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CURRICULUM
VITAE:
Kelvin
L. Seifert
Professor, Department of Educational Administration, Foundations, &
Psychology
Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg,
Manitoba
Canada
R3T 3R5
Office
Telephone: 001-204-474-9859
FAX: 001-204-474-7564
Education
B.A., Psychology,
Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1967.
M.A.,
Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A., 1969.
Ph.D.,
Education and Psychology, University of Michigan, 1973.
Professional
Work Experience
1999, 2006-2007, 2008-2009: Acting Department Head, Department of Educational
Administration, Foundations, and Psychology, Faculty of Education, University
of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2.
1997(July)
to present: Professor of Educational Administration, Foundations, and
Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,
Manitoba R3T 2N2.
1993 (December)
to 1995 (July): Associate Dean, Faculty of Education, University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2.
1991-93:
Head of Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education,
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2.
1990-91:
Visiting Scholar, Center for Educational Research at Stanford, Stanford
University, California 94305.
1986 to
present: Professor of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education,
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2.
1981-86:
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education,
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1974-81:
Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education,
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1978-79:
Kindergarten teacher, Winnipeg School Division, 1577 Wall Street, Winnipeg.
1973-74:
Lecturer and Lead Teacher, Demonstration Preschool, Department of Home
Economics, San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192.
1972-73:
Teaching fellow (part-time), School of Education, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. (Taught "Introduction to Educational Psychology")
1968-71:
Production and research assistant, High/Scope Educational Research Foundation,
Ypsilanti, MI 48197.
1968-69:
Teaching fellow (part-time), School of Education, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. (Taught "Introduction to Educational Psychology")
Early Childhood Teaching Experience
2003,
September-December: Grade 1-2 teacher assistant (half-time), Montrose
School, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2000,
May-June: Grade 1-2 teacher (half-time), Riverbend School, Seven Oaks
School Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1978-79: Kindergarten teacher (full-time), Greenway School, Winnipeg
School Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1972-73:
Preschool teacher (half-time), Beth Israel Nursery School, Ann Arbor,
Michigan.
1971-72:
Child care worker/teacher (full-time) Perry Child Care Center, Ann Arbor,
Michigan.
1971, May-August: Child care worker/teacher (full-time), Ann Arbor Child
Care Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Other Work Experience:
Curriculum
evaluation officer:
1967-68,
Ann Arbor Public Schools, "Foreign Languages Innovative Curriculum
Study Project"
1965 (summer), Stanford Medical School, Department of Pharmacology.
Summer
recreation camp counselling:
1964,
elementary-age children, crafts and music, Massachusetts.
1966,
junior-high youth, remedial mathematics and language arts, Pennsylvania.
1967,
elementary-age children and junior-high youth, music director, New
York State.
Research
assistant:
1965,
summer: Laboratory assistant, Stanford University Medical School,
Stanford, California.
1973,
summer: Laboratory intern/assistant, Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo
Alto, California.
Professional
Affiliations
American
Psychological Association (Division: teaching of psychology)
American
Educational Research Association (Special Interest Groups (SIGs): 1) Teaching
educational psychology, 2) Early childhood education/child development
National
Association for Education of Young Children (Life-time comprehensive
member)
Selected
Community Services
Director
and teacher, recreation and education program for early years children,
West-End Day Care Centre, Winnipeg. Summer, 1975 and Summer, 1976.
Half-time
kindergarten teacher (volunteer), Norquay School, Winnipeg School Division.
May-June, 1976.
Member of organizing committee, Annual Conference of the Canadian Association
for Young Children, 1976-78.
Chairperson, national Children's Film Festival, 1977-78.
Board of Governors, Canadian Association for Young Children, 1979-81
(Manitoba representative).
Producer of radio series, "Living With Children," CJUM-FM, Winnipeg,
Spring, 1978. (18 five-minute programs, each aired twice)
Member of steering committee, Preschool Services Survey Project, Manitoba
Teachers' Society, 1977-79.
Member, Children's Mental Health Committee, Canadian Mental Health Association,
1978-80.
Member of organizing committee, annual conferences of the Early Childhood
Education Council of Manitoba, 1979 and 1980.
Teacher, Unitarian Church School, 1979-81, 1984-90, and 1992-94.
Chairperson, religious education planning committee, Unitarian Church
of Winnipeg, 1980-82 and 1984-86.
Child Day Care Education and Training Committee, Joint Ministries of
Education and of Community Services, 1982-83.
Child Care Diploma Program Advisory Committee, Department of Continuing
Education, University of Manitoba, 1985-88.
Early Years Program Review Committee, Ministry of Education, 1986-87.
Continuing Education Innovation Fund Committee, Department of Continuing
Education, University of Manitoba, 1993-present.
Youth
Group Leader, Unitarian Church, 1994-97.
Congregational-Ministerial Relations Committee (chair), Unitarian Church
of Winnipeg, 1996-1998.
Winnipeg Folk Festival Volunteer, music sales, July 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001; financial administration team, 2002 to present.
Winnipeg
Youth Orchestras, Board of Directors, newsletter editor, 1999-2000.
Winnipeg
Harvest Volunteer, 1995-96, 2004 (January-June).
Professional
Workshops or Presentations
Paritz
Folk School, parents' night. "The development of children's thinking."
February 1, 1977.
Radio interview, CFRW-AM. Two-hour phone-in session intended for parents
of young children. September 22, 1977.
Faculty of Education Colloquium, University of Manitoba. "Attitudes
of principals about early childhood teachers: Preliminary results."
February 9, 1978.
Winnipeg School Divisional in-service for early years teachers. "How
has practical experience with children affected my university teaching?"
January 26, 1979.
Annual conference of the Early Childhood Education Council of Manitoba.
"Misunderstandings between early years teachers and school administrators."
October 16, 1979.
Scholarly conference, "Children and society," University of Winnipeg.
"Men and their relationships with children." November 1, 1979.
Parents' Group, Fort Garry Family Life Information Center. "Sex-role
development in young children." November 29, 1979.
Training session for volunteers, Winnipeg Museum of Man and Nature.
"Differences in thinking between young children and old." January 7,
1980.
Y-Neighbors, St. Vital YWCA. "Preparing preschoolers for school." February
27, 1980.
Invited speaker, Unitarian Church of Winnipeg. "What do parents and
the clergy have in common?" May 6, 1980.
Parents' Group, Fort Garry Family Life Information Center. "Improving
self-confidence in preschoolers." June 10, 1980.
Invited interview for CKY-TV. "The role of fathers in child-rearing."
January 4, 1981.
Parent Cooperative Nursery of North Kildonan United Church. "When are
children ready for school?" December 8, 1981.
Invited keynote speaker, annual meeting of the Manitoba Child Care Association.
"Fathers and parents: Any difference?" October 19, 1982.
Y-Neighbors, St. Vital YWCA. "Getting your five-year-old ready for school."
February 10, 1983.
Assessor of Third Annual Children's Poster Competition, Department of
Mines and Resources. April, 1983.
Invited interview, CBW-AM "Information Radio," "Career experiences of
men who teach young children." March 5, 1983.
Y-Neighbors, Winnipeg YWCA (downtown branch). "Differences among preschools
and early education programs." February 4, 1985.
Y-Neighbors, Winnipeg YWCA (downtown branch). "Getting your child ready
for school." September, 1985; repeated in September, 1986 and 1987.
Invited radio interviews, CKRW-FM. "Preparing your child for school."
October, 1986 (repeated in 1987).
Volunteer training session, Unitarian Church School, Winnipeg. "Development
of religious identities in childhood." October 6, 1988.
Professional development workshop (½-day), Society for Manitobans with
Disabilities, "Using play to best advantage." August 23, 1988.
First-Day School Planning Committee, Palo Alto Friends' Meeting. September,
1990 to June, 1991.
Parent-teachers' Committee, Oakenwald School, Winnipeg, Manitoba. February
17, 1993. "Fostering better parent-teacher relationships in the early
years."
Invited radio interview, CBC-AM, Information Radio morning
show. "Gender Typing in Children's Toys." January 8, 1993.
Young Parents' Group, Bethel Mennonite Church, "The impact of birth
order on children's development." October 9, 1997; again on March 18,
1999.
Planning advisory committee, Parent-Child Centers, Winnipeg School Division
#1, May, 1997 to January, 1998.
Other assorted interviews (1-3 per year) for the local newspaper and
radio stations (no record kept).
University Courses Taught
Learning
and instruction:
Psychology of Learning (B.Ed. level)
Psychology
of Learning (M.Ed. level)
Developmental
psychology:
Development in Learning Environments (M.Ed. level)
Lifelong Learning (M.Ed. level)
Practice teaching supervision (4-8 students per year, B.Ed. level)
Research
methods:
Qualitative Methods of Research in Education (M.Ed. & Ph.D. level)
Introduction to Educational Research (M.Ed. level)
Doctoral Tutorial (Ph.D. level)
Doctoral tutorial (124.701)
University Committees and Administrative Service (asterisk
[*] indicates within past 3 years)
As Member
Committee
on Faculty Committee Structure (Faculty), 1975-76.
Graduate
Admissions Committee (Departmental), 1975-77; 1983-88.
Graduate Studies Committee (Faculty), 1993-1996, 2001-2004, 2007-present.
Doctoral Studies Committee (Faculty), 2003-2007.
Undergraduate
Admissions Committee (Faculty), 1975-79; 1981-82; 1997-2000.
Undergraduate
Program Development and Review Committee (Faculty), 1978-79.
Library
Committee (Faculty), 1974-75, 1980-84.
Workload
Committee (Faculty), 1980-84.
Faculty
Council of Graduate Studies (University), 1980-84, 2005-present
Library
Committee (University), 1981-83.
Executive
Committee (Faculty), 1982-83.
Tenure
and Promotions Policy Committee (Faculty), 1983-1988; 2001-2005
Committee
on the Evaluation of Teaching (Faculty), 1986-1988.
Early
Years Planning Task Force (Faculty), 1988-89.
University
Senate, 1988-90, 1994-1996.
Committee
on Student Standing (Faculty), 1987-90.
Early
Years Program Stream Committee, 1991-present.
Working Group to Revise Core Course, "Psychological Foundations in Education,"
1991-1995.
Task
Force on Technology and Education, 1993-95, 1997-1998.
Post-Baccalaureate
Certificate in Education Committee, 1997-2007.
Endowment
Fund Committee, 1996, 1997, 1999.
Employment
Equity Systems Review Committee, 1999-2001.
Various
Search Committees for new faculty members (specific information available
on request).
As Chair of Committee
Chair,
Graduate Admissions Committee (Departmental), 1984-1986.
Chair,
Tenure and Promotion Policy Committee (Faculty), 1986-89; 2001-2002.
Chair, Committee to Review the Department of Educational Psychology
(University), 1987-1989.
Chair,
Graduate Studies Committee, 1994-1996.
Chair,
Doctoral Studies Committee, 1994-1996.
Chair,
Task Force on Technology and Education, 1994-95.
Chair, Working Group to Plan Core Course, "Psychological Foundations
in Education," 1991-1993.
Chair,
Task Force on Workload Credit Revision, 1994-95.
Administrative Service
Chair
of Department of Educational Psychology, 1991-93.
Associate
Dean (graduate programs and technology), 1993-95.
Acting Department Head, Department of Educational Administration, Foundations,
and Psychology, 1999, 2006-2007, 2008-2009.
Chair,
Inclusive Special Education area group, 1999-2003.
Chair, Local Area Health and Safety Committee (Faculty), 2007-present.
Graduate Student Advisees--Ph.D.
Beryl Peters (major advisor)
Colleen
Podaima (major advisor)
Lynne Cantor
Mary-Ann Updike
Graduate Student Advisees--M.Ed.
Samer Alfraihat
Linda Baranoski
Ross Cathers
Eldon Dueck
Eleanor Maine
Alain Michalik
Desiree Narvey
Jean-Paul
Rochon
Joshua Watt
Research Grants
1974-75: $1500, Research Board of the University of Manitoba, "Attitudes
about men in early childhood education."
1976-77: $800, Research Board of the University of Manitoba, "Language
styles of early childhood teachers-in-training."
1977-78: $450, Research Board of the University of Manitoba, "Attitudes
of principals toward early childhood education teachers."
1983-84: $3380, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,
"Career experiences of men who teach young children."
1984-85: $2500, Research Fund of the Faculty of Education, University
of Manitoba, "Careers of former teachers of young children."
1987-88: $4000, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,
"Circumstances which affect development of commitment to early childhood
teaching."
1991-92: $3600, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,
"Ontological commitments in the study of the child."
1993-94: $2500, Faculty of Education Research Development Fund, University
of Manitoba. "Textbook knowledge and informal knowledge of teaching
compared."
2000-2001: $4000 (course release + $1000), Faculty of Education Research
Development Fund, University of Manitoba. "Early Years' Teachers Ambivalence
About Teaching Science."
2002-2003: $1000, Faculty of Education, "Student Cohorts in Teacher
Education."
2004-2005: $500, Faculty of Education, "Educational Psychology
and Student Cohorts."
Contracts for Scholarly or Professional Service
1974-75: $400, University of Manitoba Fund for the Evaluation of Teaching,
"Evaluation of early childhood education students two years after graduation."
1982, Fall: $1200, Study Guide to accompany Educational
Psychology, 1st edition, Houghton-Mifflin Publishing Company.
1984, Spring: $2500, Instructor's Manual to accompany Child
and Adolescent Development, 1st edition, Houghton-Mifflin Publishing
Company.
1984-85: $4500, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,
Scholarly Conference, "The child in social context," October 4-5, 1984.
1984-85: $1500, Office of Vice-President (Academic), Scholarly Conference,
"The child in social context," October 4-5, 1984.
1985-86: $31,000, Ministry of Indian and Northern Affairs, "Evaluation
of early childhood programs in Federal schools," Fall 1986.
1988, Spring: $200, Ministry of Education, High School Review, position
paper on "Adolescent development."
1988, Fall: $2500, for research assistant in preparing revisions to
Educational Psychology,
2d edition, Houghton-Mifflin Publishing Company.
1990: $2500, Faculty of Education Research and Development Fund, "Early
childhood educators' ontologies of the child"
1992: $2500, Faculty of Education Research and Development Fund, "Preservice
teachers beliefs about educational psychology"
1999-2000: $3000, Faculty of Education Research and Development Fund,
"Teachers' dilemmas of aversion and attraction about science education"
Journal Articles (Refereed)
Seifert, Kelvin. (1969). Comparison of verbal interaction in two preschool
programs. Young Children, 24, 350-355.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1983). Some problems of men in child care work. Child
Welfare, 52(3), 167-171.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1974). Getting men to teach preschool. Contemporary
Education, 45(4), 299-302.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1975). The best men for child care work. Child
Care Quarterly, 4(3), 188-194.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1978). Some behaviors of teachers of young children.
Journal of the Canadian Association for Young Children, 4(2),
38-45.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1981). Have we oversold mainstreaming? Journal
of the Canadian Association for Young Children, 4(2), 6-9.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1985). Sex differences in careers teaching young children.
Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 1(1), 56-66.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1988). The culture of early education and the preparation
of male teachers. Early Child Development and Care, 15, 35-43.
Seifert, Kelvin and Atkinson, Laura. (1991). Does home hinder professional
commitment? The case of early education. Educational Policy, 5(1),
79-96.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1992a). What develops in informal theories of the
child? Journal of Learning about Learning, 5(1), 3-14.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1992b). The mosaic and the melting pot: Early childhood
teacher preparation in the United States and Canada. Early Child
Development and Care, 18, 48-56.
Seifert, Kelvin and Handziuk, Deborah. (1993). Early childhood educators'
beliefs about children. Canadian Children, 18(2), 21-26.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1998). Differences in teaching practice: real or apparent?
Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 7(2),
147-156.
Seifert, Kelvin & Evans, Charlotte. (2001). Fostering the development of ESL/ASL bilinguals. TESL Canada Journal, 18(2).
Seifert, Kelvin. (2004). Learning to feel like a teacher: Identity development in teacher education. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, Issue #32.
Seifert, Kelvin. (2005). Learning about peers: A missed opportunity in teaching educational psychology. Clearinghouse, 78(5), 239-245.
Seifert, Kelvin & Mandzuk, David. (2006). Student cohorts in teacher education: Support groups or intellectual communities? Teachers' College Record, 108(7), 1296-1320.
Mandzuk, David, Hasinoff, Shelley, & Seifert, Kelvin. (2006). Inside a student cohort: Teacher education from a social capital perspective. Canadian Journal of Education, 28(1-2), 168-184.
Seifert, Kelvin. (2006). Purchasing networks as clues to assessing educational psychology textbooks. Teaching Educational Psychology (online). Accessible at: <http://www.teachingeducpsych.org/recent-issues-1/2006- >.
Seifert, Kelvin (2008). Using associated purchases to assess differences among textbooks about educational psychology. Teaching Educational Psychology (online). Accessible at: http://www.teachingeducpsych.org .
Seifert, Kelvin. (2009). Narrative as a basis for teaching educational psychology. Teaching Educational Psychology (online). Accessible at: http://www.teachingeducpsych.org/recent-issues-1/2009- .
Seifert, Kelvin. (in press). Content priorities when students write their own textbook. Teaching Educational Psychology (online). Accessible at: http://www.teachingeducpsych.org .
Chapters
in Books (Refereed)
Seifert, Kelvin. (1987). Men in early education. In B. Spodek, O. Saracho,
and D. Peters (Eds.), Professionalism in early childhood education.
New York: Teachers' College Press.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1993). Cognitive development in early childhood education.
In B. Spodek (Ed), Handbook of Research on Early Childhood Education
(pp. 4-68). New York: Macmillan.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1996). Teaching at a distance: Will it really work?
In L. Lucas (Ed.), Practitioners write the book: What works in educational
technology. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.
Seifert, Kelvin. (2000). Uniformity and diversity in everyday views
of "the" child. In C. Raeff, C. Super, and S. Harkness (Eds.), New
Directions in Child Development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Seifert, Kelvin. (2001). Sociable thinking: Cognitive development in
early childhood. In B. Spodek and O. Saracho (Eds)., Contemporary
perspectives on early childhood education. Boston: Information
Age Publishers.
Seifert, Kelvin. (in press). Cognitive development in early childhood
education revisited. In B. Spodek & O. Saracho (Eds.), Handbook
of Research on Early Childhood Education, 2nd Edition. Mahwah,
NJ: Erlbaum.
Books (Refereed)
Seifert, Kelvin. Constructing a Psychology of Teaching and Learning.
Boston: Houghton-Mifflin (1999).
Seifert, Kelvin, Hoffnung, Robert, and Hoffnung, Michelle. Lifespan
human development. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin (1st edition,
1997; 2nd edition, 2000).
Seifert, Kelvin. (1983/1991). Educational psychology. Boston:
Houghton-Mifflin. (1st edition, 1983; 2nd edition,
1991)
Seifert, Kelvin and Hoffnung, Robert. Child and adolescent development.
Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. (1st edition, 1987; 2nd
edition, 1991; 3rd edition, 1994; 4th edition,
1997; 5th edition, 2000).
Seifert, Kelvin & Sutton, Rosemary. (2008/2009). Educational psychology (online). Athens, GA: Global Textbook Project. Accessible at: <http://docs.globaltext.terry.uga.edu:8095/anonymous/webdav/Educational%20Psychology/Educational%20Psychology.pdf>
Hoffnung, M., Hoffnung, R., & Seifert, K. (2009). Lifespan development: First Australasian edition. Brisbane, Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Hoffnung, M., Hoffnung, R., & Seifert, K. (2009). Childhood: First Australasian edition. Brisbane, Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Book (Non-Refereed)
Garrod, A., Bartell, R., Rampaul, W., and Seifert, K. (1984). Perspectives
on teaching, learning, and development: A book of readings. Dubuque,
Iowa: Kendall/Hunt.
Monograph
Seifert, Kelvin. (1986). Evaluation of early childhood programs
in Federal schools in Northern Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Department
of Indian and Northern Affairs.
Curriculum Materials
Seifert, Kelvin. (1983). Instructors' Manual for Educational
Psychology. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. [First Edition: 1983.
Second Edition: 1991.]
Seifert, Kelvin. (1983). Student Study Guide for Educational
Psychology. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. [First Edition: 1983.
Second Edition: 1991.]
Seifert, Kelvin (with W. Schulz, W. Rampaul and N. Vadeboncoeur). (1989).
Seminar and School Experience II: Student Manual. Winnipeg,
MB: Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba.
Seifert, Kelvin and Hoffnung, Robert. Instructors' Manual for Child
and Adolescent Development. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. (Editions:
1983; 1987; 1991; 1996; 2000)
Seifert, Kelvin and Hoffnung, Robert. Student Study Guide for Child
and Adolescent Development. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. (Editions:
1983; 1987; 1991; 1996; 2000)
Seifert, Kelvin, Hoffnung, Robert, and Hoffnung, Michelle. Instructors'
Manual for Lifespan Development.
Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. (Editions: 1997; 2000)
Seifert, Kelvin, Hoffnung, Robert, and Hoffnung, Michelle. Student
Study Guide for Lifespan Development.
Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. (Editions: 1997; 2000)
Seifert, Kelvin (Ed.). (2009). <http://teachingedpsych.wikispaces.com>--a website of resources to support teaching educational psychology.
Other Articles and Chapters (Non-refereed)
Seifert, Kelvin. (1975, Fall). Salaries of early childhood teachers
in Manitoba: a survey. Today for Tomorrow (journal of the Early
Childhood Education Council of Manitoba), 1-4.
Seifert, Kelvin and Froese, Sandra. (1975, November). Evaluation of
graduates of the early childhood education program, University of Manitoba.
Manitoba Teacher.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1976). Early childhood education in a no-growth economy.
Manitoba Journal of Education, 11(2), 35-38.
Seifert, Kelvin and Lyons, Wendy. (1978, Spring). Attitudes of principals
toward early childhood teachers: a pilot study. Today for Tomorrow.
Seifert, Kelvin and Grunau, Harold. (1981, Fall). Today for Tomorrow.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1981, Spring). Asking the "Tough" questions: a review
of four books on language development. Today for Tomorrow.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1981, Spring). Perception of children's literature
in early and late childhood. Classmate.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1985, Fall). Career experiences of men who teach young
children. Educators' Forum.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1987, Fall). How child development can help teachers.
Educators' Forum.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1991). Can parents and teachers learn from each other?
The Educators' Notebook, 4(1).
Seifert, Kelvin. (1993). Onward and upward? A review of The Mind's
Staircase, by Robbie Case. Newsletter of the Early Education/Child
Development Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research
Association, 15, 4.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1994). Too many selves: A review of The Saturated
Self, by Kenneth Gergen. Canadian Journal of Counselling.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1997, January). Saying our good byes: Starting Swarthmore
in the 60's and in the 90's. Swarthmore Alumni Bulletin.
Seifert, Kelvin. (2001). Can brain research really help teachers? The
Educators' Notebook, 14(1).
Seifert,
Kelvin. (2005). Nursery school and preschool education. In David Salkind
(Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Development. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage.
Seifert,
Kelvin. (2005). School and human development. In David Salkind (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of Human Development. Thousand Oasks, CA: Sage.
Seifert,
Kelvin. (2005). Peer cohorts in teacher education: A missed opportunity
for educational psychology. In S. Deemer (Ed.), The Clearing House:
Special Issue on Teacher Education and Educational Psychology.
Seifert,
Kelvin & Mandzuk, David. (in press). Student cohorts in teacher
education: Support groups or intellectual communities? In Teachers'
College Record.
Mandzuk, David, Hasinoff, Shelley, & Seifert, Kelvin.
(in press). Social capital and peer relationships in student cohorts.
In Canadian Journal of Education.
Research in Progress/Preparation
Seifert,
Kelvin (with David Mandzuk). "How Much Do Peer Cohorts Help in
Preservice Teacher Education?"
Seifert,
Kelvin. "Contributions of Educational Psychology to Learning about
Peer Cohorts in Teacher Education."
Presentations at Conferences
Seifert, Kelvin. (1971, April). Systematic observation of preschool
teaching styles. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, New York City.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1978, March). Student teachers' classroom styles in
early childhood education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the Council for Exceptional Children, Winnipeg, MB.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1981, November). New roles for fathers in early childhood
education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association
for Young Children, Toronto. ON.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1983, April). Perceptions of competence of men who
teach young children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, Montreal, PQ.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1983, June). Can men teach and nurture young children?
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Psychological
Association, Winnipeg, MB.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1984, June). Career experiences of men who teach young
children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society
for Studies in Education, Guelph, Ontario.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1984, February). Men with children: The failure of
ambition and the achievement of care. Invited address at Center for
the Study of Equity in Education, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA,
USA.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1985, April). Gender differences in early childhood
careers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, Chicago.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1986, November). Professionalism in early education.
Invited presession symposium at the annual meeting of the National Association
for the Education of Young Children, Chicago.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1988, April). Men in early education: what we know
and need to know. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1989, April). Does home hinder professional commitment?
The case of early education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1991, April). Who are the experts? Teachers' and professors'
taxonomies of child development. Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1992, March). What develops in informal theories of
the child? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Seifert, Kelvin (1993, March). Informal ontologies of the child.
Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research
on Child Development, New Orleans.
Seifert, Kelvin (1993, August). Public science and private ontologies
of the child. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association,
Toronto, Canada.
Seifert, Kelvin (1994, March). Uniformity and diversity in everyday
views of the child. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting
of the Society for Research on Child Development, Indianapolis, IN.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1995, June). Teachers' and parents' implicit views
of learning compared. Annual meeting of the Jean Piaget Society,
Chicago, IL.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1996, March). Human realities of distance education.
Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago,
IL.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1997, June). Relationships of teachers' beliefs
and practice to everyday views of learning. Annual meeting of the
Jean Piaget Society, Los Angeles, CA.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1998, March). Supporting and sustaining classroom-based
research. Nineteenth Annual Forum on Ethnography in Education,
Philadelphia, PA.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1998, March). Consistency--real and apparent--among
early childhood teachers. Nineteenth annual Forum on Ethnography
in Education, Philadelphia, PA.
Seifert, Kelvin. (1998, April). University-school collaboration
on teacher research. Annual meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Seifert, Kelvin. (2000, March). Moderating the effects of over-
and underinclusion. Twenty-first Annual Forum on Ethnography in
Education, Philadelphia, PA.
Seifert, Kelvin (2000, April). Can a child ever be too included?
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, New Orleans, LA.
Seifert, Kelvin (2000, April). Framing educational psychology as
deliberately ambiguous. Paper presented at symposium sponsored
by the Teaching of Educational Psychology Special Interest Group, Annual
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans,
LA.
Seifert, Kelvin (2001, April). Dilemmas of attraction and aversion
to science among early years students. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.
Seifert, Kelvin (2001, April). Using e-mail as a tool for teaching
educational psychology. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.
Seifert, Kelvin. (2002, April). Sociable thinking: Influences of
constructivism on non-constructivist research about learning and development.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, New Orleans, LA.
Seifert,
Kelvin. (2002, April). New directions in teaching educational psychology.
Symposium/discussion meeting organized and led at the Annual Meeting
of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Seifert,
Kelvin (2003, May). Challenges of identity development in preservice
teacher education. Paper presented at the joint symposium on teacher
education, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, and University
of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Seifert,
Kelvin & Mandzuk, David (2004, February). How much do cohorts
help in preservice teacher education. Paper presented at the 25th
Annual Forum on Ethnography in Education, Philadelphia, USA.
Seifert, Kelvin. (2005, April). Experiencing peers vs. just hearing about them: Doing both in educational psychology. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, PQ.
Seifert, Kelvin. (2006, April). Associated purchases as clues to textbook characteristics. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Seifert, Kelvin. (2007, April). Using narratives to teach educational psychology. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Seifert, Kelvin. (2008, March). Content similarities between the PRAXIS II and educational psychology textbooks: Now you see them, now you don’t. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Seifert, Kelvin. (2009, April). Content priorities of students as authors of their own educational psychology textbook. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Editing
Guest editor, 1976, Manitoba Journal of Education, 11(2). Special
issue about early childhood education.
Editor, Today for Tomorrow (Journal of the Early Childhood
Education Council of Manitoba), 1976-78.
Editor (with Andrew Garrod), The child in social context, Monograph
#11, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, Summer, 1989.
Editor (with Nancy Knapp), Teaching Educational Psychology.
Online journal of the Special Interest Group on Teaching Educational
Psychology, American Educational Research Association. 2000-present.
Editor,
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration. Online at <www.umanitoba.ca/publications/cjeap>.
2002-present.
Other Scholarly Service
Occasional
reviews of texts in educational psychology and child development (no
record kept).
Occasional
reviews for the following journals:
Educational
Researcher
Canadian
Children
Young
Children
Canadian
Journal of Education
Teaching Educational Psychology
Coordinator, Faculty of Education Colloquium Series, 1982-83, 2002-present.
Convener, Scholarly Conference, "Child in Social Context," October 4-5,
1984. Sponsored by SSHRC and University of Manitoba.
Convener of symposium, "Early childhood education as a career," at annual
meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 1985.
(5 research-oriented presentations)
Convener of symposium, "Professionalism in early education," at annual
meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children,
Chicago, 1986. (5 professionally-oriented presentations)
Member of Executive Board, Special Interest Group on Teaching Educational Psychology, American Educational Research Association, 2001-2006, 2007-present:
* Program chair: 2001-2002, 2007-2008
* President: 2002-2003, 2008-2009
* Past-president (Nominations chair): 2003-2004, 2009-2010
[Revised
November, 2009]
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