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Researchers in the Faculty of Education strive to make a difference in the lives of children, youth, and adults. Our faculty is home to thriving Research Centres and internationally recognized scholars. We aim to be the leading medium-sized Faculty of Education in Canada in research.

Strategy:

Our five strategic goals in research:

To increase the academic impact of our research.
To increase the societal impact of our research, with knowledge transfer and knowledge mobilization that includes students, professionals, policy makers, and other citizens.
To work with and support members of marginalized groups through research.
To increase support for research within the Faculty of Education, including access to grants and research infrastructure; to provide a rich research culture; and to increase support for Faculty of Education research through research centres.
To support a research-intensive experience for graduate students throughout the MA and PhD programs.

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Researchers

Research Office

Research Centres

Events

Recent Publications

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Recent Publications

Dr. Isha Decoito publishes two chapters in co-edited book

Dr. Barillas Chón co-authors chapter in "Handbook of Latinos and Education: Theory, Research and Practice" 2nd Ed.

Dr. Isha Decoito is lead editor of new book "Teaching and Learning in Urban Agricultural Community Contexts"

Dr. Wayne Martino examines the educative significance of YouTube as a space for transgender and non-binary youth

PhD student Shadan Attia reviews "The Sociopolitics of English Language Testing"

Dr. Wayne Martino on policies and practices designed to support transgender and gender diverse students in schools

Dr. Barillas Chón on contexts shaping young Maya migrants’ lived realities

PhD student Shaden Attia reviews "The Transformative Power of Language, subtitle, From Postcolonial to Knowledge Societies in Africa"

Ed.D. student Megan Edgelow on return to work (RTW) programs for people with trauma-related mental health conditions

PhD student Mohammad Azzam on embedding IPE language into accreditation standards

PhD student Val Semovski on the negative consequences of inconsistent use of assessments across pediatric mental health service sectors

PhD student Mohammad Azzam on the use of retrieval practice on student performance

Dr. Shannon Stewart's team develops and assesses the reliability and validity of the externalizing subscale on the interRAI Child and Youth Mental Health (ChYMH)

Dr. Gus Riveros co-authored a chapter in "Understanding educational leadership: Critical perspectives and approaches"

Dr. Shannon Stewart's team addresses the care planning needs of traumatized children and youth experiencing interpersonal polyvictimization

PhD student Shannon McKechnie reviews Archer & Schuetze's book "Preparing Students for Life and Work"

Dr. Shannon Stewart's team studies risk factors predicting school disruption in children and youth living in Ontario

Dr. Deanna Friesen compares verbal fluency between monolinguals and bilinguals

PhD student Zhouhan Jin investigates the effects of word learning through listening to teacher talk

PhD student Shaden Attia reviews Khiara M. Bridges' book "Critical Race Theory: A Primer"

Dr. Jun Li on self-mastery and the Confucian concept of zhong-yong

Dr. Deanna Friesen on reading comprehension in English-French adult bilinguals

Dr. Barbara Fenesi on the positive link between physical activity and and academic achievment

MA student Katie Hart assesses the support needs of caregivers of children with Down Syndrome

Dr. Isha DeCoito on the benefits of developing digital scientific timelines

Dr. Barbara Fenesi on the pros and cons of virtual reality anatomy instruction

Dr. Anton Puvirajah on how a summer youth program supports self-perceived communication competence

Dr. Isha DeCoito uses digital scientific timelines and a video game to address several key nature of science targets

Dr. Lynn Dare on the experience of students who skipped a grade

Dr. Isha DeCoito on digital video games as a learning environment

Dr. Nicole Neil compares methocs for teaching children with autism spectrum disorders to label objects

PhD student Lisa-Marie Gagliardi conducts a detailed overview of inquiry-based curriculum in early childhood education

Dr. Melody Viczko's invited chapter about how national organizations influence internationalization policies in Canadian higher education

Dr. Katina Pollock on how COVID-19 has changed school leaders' work

Dr. Pejman Habibie's edited the new book "Novice Writers and Scholarly Publication"

PhD student Sarah Hennessy talks about Idea Station

MA student Amira Hmidan examins how gender, sociosexuality and erotophilia influence sexual dreams

PhD Student Shannon McKechnie presents her findings from her MA research with student affairs and services practitioners in higher education

PhD student Sarah Hennessy explores pedagogies of indeterminacy

Dr. Gus Riveros advances the scope of research methods in educational administration and leadership

Dr. Karen Bax helps families living with epilepsy build resilience

Kelly-Ann MacAlpine studies how human and non-human relationships affect the development of children

Wei Wei explores the introduction of professional standards for principals in China

Claire Crooks examines the effectiveness of culturally-relevant programming for Indigenous youth

Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw investigates common world relations of children with places, materials and other species