The Centre for Education Research The Centre for Education Research (CER)(CER)

The Centre for Education Research The Centre for Education Research (CER)(CER)

Literacy & LearningLeadership in EducationArts-based EducationEducation for Inclusion & Social Justice

Three main partner groups:• Researchers from the University of Prince Edward Island (particularly from the Faculty of Education)• Graduate students from UPEI (particularly from the Faculty of Education)• Affiliate partners who are active researchers from the educational community, including faculty members from other universities in Canada and beyond

Ray DoironRay DoironDirector, CERDirector, CER

Professor, Faculty of EducationProfessor, Faculty of EducationProfessor, Faculty of EducationProfessor, Faculty of Education

Research Interests: • New Literacies and New Libraries• Reading Motivation/Promotion• Creating a culture for literacy in the community• Reading at Home & School

Current Projects• WorldReaders • Eating Between the Lines • Research in Early Childhood Development • New Learners @UPEI

Alexander (Sandy) McAulayAlexander (Sandy) McAulayAssistant Professor Assistant Professor Faculty of EducationFaculty of Education

Research Interests:• Knowledge-building technology and pedagogy• Online knowledge-building environments• Culture and media

Current Projects:• New Learners @UPEI

Audrey PennerAudrey PennerDirector: Adult Education, Learner Director: Adult Education, Learner

Supports, & Applied Research Supports, & Applied Research Holland CollegeHolland College

Research Interests:• Developmental learning for adults• Quality in higher-education environments and services• Performance measures in educational delivery• The integration of essential skills into adult learning• Academic success for adult learners in post-secondary programs• Supporting transformational opportunities for learners

 Current Projects:• Island Prosperity Back to Basics

Basil FavaroBasil Favaro Associate Professor Associate ProfessorFaculty of EducationFaculty of Education

Research Interests:• Learning for enterprise• Indigenous education• Inclusive education• Education for equity and social justice

Current Projects:

• Grade 3 Social Studies Provincial Identity Textbook for PEI, 2008--2009• Advocacy and Leadership: Enhancing Educational and Employability Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities• Success for Schools for Mi’kmaq Learners on Prince Edward Island • Reflections on the UPEI Faculty of Education Pre- Service Program by the Graduates 1999--2007

Carla DiGiorgioCarla DiGiorgio Assistant Professor Assistant ProfessorFaculty of EducationFaculty of Education

Research Interests: • Adults with learning difficulties• Secondary education for gifted students• Inclusive education

Current Projects:•Evaluation of newborn family literacy programs in the Maritime provinces

•Advocacy and leadership: Enhancing educational and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities •Longitudinal study of the implementation of the International Baccalaureate program

Fiona WaltonFiona Walton Associate Professor Associate ProfessorFaculty of EducationFaculty of Education

Research Interests:• Inuit and Indigenous education and health• Inuit educational leadership• Foucauldian ethics in education• Family literacy• Issues relating to diversity in education• Knowledge exchange and translation• Resilience in the teaching professionCurrent Projects:• Sivuniksaliurjiit--Paving the Way: Improving Educational Outcomes in Nunavut Through Community Engagement and Parent Involvement • Lighting the Quilliq: Developing Inuit Educational Leaders in Nunavut• Promoting Educational Success for Mi’kmaq Learners on Prince Edward Island

Graham PikeGraham PikeDean, International EducationDean, International EducationVancouver Island UniversityVancouver Island University

Research Interests: • Global education• Education for sustainable development• Citizenship education• Internationalizing teacher education

J. Tim GoddardJ. Tim GoddardDean, Faculty of EducationDean, Faculty of Education

Research Interests:• Educational leadership and administration• Role of cultural and demographic change on schools (especially in minority and marginalized populations)Current Projects:• An examination of the effects of the exam exemption policy at Colonel Gray High School• The 1st Charlottetown Conversation - Ethical educational leadership within a context of diversity• Examining perceptions of academic success among minority culture students• Promoting Educational Success for Mi’kmaq Learners on Prince Edward Island• Barriers and facilitators of academic success for minority children in PEI schools

Jennifer TaylorJennifer TaylorAssociate ProfessorAssociate Professor

Family & Nutritional SciencesFamily & Nutritional SciencesResearch Interests:

• Nutrition education using a literacy perspective • School Nutrition Policies, school food environment• Dietary assessment • Food security

Current Projects:

• SNAP (School nutrition and Activity Project): Evaluating impact of school nutrition policies• Eating Between the Lines • Nutritional Assessment in Kenyan children

Kate TilleczekKate TilleczekCanada Research Chair: Canada Research Chair:

Youth Cultures & TransitionsYouth Cultures & TransitionsResearch Interests:• Marginality & Youth• Education & Developmental Health of Youth • Children’s Mental Health

Current Projects: • Communicating Knowledge Differently through Artistic Expression: The Early Psychosis Mural Projects in Secondary Schools• Youth Mental Health in Rural Canadian Schools: an Arts- informed Conversation• Mapping the Pathways and Processes of Transition from Elementary to Secondary School: A Long-Term Ethnographic Study (2007--2010)

Miles TurnbullAssociate ProfessorFaculty of Education

Research Interests:

• French as a second language (core and immersion)• Code switching• Teacher development• Teacher belief system• Project-based and experiential learning• Educational technology

Current Projects:

• Une approche littératiée pour apprendre les sciences et la langue en immersion française

Khym GoslinKhym GoslinAssistant ProfessorAssistant Professor

Faculty of EducationFaculty of Education

Research Interests:• Advancing new perspectives regarding instructional leadership• Constellation frameworks that help describe/assess instructional leadership practice

Martha GabrielMartha GabrielAssociate ProfessorAssociate ProfessorFaculty of EducationFaculty of Education

Research interests:• Literacy/multiliteracies• Web2.0 technologies and pedagogy• E-learning• Teaching/learning online• Mentoring• Knowledge exchange and translation• Qualitative research design

Current Projects:• New Learners@ UPEI • Research in Early Childhood• AIRS

Ronald MacDonaldRonald MacDonaldAssistant ProfessorAssistant Professor

Faculty of EducationFaculty of EducationResearch Interests:• Science pedagogy• Communities of practice• Leadership in learning• Gender issues in science education• Web 2.0 integration in teacher education• Bridging the University coursework and school practicum divide

Current Projects:• New Learners @UPEI

Sean WiebeSean WiebeAssistant ProfessorAssistant Professor

Faculty of EducationFaculty of EducationResearch Interests:• Poetic inquiry• Curriculum theory• Writing pedagogy• Autobiographical research• Teacher narratives• Arts-Based methodologies• A/r/tography• Critical literacy

Current Projects:• Building Skills and Confidence in Adolescent Dependent Readers• Understanding the influence of the global dimension of digital literacies on learning and writing in a university environment

Suzanne ThomasSuzanne ThomasAssistant ProfessorAssistant Professor

Faculty of EducationFaculty of Education

Research Interests:• Arts-informed research methods• Transdisiplinary research• Art and social justice• Potential of arts to promote social change 

Tess MillerTess MillerAssistant ProfessorAssistant Professor

Faculty of EducationFaculty of Education

Research Interests:• Classroom and Large-scale Assessment• Mathematics Education• Quantitative Methods

Current Projects:• Using Differential Item Functioning in Non- traditional Areas • Impact of Large-scale Teacher Working Committee Experience on Teachers’ Assessment Practices