Paul Tarc

Dr. Paul Tarc, PhD

Professor - Critical Policy, Equity and Leadership Studies

B.Sc. (University of Waterloo), B.Ed. (Queens University), M.Ed. (Queens University), Ph.D (York University)

Dr. Paul Tarc, PhD

Professor - Critical Policy, Equity and Leadership Studies

B.Sc. (University of Waterloo), B.Ed. (Queens University), M.Ed. (Queens University), Ph.D (York University)

My main research interests in progressive and critical modes of education are articulated through 'post'-informed theories of representation, ethics, subjectivity and pedagogy. I have taught for nine years in K-12 schools in South America, South-East Asia and Ontario.

My first book, Global dreams, enduring tensions: International Baccalaureate (IB) in a changing world, uses the IB as the focal point to historicize the 'international' of international education under globalization. My recently published book, International education in global times: Engaging the pedagogic, focuses on the complex processes of learning and subject formation in and from one’s international experience.

My particular domains of inquiry include: globalization and education, international education (including international school teachers and the International Baccalaureate), theories of knowing, politics of schooling, progressive pedagogies, critical literacies, teacher education, reflective practice, teachers' work and learning, and interpretive research methods in Education.