Core Faculty
My scholarly work pertains to curricular and instructional practices in physical education, health and vitality, and the somatics of teacher education. Drawing up human sciences methodologies, I have investigated the acquisition of movement competence and the means whereby children are taught to become physically proficient. Writings explore gesture theory and its applications to physical education, health education, and teacher education. [detailed research profile...]
Focal areas of my work lie in applied and comparative epistemologies and ontologies, ethical paradigms, ecophilosophy and ecopsychology, consciousness research, and Buddhist and Daoist philosophy. [detailed research profile...]
My research is primarily in the areas of epistemology and moral philosophy. Particular areas of interest include: educational theory, humanities, the problematic nature of empirical inquiry into human activity, and the role of higher education. [detailed research profile...]
My research addresses philosophical and ethical issues in teacher education, especially recent shifts in thinking about rights and responsibilities; the practical complexities of classroom dialogue in pluralist democracies; and preparing teachers for work in increasingly diverse classrooms. [detailed research profile...]
Educational media studies, non-formal learning environments; multi-modal, study of emerging methods of models of educational communications, education, gaming and gender. [detailed research profile...]
My areas of interest include educational and curriculum theory, conceptions of development in education, and the way cognitive tools shape our learning and understanding. Current work is funded by SSHRC. [detailed research profile...]
My research in curriculum and teacher education focuses on how practitioners construct the requisite professional knowledge and skills to do their work competently. I study how teachers are affected by processes like reflection and action research, etc., and by the socio-political-cultural contexts in which they do their work. I recently examined demographic trends to project a shortage of teachers and administrators in BC schools from 2003 on. This long-term research program has been regularly funded by SSHRC since 1985. I am now a co-investigator of a Major Collaborative Research Initiative (funded by SSHRC) looking at the impact of policy changes on condition of teaching in schools in five metropolitan areas of Canada (Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Saskatoon, and Vancouver). [detailed research profile...]
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Dr.
Stephen Smith,
Program Coordinator 
Dr. Heesoon Bai 
Dr. Robin Barrow 
Dr. Ann Chinnery 
Dr.
Suzanne de Castell
Dr.
Kieran Egan
Dr.
Peter Grimmett