Selected Publications
Grimmett, P.P., Dagenais, D., D’Amico, L., Jacquet, M., & Ilieva, R. (2007, published first online, June 7). The contrasting discourses of educators in Vancouver, Canada. Journal of Educational Change. http://www.springerlink.com/content/j248x577r1489436/?p=d4f7f22e429c4700b8b0da9676b718f5&pi=0
Grimmett, P.P. (in press). The professional governance of teacher education in Ontario and British Columbia: Culmination of three decades of research and policy In Canadian teacher education or harbinger of a different direction? In T. O’Donoghue & C. Whitehead, (Eds.). Teacher education in the English-speaking world: Past, present and future. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers.
Grimmett, P.P. (2007). Mentoring teachers in Anglophone Canada: Building learning communities. In M.V. Zuljan & J. Vogrinc, (Eds.), Professional inductions of teachers in Europe and elsewhere (pp. 137-153). Ljubljana, Slovenia: University of Ljubljana.
Grimmett, P.P. (2007). Where policy meets practice in different social contexts: A comparison of the British Columbia context with those of England, the USA, and Finland. In S. Saari & T. Varis, (Eds.), Professional growth: Festschrift for Professor Ruohotie (pp. 373-388). Tampere, Finland: University of Tampere Press.
Grimmett, P., Purkis, M., & Ungerleider, C. (January, 2007). Report of the academic program review team on the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria. Victoria, BC: Office of the Vice-President, Academic and Provost, University of Victoria.
Grimmett, P.P., & Echols, F.H. (September, 2006). What say we dance but this time with music: Review of the provisions of Regulation 347/02, Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs in Ontario. Toronto, ON: Ontario College of Teachers.
Grimmett, P.P., & Ruohotie, P. (2005). Professional growth and policy conditions. Tampere, Finland: University of Tampere Press.
Grimmett, P.P. (2005). The impact of public policy on teaching and teacher education. In H. Niemi, (Ed.). Life as learning. Helsinki: University of Helsinki Press.
Grimmett, P.P. (2005). L’impact des politiques publiques sur les conditions d’enseignement. In Biron, D., Cividini, M., et Desbiens, J-F. (Eds). La profession enseignante au temps des reformes. (pp. 59-72). Montreal: CRIFPE Press (University of Montreal).
Grimmett, P.P. (in press). The impact of public policy on teaching and teacher education. In H. Niemi, (Ed.). Life as learning. Helsinki: University of Helsinki Press.
Shaker, P., & Grimmett, P. (2004). Public schools as public good. Education Canada 44 (3), 29-31
Andrews, I.H., Grimmett, P.P., & Wideen, M.F. (2003). The context for the reform of teacher education in Jamaica. Mico International Journal, 1 (1), 207-215
Grimmett, P.P., & Echols, F.H. (2002). Teacher and administrator shortages in changing times. Canadian Journal of Education 25 (4), 328-343.
Wideen, M.F., Grimmett, P.P., & Andrews, I.H. (2002). International teacher education: From dilemmas to principles of action. In E. Thomas (Ed.), Teacher education: Dilemmas and prospects: World Yearbook of Education 2002 (pp. 111-122). London, UK: Kogan Page.
Grimmett, P.P. (1999). Teacher educators as mettlesome mermaids: On collaborating to reinvent teacher education in a technocratic society. International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning (IEJLL), 12(3).
Grimmett, P.P., & Dockendorf, M.E.J. (1999). Exploring the labyrinth of researching teaching. In J. Loughran (Ed.), Researching teaching (pp. 83-110). London, UK: Falmer Press.
Grimmett, P.P. (1998). Reconceptualizing the practice of teacher education: On not throwing out the concurrent model with the reform bathwater. The Alberta Journal of Educational Research, XLIV(3), 251-267.
Grimmett, P.P. (1997). A search for hope in teaching and teacher education during changing times. American Journal of Education, 105(4), 458-477.
Barnard, K., Muthwa-Kuehn, T., & Grimmett, P.P. (1997). Getting the questions right: Reforming teacher education in America. Teaching and Teacher Education, 13(8), 893-904.
Grimmett, P.P. (1997). Restructuring and the struggle for energy and hope in teacher education: A call for reconceptualization of practice. In N. Ephraty & R. Lidor (Eds.), Teacher education: Stability, evolution and revolution (pp. 767-790). Tel Aviv, Israel: MOFET Publication.
Grimmett, P.P. (1997). Breaking the mold: Transforming a didactic professor into a learner-focused teacher educator. In T.R. Carson & D.J. Sumara (Eds.), Action research as a living practice (pp. 121-136). New York: Garland.
Wideen, M.F., & Grimmett, P.P. (1997). Exploring futures in initial teacher education: The landscape and the quest. In A.S. Hudson & D. Lambert (Eds.), Exploring futures in initial teacher education (pp. 3-42). London, UK: London University Institute of Education Press.
Grimmett, P.P. (1996). The struggles of teacher research in a context of education reform: Implications for instructional supervision. Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 12(1), 37-65.
Grimmett, P.P. (1995). Developing voice through teacher research: Implications for educational policy. In J. Smyth (Ed.), Critical discourses on teacher development (pp. 109-125). London, UK: Cassell.
Wideen, M.F., & Grimmett, P.P. (Eds.). (1995). Changing times in teacher education: Restructuring or reconceptualizing? London, UK: Falmer Press, 229 pages.
Conferences, workshops and presentations
(Numerous—only recent invited key-note addresses)
Grimmett, P.P. (2007, Nov 2) “Teacher education governance in Canada: A research agenda.” Keynote address given to a research agenda-setting conference of the Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE), held at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Grimmett, P.P. (2007, Oct 30). “Teacher education accreditation in Ontario: Professional governance in an era of standards-based reform.” Public lecture given at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, ON.
Grimmett, P.P. (2007, Oct 18). “Mentoring teachers in Anglophone Canada: Building learning communities.” Keynote address given at a conference titled: Professional inductions of teachers in Europe and elsewhere, held at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Grimmett, P.P. (2007, Oct 11). “The role of professional learning communities in the mentoring and induction of new teachers.” Public lecture given at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), Fredericton, NB.
Grimmett, P.P. (2007, Sept 23). “Curriculum, policy, and governance of teacher education in an era of accountability: Avoiding intellectual dereliction through hope and strategic action.” Keynote address given to the fall conference of the Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities (TECSCU), Seattle, WA.
Grimmett, P.P. (2007, Sept 19). “The Association of Canadian Deans of Education (ACDE) Accord on Teacher Education in an era of professional governance.” Public lecture given at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC.
Grimmett, P.P. (2007, May 27). “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” Invited keynote address to the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE), held at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
Grimmett, P.P. (2005, November 14). “Comparing the British Columbia policy context with those in Finland, England and Wales, and the USA.” A response to Michael Apple’s public lecture on ‘Markets, standards, God, and inequality,’ co-sponsored by SFU, BCTF, and UBC. Vancouver, BC.
Grimmett, P.P. (1999, April 20). Invited AERA Address (Session #19.33). Supervision and teacher development: What do we know and where do we go from here? Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.
Grimmett, P.P. (1999, April 22). Invited AERA Address (Session #40.47). State of the art session for Division K: Authorship/ownership/methods and ethics in research on teaching and teacher education. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.
Hargreaves, A., & Grimmett, P.P. (1999, October 7). Pushing the boundaries of educational action research: Technical, emotional, and political strategies. Conference organized by the Illinois Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Chicago, IL.
Research/Project funding (last five years only)
2006
Ontario College of Teachers funding, $51,250 (with Frank Echols, UBC) to study the accreditation process for teacher education programs in the province of Ontario.
2002-2007
SSHRC MCRI $2.5 million for study of impact of policy on practice (with researchers from Montreal, Toronto, Québec, Saskatchewan & UBC).
1999-2000
BC Ministry of Education, $30,000 for study of patterns of teacher supply and demand in the province of British Columbia (with Frank Echols and Andrew Kitchenham).
1995-1999
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC) grant # 410-95-1071, $166,000 for three year study of how preservice teachers develop the practice of teaching.
International Project Activity (last five years only)
- Involved with other Faculty members (Ian Andrews and Marv Wideen) in the Trinidad/Tobago and Jamaican international teacher education projects.
- Invited to serve as Visiting Professor at University of Tampere, Finland, July, 2002, 2003.
Service to Simon Fraser University (last five years only)
University
- Member of Senate
- Member of the Senate Committee on University Priorities
- Member of Vice-President, Academic Search Committee (1999-2000)
- SFU representative on the B.C. College of Teachers' research study of teacher supply and demand
Faculty
Associate Dean, Chair, Faculty Tenure Committee; Director, Institute for Studies in Teacher Education; Member of Faculty Standing Committees (Graduate Programs; Publications Committee; Undergraduate Programs; Professional Programs)
Active service to the academic community Scholarly Reviewing
- Reviewer of proposals for AERA meetings
- Reviewer of proposals for CATE program
- Reviewer for Curriculum Inquiry, Canadian Journal of Education (CJE), Journal of Curriculum and Supervision (JCS), Alberta Journal of Educational Research (AJER), Educational Researcher (ER) and American Educational Research Journal (AERJ)
- Reviewer of research proposals submitted to SSHRC's regular and major grants competition. Also served on Committee 17 as chair of the adjudication process of research proposals
- Member of the Canada Research Chairs Program College of Reviewers.
Editorial Work
Canadian Editor of Journal of Education for Teaching (JET), International journal in teacher education issues and research, published in Britain by Carfax Publishers. (Main editor, Edgar Stones, University of Birmingham; U.S.A. editor, Ken Zeichner, University of Wisconsin).
Associate Editor of the Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, International journal published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Washington, DC. (Editor, O.L. Davis, jr., University of Texas at Austin.)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Practitioner Inquiry Series, published by Teachers College Press, New York.
Membership in the academic community
- Canadian Society for Study of Education (former member of Board of Directors)
- Canadian Association for Teacher Education (former President)
- American Education Research Association (Division K and two SIGs)
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
- Council of Professors of Instructional Supervision (COPIS)—specialist group in ASCD
- ASCD Network for Instructional Supervision
- Nominated as Vice-President, Division K, AERA for 2000-2002 term (currently member of executive)
Graduate student supervision (Senior Supervisor only)
9 PhD, 12 MA, and 25 MEd students supervised to completion Nine PhD, 2 MA, and 20 MEd in progress
Active service to the field
Consultant to school districts of Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Williams Lake, Surrey, Delta, and St. George's Independent School.
Member of the Provincial Consortium for teacher supply and demand.
Association of BC Deans of Education representative on the BC College of Teachers Council.
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