessment and prescription; clinical exercise physiology |
Office: MCK 135 |
Associate professor | Teacher wellness; college and university student health and wellness; worklife balance; leadership |
Office: MCK 126 |
Assistant Professor | Chronic disease prevention and management; eHealth/mHealth; big data and health surveillance; physical activity; health promotion |
Office: MCK 124 |
Assistant professor; director | Management, marketing, and service quality; understanding human relationships and the attachment to people, places and activities in a health, leisure, sport or community context |
Office: MCK 122 |
Professor; Graduate advisor | Socio-ecological and setting-based approaches to health promotion; obesity and chronic disease prevention; dissemination, knowledge translation/exchange; implementation and organizational capacity |
Office: MCK 0024b |
Professor | Inclusion of people with disabilities in leisure pursuits |
Office: MCK 130 |
Professor | Psychology of physical activity and sedentary behaviour |
Office: MCK 189 |
Assistant professor; Kinesiology program leader | Exercise hematology and immunology; occupational physiology; development of pre-employment physical abilities tests; children and exercise; exercise prescription |
Office: MCK 132 |
Professor; Recreation & Health Education program leader | Physical activity among individuals with special needs and young children; motor skills |
Office: MCK 133 |
Professor | Health literacy; community-based research; social marketing; social determinants of healthy living |
Office: MCK 0024d |
Associate professor | Indigenous community health and development with a focus on the social and cultural determinants associated with resilience, sport, leisure, education, wellbeing and healing. |
Office: MCK 188 |
Professor | Neural control of rhythmic human movement; co-ordination of the arms and legs during locomotion; neuromuscular plasticity and motor recovery after stroke |
Office: MCK 191 |
Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
| Name | Area | Contact |
Associate Professor and Department Chair | Counselling Psychology |
Office: MacLaurin A449 |
Associate Professor | Educational Psychology (Learning, Development, and Instructional Sciences) |
Office: MacLaurin A452 |
Assistant Teaching Professor | Educational Psychology (Special Education) |
Office: MacLaurin A425 |
Professor | Leadership Studies |
Office: MacLaurin A455 |
Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor | Leadership Studies |
Office: MacLaurin A466 |
Associate Professor | Leadership Studies |
Office: MacLaurin A470 |
Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor | Educational Psychology (Learning, Development, and Instructional Sciences) |
Office: MacLaurin A461 |
Associate Professor | Educational Psychology (Special Education) |
Office: MAC A464 |
Professor | Counselling Psychology |
Office: MacLaurin A465 |
Assistant Professor | Educational Psychology (Learning, Development, and Instructional Sciences) |
Office: MacLaurin A468 |
Associate Professor | Educational Psychology (Special Education) |
Office: MacLaurin A427 |
Associate Professor | Leadership Studies |
Office: MacLaurin A243 |
Associate Professor | Counselling Psychology |
Office: MacLaurin A464 |
Assistant Teaching Professor Currently on Leave | Counselling Psychology |
Office: MacLaurin A454 |
Associate Professor | Educational Psychology (Special Education) |
Office: MacLaurin A357 |
Associate Professor | Counselling Psychology |
Office: MacLaurin A462 |
Professor | Educational Psychology (Learning, Development, and Instructional Sciences) |
Office: MacLaurin A467 |