OISE/UT Bulletin 2000/2001 -- University of Toronto Graduate Studies in Education
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
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CURRICULUM, TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL)

The Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning is the largest of five departments within OISE/UT. With a diverse community of approximately 100 tenured and tenure-stream faculty, the department offers a wide range of graduate courses and programs relating to academic scholarship and professional practice.

The following graduate programs are offered by the CTL Department:

• Curriculum (M.Ed., M.A., Ed.D., Ph.D.)

• Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.(T.))

• Master of Teaching in Human Development and Curriculum (M.T.) (pending approval)

• Measurement and Evaluation (M.Ed., M.A., Ed.D., Ph.D.)

• Second Language Education (M.Ed., M.A., Ed.D., Ph.D.)

• Teacher Development (M.Ed., M.A., Ed.D., Ph.D.)

• Collaborative Program in Comparative, International and Development Education (M.Ed., M.A., Ed.D., Ph.D.)

  • • Collaborative Program in Environmental Studies (M.Ed., M.A., Ed.D., Ph.D.)

    • Collaborative Program in Women's Studies (M.Ed., M.A., Ed.D., Ph.D.)

    There are numerous opportunities for research and field development in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning. Several internal research centres are associated with the department, including:

    • Centre for the Advancement of Measurement, Evaluation, Research and Assessment

    • Centre for Franco-Ontarian Studies

    • Centre for Studies in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education

    • Centre for Teacher Development.

    • Comparative, International and Development Education Centre

    • International Centre for Global Education

    • Modern Language Centre

    Many CTL faculty are oriented toward field-based practice, and numerous courses are offered off-site or through distance learning modes.

    General Information

    •For information about application procedures and forms, contact:

    The OISE/UT Registrar's Office,
    Graduate Studies Admissions Unit, Room 4-485
    Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2663/2664
    Telephone: 1-800-785-3345
    E-mail: gradstudy@oise.utoronto.ca

    •For information about registration, contact:

    Lily Stone, Liaison Officer, Registrar's Office, Graduate Studies Registration Unit, Room 4-485
    Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2608,
    Fax: (416) 323-9964
    E-mail: lstone@oise.utoronto.ca

    Academic Information

    For academic information regarding the programs listed previously, contact:

    Harriet Hori, Graduate Liaison
    Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
    Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2603
    Fax: (416) 926-4744
    E-mail: hhori@oise.utoronto.ca

    Off-Campus Information

    For academic information regarding off-campus courses, contact:

    Theresa Oliveira, Academic Programs Officer
    Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
    Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2747
    Fax: (416) 926-4744
    E-mail: toliveira@oise.utoronto.ca

     

    Chairperson of the Department

    Merlin W. Wahlstrom, Ph.D. (Alberta)
    Professor
    (applications of technology; student and program evaluation; adaptive instruction)

    Associate Chairperson, Graduate Studies

    Philip Nagy, Ph.D. (Alberta)
    Professor
    (measurement; evaluation; data analysis)


    ASSOCIATE CHAIRPERSON, PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS AND OFF CAMPUS

    Elizabeth M. Smyth, Ed.D. (Toronto)
    Associate Professor; cross-appointed to Theory & Policy Studies in Education
    (curriculum and teachers’ lives; curriculum development for gifted learners; historical evolution of curriculum in the secondary schools of Ontario; gender issues and education)

    FACULTY

    Johan L. Aitken, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Professor Emeritus
    (teacher education and development; feminist studies; literary theory, language, and literature across the curriculum, including children's literature and English and textual studies at all levels)

    Guy Allen, Ph.D. (Toronto)

    Senior Tutor, cross-appointed from the University of Toronto at Mississauga

    J. Patrick B. Allen, Ph.D. (Essex)
    Associate Professor
    (linguistic theory; educational linguistics of English; curriculum design and methodology; English as a second language)

    Andy Anderson, Ph.D. (Michigan State)
    Associate Professor
    (physical and health education; learning strategies)

    Mary Beattie, Ed.D. (Toronto)
    Associate Professor
    (teachers' professional knowledge; professional development; narrative and arts-based inquiry)

    Clive M. Beck, Ph.D. (New England)
    Professor, cross-appointed to Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology, and Theory & Policy Studies in Education
    (values education; worldview education; theory of schooling; teacher development; school renewal)

    Nathalie Belanger, Ph.D. (Sorbonne)

    Program Coordinator, French Language Studies
    Assistant Professor, cross-appointed from Sociology and Equity Studies in Education

    John Lawrence Bencze, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Assistant Professor
    (students' and teachers' expertise in Science and Technology and related pedagogies)

    Barrie Bennett, Ph.D. (Oregon)
    Associate Professor
    (integration of multiple models of teaching to instruction; behavioural management; organizational change)

    Marie-Josée Berger, Ph.D. (Ottawa)
    Associate Professor; Head, OISE/UT Ottawa Valley Centre, Ottawa
    (measurement and evaluation; reading and mathematics teaching; curriculum development, implementation and evaluation; minority education; gender and ethnic identity)

    Kathy Bickmore, Ph.D. (Stanford)
    Assistant Professor; cross-appointed to Sociology and Equity Studies in Education
    (social studies/geography; conflict resolution; international/cross-cultural and comparative education; politics/social foundations of education for democracy/equity)

    Deanne Bogdan, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Professor; cross-appointed from Theory & Policy Studies in Education

    David Booth, M.Ed. (Durham)
    Professor; Teacher Education Programs
    (drama in education; interdisciplinary arts education; teacher education)

    Barbara J. Burnaby, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Professor
    (cross-cultural language and literacy; English as a second language; native education; adult basic literacy)

    Linda Cameron, Ed.D. (Toronto)
    Associate Professor
    (early childhood; language and literacy; children's literature; ESL issues; parenting; adaptive instruction; holistic and aesthetic education; teacher education)

    Ruth A. Childs, Ph.D. (North Carolina)
    Assistant Professor
    (educational assessment; psychometric methodology; computerized testing; testing policies)

    Stacy Churchill, Ph.D. (London), Diplômé de l'Institut d'études Politiques (Paris)
    Professor
    (minority-language education and Franco-Ontarian studies; international, multicultural, and human rights education; computer-assisted instruction in first and second language)

    Rina S. Cohen, Ph.D. (Ottawa)
    Associate Professor
    (holistic education; technology-supported holistic learning environments; mathematics education; holistic approaches in the mathematics curriculum; computers in the curriculum)

    Carola Conle, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Associate Professor
    (modes of inquiry; narrative modes of expression; language education and initial teacher education; social self-reflection)

    F. Michael Connelly, Ph.D. (Chicago)
    Professor; Head, Centre for Teacher Development
    (personal-practical knowledge, narrative research methods, and stories of experience with reference to classroom studies, teacher thinking, and policy implementation; scientific inquiry as a basis for science curriculum)

    Karyn Cooper, Ph.D. (Alberta)
    Assistant Professor
    (teacher knowledge and classroom practice; aesthetic education; interpretive research methods)

    David J. Corson, Ph.D. (London)
    Professor; cross-appointed from Theory & Policy Studies in Education

    Alister Cumming, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Professor; Head, Modern Language Centre, cross-appointed to Human Development and Applied Psychology
    (English as a second/foreign language; language learning; instruction and curriculum; writing in second languages; evaluation; applied cognitive science)

    James P. Cummins, Ph.D. (Alberta)
    Professor
    (multiculturalism and minority language education; bilingual education; psycholinguistics; language and the school curriculum; critical pedagogy)

    Marcel Danesi, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Professor; cross-appointed from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

    Vivian Darroch-Lozowski, Ph.D. (Alberta)
    Professor
    (aesthetics of thought and artistic practice; language and the body)

    Lynn E. Davie, Ph.D. (Wisconsin)
    Professor
    (instructional design in distance education; computer applications; computer-supported qualitative analysis; adult learning)

    C. T. Patrick Diamond, Ph.D. (Queensland)
    Professor
    (life history, narrative, and repertory grid research methods; personal construct theory; teacher knowledge and development; classroom studies)

    Jo-Anne Dillabough, Ph.D. (McGill)
    Assistant Professor
    (feminist theory and education; social movements and curriculum theory; women's social history and educational practices; gender, higher education and educational policy; cultural politics of education)

    Brian Durell, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Associate Professor
    (utilization of technology in classrooms; technological impact of computers in schools and society)

    Lorna M. Earl, Ph.D. (Western Ontario)
    Associate Professor, cross-appointed from Theory & Policy Studies in Education

    D. Mark Evans, M.A. (McMaster)

    Senior Tutor
    (models of teaching; social studies education; citizenship education; international education; teacher education and development)

    Joseph P. Farrell, Ph.D. (Syracuse)
    Professor; Head, Comparative, International, and Development Education Centre; cross-appointed to Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology
    (comparative and international education; planning education for social development, especially in developing countries; comparative teacher development; education policy studies; evaluation of reform projects)

    Grace Feuerverger, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Associate Professor
    (multicultural perspectives in teacher education; ethnic identity maintenance and language learning; attitudes to heritage language learning; cultural and linguistic diversity in classrooms)

    Laara Fitznor, M.Ed. (Manitoba)
    Assistant Professor, Conditional, cross-appointed from Adult Education, Community
    Development and Counselling Psychology

    Don Fraser, M.A. (Toronto)
    Professor Emeritus
    (initial elementary teacher education; field-based programs; mathematics education)

    Normand J. Frenette, Ph.D. (Montreal)
    Associate Professor
    (general curriculum; cultural determinants of the curriculum; development of curriculum policy; minority education; Franco-Ontarian studies)

    Antoinette Gagné, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Associate Professor
    (second language teaching and learning; program implementation; initial teacher education; secondary school culture)

    Kathleen Gallagher, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Assistant Professor
    (reflective-practitioner research; arts education and teacher development; arts community partnerships; girls and secondary schooling, critical drama/theatre pedagogy; equity-centered teaching)

    Diane Gérin-Lajoie, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Associate Professor
    (Franco-Ontarian education; qualitative analysis; gender and education; multiculturalism and French-language education; curriculum policy; school and society)

    Esther Geva, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Associate Professor; cross-appointed from Human Development and Applied Psychology

    Tara Goldstein, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Associate Professor; Director of Student Services
    (anti-discriminatory education in school settings; education of immigrant/ESL students; ethnography; qualitative research methods)

    Gila Hanna, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Professor
    (data analysis and statistics; mathematics education)

    Lynne Hannay, Ph.D. (Ohio State)
    Associate Professor; Head, OISE/UT Midwestern Centre
    (curriculum processes; school-based curriculum development; professional development; action research)

    Birgit Harley, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Professor
    (theory and methodology of second-language teaching; curriculum development and design; second-language acquisition research)

    James G. Hewitt, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Assistant Professor
    (computer supported learning environments; electronic discourse; distance education; instructional design; science education)

    Suzanne E. Hidi, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Associate Professor
    (research and evaluation of writing; interest and the curriculum; science education and gender differences; attention, memory, and electro-physiological measurements)

    Derek Hodson, Ph.D. (Manchester)
    Professor; Head, Centre for Studies in Science, Mathematics and Technology
    (history, philosophy, and sociology of the science curriculum; school-based assessment and curriculum evaluation strategies; concept development in science technology)

    Ian Hundey, M.A. (Windsor)

    Senior Tutor; Coordinator of Initial Teacher Education Programs (Secondary )
    (school-university partnerships in teacher education; history and social science curriculum and instruction)

    Anne Jordan, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Professor; cross-appointed to Human Development and Applied Psychology
    (policies and practices in special education delivery; teacher development through collaborative consultation and resource support)

    Brendan Kelly, Ed.D. (Toronto)
    Professor
    (mathematics education; applications of technology to mathematics instruction; curriculum design in mathematics; evaluation procedures and techniques)

    Brent S. Kilbourn, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Associate Professor
    (analysis of teaching; classroom interaction; pedagogical knowledge; professional development; science education)

    Mary Kooy, Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)
    Assistant Professor
    (secondary English education; response to literature; oral and written discourse; teacher education)

    Clare Kosnik, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Assistant Professor
    (teacher as researcher; language arts; values in education; initial teacher education)

    Normand Labrie, Ph.D. (Laval)
    Associate Professor; Head, Centre for Franco-Ontarian Studies (CFOS/CREFO)
    (minority language issues; psycho - and sociolinguistics)

    Tony C. M. Lam, Ph.D. (Washington)
    Associate Professor; Head, Centre for the Advancement of Measurement, Evaluation, Research, & Assessment CAMERA
    (applied measurement; program evaluation; performance-based assessment)

    Sharon Lapkin, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Professor
    (French as a second language research; bilingual education; second-language writing)

    Charles Lundy, B.A. (SGW)

    Senior Tutor

    (secondary education; dramatic arts education)

    Douglas E. McDougall, Ed.D. (Toronto)
    Assistant Professor
    (mathematics education; applications of technology to teaching and learning; computer applications in the curriculum; computer-supported qualitative analysis; teacher education)

    Robert S. McLean, Ph.D. (Carnegie-Mellon)
    Professor
    (the Internet; computer technology; curriculum uses of computers; instrumentation; software development; virtual reality)

    Jack Miller, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Professor; Head, OISE/UT Southern Centre
    (curriculum orientations; holistic education; values education; global education)

    Robert Morgan, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Associate Professor
    (cultural studies and critical pedagogy; media education; critical theory and history of English studies; cultural theory)

    Shizuhiko Nishisato, Ph.D. (North Carolina)
    Professor
    (psychometrics and analysis of categorical data [dual scaling])

    Erminia Pedretti, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Assistant Professor
    (science education; science-technology-society education; technology-enhanced science instruction; action research; teacher development)

    Shelley Peterson, Ph.D., (Alberta)
    Assistant Professor
    (socio cultural dimensions of literacy learning in primary/junior/intermediate writing classrooms and in classroom and large-scale writing assessment)

    Carol Rolheiser, Ph.D. (Oregon)
    Associate Professor; Associate Dean, Academic Development
    (teacher education; program development; cooperative learning and other models of teaching/learning; alternative approaches to assessment and evaluation; educational change)

    John A. Ross, Ph.D. (McMaster)
    Professor; Head, OISE/UT Trent Valley Centre
    (curriculum development; school change; program evaluation)

    Marlene Scardamalia, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Professor; cross-appointed to Human Development and Applied Psychology
    (research on cognitive processes, intentional learning, and the design of computer-supported intentional learning environments)

    David Selby, Ph.D. (Birmingham)
    Professor; Head, International Institute for Global Education
    (global education; human rights education; humane education; environmental education)

    Wayne Seller, M.Ed. (Lakehead)
    Associate Professor; Head, OISE/UT Northwestern Centre; Field Centre Division Head; and Coordinator, Technology Mediated and Off-Campus Programs
    (curriculum implementation and evaluation; coaching as an implementation strategy)

    Roger I. Simon, Ph.D. (Yale)
    Professor
    (education and cultural studies; formation of historical memory; witnessing in literature, art, and oral testimony; implications of popular culture for curriculum and teaching)

    Keith E. Stanovich, Ph.D. (Michigan)
    Professor; cross-appointed from Human Development and Applied Psychology

    Paula Stanovich, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Assistant Professor
    (special education and inclusion; adaptive instruction; effective teaching; teacher beliefs; initial teacher education; elementary language arts)

    Suzanne Stiegelbauer, Ph.D. (Texas)
    Associate Professor; Coordinator of Initial Teacher Education Programs (Elementary)
    (visual arts; Aboriginal issues and arts; educational change; social context of education; strategies in initial teacher education; anthropology)

    Merrill K. Swain, Ph.D. (California at Irvine)
    Professor; cross-appointed to the Department of Linguistics
    (applied linguistics, psycholinguistics; bilingualism and bilingual education; L2 classroom research)

    Dennis Thiessen, Ph.D. (Sussex)
    Professor, cross-appointed from Theory & Policy Studies in Education

    Ross E. Traub, Ph.D. (Princeton)
    Professor
    (educational measurement and evaluation)

    Peter Trifonas, Ph.D. (British Columbia)
    Assistant Professor
    (critical literacy; curriculum theory; philosophy of education; social and cultural studies)

    Miles S. Turnbull, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Assistant Professor
    (French as a second language (core French and immersion); second language teaching and learning (FSL and international languages); teacher development; classroom-based research; initial teacher education; curriculum development; culture teaching)

    Joel Weiss, Ph.D. (Chicago)
    Associate Professor
    (program evaluation; research and professional practice; social policy analysis; relationships between school and non-school environments such as museums, work, homes)

    C. Gordon Wells, Ph.D. (Bristol)
    Professor
    (language development both spoken and written; language, literacy, and learning across the curriculum; classroom interaction; discourse analysis; collaborative research with teachers)

    Joyce A. Wilkinson, Ph.D. (Minnesota)
    Associate Professor; cross-appointed to the Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama
    (holistic personal, creative and cultural development through play, drama, the arts, holistic arts therapies, Canadian children's literature, imaginal thinking and creative interdisciplinarity)

    Dale M. Willows, Ph.D. (Waterloo)
    Professor; cross-appointed from Human Development and Applied Psychology

    David Wilson, Ph.D. (Syracuse)
    Professor; cross-appointed to Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology; and Theory & Policy Studies in Education
    (comparative, international, and development education; planning and evaluation of occupational training systems; human resource and education system planning; education in Africa, Asia, and Latin America; Inuit and Indian education in Canada; formal and non-formal education; the role of international agencies in development)

    Elgin Wolfe, M.Ed. (Toronto)
    Professor Emeritus
    (science education; student evaluation; alternate conceptions; problem solving strategies; teaching/learning strategies; module development; science and technology related to sports; student evaluation)

    Richard G. Wolfe, B.A. (Wisconsin)
    Associate Professor
    (data analysis and statistics; research and school applications of computers; achievement surveys)

    Earl Woodruff, Ph.D. (Toronto)
    Assistant Professor, cross-appointed from Human Development and Applied Psychology

    PROFESSORS EMERITI:

    Arnold Bowers, M.Ed. (Queen's)

    John A. Eisenberg, A.M. (Pennsylvania)

    Donald I. Galbraith, M.Ed. (Toronto)

    David Garth, B.Com. (Queen's)

    Natalie Kuzmich, M.A. (Toronto)

    Leslie D. McLean, Ph.D. (Wisconsin)

    Ronald G. Ragsdale, Ph.D. (Wisconsin)

    Floyd G. Robinson, Ph.D. (Alberta)

    H. Howard Russell, Ed.D. (Toronto)

    Ronald Silvers, Ph.D. (Princeton)


    Distance Education

    The Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning offers some sections of existing courses via distance learning (audio conferencing and computer conferencing) or off-campus in locations such as Kitchener, London, Ottawa, Peel, Peterborough and York region. Additionally, off-campus and technology-mediated courses are offered through the Curriculum Studies specialization ( page 82).

    For further details regarding off-campus and distance learning courses, contact:

    Wayne Seller, Coordinator of Technology-Mediated and Off-Campus Programs
    OISE/UT Northwestern Centre
    Telephone: (807) 475-8110
    Fax: (807) 475-8149

    OR

    Theresa Oliveira
    CTL Academic Programs Officer
    Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2747
    Fax: (416) 926-4744
    E-mail: toliveira@oise.utoronto.ca.

    The Department also offers on-campus and distance education courses in the French language in cooperation with the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education. For further details, see the Études en Français Interdisciplinary Focus ( page 225) or contact Nathalie Belanger, Coordinator, French Language Studies.

    OISE/UT Bulletin 2000/2001 -- University of Toronto Graduate Studies in Education
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