Education

2006

Ph.D. (Curriculum Theory and Implementation)
Simon Fraser University, Canada
Thesis:Caring and human agency: Foundations of an approach to teacher education
[To view a copy of the thesis, click here.)

2000

Post-Baccalaureate Diploma (Building Literate Communities: Examining Models of Instrucations for mathematics and language teaching)
Simon Fraser University, Canada

1993

Ph.D. (Linguistics)
Free University of Berlin, Germany
Thesis: Grammatiken als empirische axiomatische Theorien [Grammars as empirical axiomatic theories]
[For a link to the publisher's information on the published version of the thesis, click here.]

1989

First State Examination for High School Teaching (German and Mathematics)
Free University of Berlin, Germany
Thesis: Grundlagen der Integrativen Satzsemantik [Foundations of the Integrative Sentence Semantics]

Academic Service

Professional Assocations

Since 2010

Past-President, Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE)

2008-10

President, Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE)

2008-10

Board of Directors, Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)

2006-08

Vice-President, Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE)

2006-08

Conference Program Chair, Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE)

Editorial Activities

2005-10

Managing Editor, Paideusis (link to journal)

Conference Organization

2010

Conference co-organizer (with Hans Smits); “Fourth Working Conference on Research in Teacher Education in Canada”; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 18-29.
[Conference Series web site: www.umanitoba.ca/education/TEResearch]

Conference co-organiser (with Pamela Hagen and Lynn Thomas); Pre-Conference of the Canadian Association for Teacher Education: “Field Experiences in Canadian Pre-Service Teacher Education”; Concordia University, Montreal, QC, May 28.

2009

Conference co-organizer (with Hans Smits); “Third Working Conference on Research in Teacher Education in Canada”; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 5-7.
[Conference Series web site: www.umanitoba.ca/education/TEResearch]

2008

Conference co-organizer (with Tom Russell and Hans Smits); “Second Working Conference on Research in Teacher Education in Canada”; Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, November 7-9.
[Conference Series web site: www.umanitoba.ca/education/TEResearch]

Program Chair; Annual Conferences of the Canadian Association of Teacher Education as part of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 31-June 3.
[For information on the conference, click here.]

2007

Conference co-organizer (with Hans Smits); “Working Conference on Research in Teacher Education in Canada”; University of Manitoba, Manitoba, November 1-3.
[Conference Series web site: www.umanitoba.ca/education/TEResearch]

Conference co-organizer (with Tim Hopper), Pre-Conference of the Canadian Association for Teacher Education: “How might we help the Dean's Accord on Teacher Education live well in faculties of education?"; University of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 25.

Program Chair; Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Teacher Education as part of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 26-29.
[For information on the conference, click here.]

Conference co-organizer (with David Mandzuk); Faculty-based conference on teacher education: "Building on What We Have Learned"; Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, March 15-16.

2004

Program Chair, Symposium ‘Education With/Out Borders’, Education Graduate Students Association, Simon Fraser University, October 16.
[For information on the Symposium Series, click here.]