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.

Name Research Interests
Bredin, Shannon 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; 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, Meghan Academic Discourse; Children and youth; Discourse Analysis; Language ideology; Sociolinguistics; 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 of childhood; history of education, history of children’s medical treatment in Canada; history of women in Canada, history of gender and sexuality, History of children and youth and the history of education, critical approaches to children and youth, gender and sexuality, the body, race and nation, research methods in education, and schooling and the familyautobiographical approaches to the history of family, and schooling, mothering and language learning, Indigenous priorities in schooling, gender culture in kindergarten, sexuality and HIV prevention education in the context of South Africa, and educational leadership as a key concept in Early Childhood Education
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 Colonialism; early childhood and elementary education; Educational Context; Gender; race; sexuality; teacher education; childhood; Transgender Studies; LGBT Studies; queer studies; 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; Children & Youth, Curriculum Studies Research, Feminist Studies, Pedagogy
Renwick, Kerry Critical Pedagogy; Educational Policy; Familial Contexts; Health Education; Home Economics; Human and Social Ecology; Public health; teacher education; 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