Early Childhood Education
Key areas of focus include: theorizing early childhood and early childhood education, research and research methodologies, issues in early childhood curriculum, instruction, assessment and evaluation, and cross departmental inquiries in early childhood education.
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Faculty Members in Early Childhood Education
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Bredin, Shannon | Medicine, nursing and health curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Psychology, social and behavorial aspects; Indigenous health; Physical education and development curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health; Health promotion and disease prevention; Motor Behaviour (Motor Expertise, Learning, and Development); Human Performance; Physical Activity; Knowledge Translation and Mobilization; Indigenous Health and Physical Activity; Long-Term Athlete Development; Childhood Development; sport |
| Corella Morales, Meghan | Other languages and literature; Academic Discourse; Children and youth; Discourse Analysis; Language ideology; Sociolinguistics |
| Early, Margaret | Adolescent issues, English as a second Language, language education, literacy, teacher research |
| Ford, Laurie | Early Childhood Assessment, Youth and Families |
| Gerofsky, Susan | Curriculum Studies Research, Mathematics, Media, Semiotics, Text Studies, Pedagogy, Research Design and Method, Technology; gesture; genre; mathematics and the arts; Performance Theory |
| Gleason, Mona | History, archaeology and related studies |
| Gouzouasis, Peter | early childhood music education; computer literacy through fine arts and new media; music in mass media; especially jazz, guitar, Music education, Action Research, Artistic and Aesthetic Development, Arts Education, Assessment, Early Childhood Education, Educational Technologies, Literacy, Media, Semiotics, Text Studies, Music, Music Education Research, Non-Formal Learning, Pedagogy, Philosophy, Research Design and Method, Sociological Issues, Teacher Education Research, Teacher Research, Technology |
| Keenan, Harper | Curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Gender, sexuality and education; Inter-disciplinary, trans-disciplinary learning and education; Colonialism; early childhood and elementary education; Educational Context; Gender; race; sexuality; teacher education; childhood; Transgender Studies; LGBT Studies; queer studies |
| Li, Guofang | longitudinal studies of immigrant children |
| Petherick, Leanne | Curriculum Studies Research; Children & Youth; Feminist Studies; Pedagogy |
| Renwick, Kerry | Curriculum, pedagogy and didactics, n.e.c.; Teacher education and professional development of educators; Critical Pedagogy; Educational Policy; Familial Contexts; Health Education; Home Economics; Human and Social Ecology; Public health; teacher education |
| Vadeboncoeur, Jennifer | cultural-historical psychology, child/parent relationships, student/ teacher relationships, play and performance based learning, bridging school and out of school contexts for learning, Alternative schooling and pedagogies, Critical theory, Discourse and critical discourse analysis, ethnography, Qualitative research, Socially constructing knowledge and identity, Sociocultural approaches to learning and teaching, Young people placed |