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Back to School experts

August 19, 2013

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on back to school 2013.

Com­put­er soft­ware for teach­ing math­e­mat­ics
Con­nect­ing math­e­mat­ics with art and music
Devel­op­ing Math Trails (guid­ed walks or math paths) for stu­dents in cities, malls, parks and oth­er loca­tions
Help­ing stu­dents and the gen­er­al pub­lic view the world through a math­e­mat­i­cal lens
Inter­ac­tive white­boards (SMART boards)
Math­e­mat­ics edu­ca­tion
Use of the iPad in a math­e­mat­ics class­room
Ron Lan­cast­er
Lec­tur­er in Math­e­mat­ics Edu­ca­tion (Intermediate/Senior)
Depart­ment of Cur­ricu­lum, Teach­ing & Learn­ing
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-0114
Email: rlancaster@oise.utoronto.ca

Cop­ing with back to school stress
Dr. Mark Berber
Lec­tur­er
Depart­ment of Psy­chi­a­try
Office: 905–472-5733
Cell: 416–801-0991
Email: mberber@cnsmedicine.com

Com­pul­so­ry school­ing
Eco­nom­ics of edu­ca­tion
Edu­ca­tion pol­i­cy, pro­gram eval­u­a­tion
Grad­u­at­ing in reces­sions
Neigh­bour­hood effects
Par­ent-child rela­tion­ships
Research design and meth­ods
Philip Ore­opou­los
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Eco­nom­ics
School of Pub­lic Pol­i­cy & Gov­er­nance
Insti­tute for Pol­i­cy Analy­sis
St. George
Office: 416–978-4407
Cell: 416–904-6736
Email: oreo@economics.utoronto.ca

Begin­ning teacher expe­ri­ences and men­tor­ing
Home school­ing
Out­door, expe­ri­en­tial and envi­ron­men­tal edu­ca­tion
School archi­tec­ture
Teacher edu­ca­tion and pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment
Gary Knowles
Pro­fes­sor
Adult Edu­ca­tion & Coun­selling Psy­chol­o­gy
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-0778
Home: 902–228-2466
Cell: 416–801-5387
Email: jgaryknowles@oise.utoronto.ca

Cana­di­an high­er edu­ca­tion pol­i­cy (fed­er­al and provin­cial)
Pol­i­tics of high­er edu­ca­tion
Uni­ver­si­ty deci­sion-mak­ing/­gov­er­nance
Glen A. Jones
Pro­fes­sor, Ontario Research Chair on  Post­sec­ondary Edu­ca­tion and Mea­sure­ment
Depart­ment of Lead­er­ship, High­er, and Adult Edu­ca­tion
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-8292
Email: gjones@oise.utoronto.ca

Phys­i­cal activ­i­ty and healthy weights among chil­dren and youth
Social and Behav­iour­al Health Sci­ences 
Ken­neth Alli­son
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Dal­la Lana School of Pub­lic Health
School of Grad­u­ate Stud­ies
Office: 647–260-7307
Email: ken.allison@oahpp.ca

Phys­i­cal activ­i­ty and active trans­porta­tion to school
Deliv­ery of school phys­i­cal edu­ca­tion
Exer­cise and smok­ing ces­sa­tion
Media dis­sem­i­na­tion of phys­i­cal activ­i­ty research
Phys­i­cal activ­i­ty and men­tal health
Phys­i­cal health needs of men­tal health ser­vice users
Psy­chol­o­gy of phys­i­cal activ­i­ty and exer­cise across the lifes­pan 
Guy Faulkn­er
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–946-7949
guy.faulkner@utoronto.ca
http://physical.utoronto.ca/EPU/People/Guy_Faulkner.aspx

Com­put­er-medi­at­ed learn­ing, dis­tance edu­ca­tion
Online learn­ing envi­ron­ments
Social, cul­tur­al impli­ca­tions of com­put­er tech­nol­o­gy
Clare Brett
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor & Asso­ciate Chair, Grad­u­ate Stud­ies
Depart­ment of Cur­ricu­lum, Teach­ing & Learn­ing
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-0132
Cell: 647–285-2594
Email: cbrett@oise.utoronto.ca

Edu­ca­tion and school cur­ricu­lum
Roland Sin­tos Colo­ma
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Human­i­ties, Social Sci­ences, and Social Jus­tice Edu­ca­tion
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-0462
Email: roland.coloma@utoronto.ca

Urban school­ing
School/community rela­tions
Equi­ty in edu­ca­tion
Sup­port to young peo­ple and com­mu­ni­ties
Jeff Kugler
Exec­u­tive Direc­tor
Cen­tre for Urban School­ing
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-0176
Cell: 647–998-4504
Email: jeffrey.kugler@utoronto.ca

Finan­cial plan­ning for stu­dents
Finances, bud­gets and spend­ing
Eric Kirzn­er
John H. Wat­son Chair in Val­ue Invest­ing
Direc­tor of Cap­i­tal Mar­kets Insti­tute
Rot­man School of Man­age­ment
Office: 416–978-3426
Email: kirzner@rotman.utoronto.ca

Safe schools, con­flict res­o­lu­tion, equi­ty edu­ca­tion
Citizenship/democratic edu­ca­tion
Kathy Bick­more
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Cur­ricu­lum, Teach­ing & Learn­ing
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-0237
Email: k.bickmore@utoronto.ca
*Email is quick­est way to reach

Ado­les­cent girls and iden­ti­ty for­ma­tion
Arts Edu­ca­tion
Dra­ma and The­atre edu­ca­tion
Ethno­graph­ic Research
Gen­der and school­ing
Qual­i­ta­tive Method­olo­gies
Urban school­ing
Kath­leen Gal­lagher
Pro­fes­sor, Cana­da Research Chair
St.George Cam­pus
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Depart­ment of Cur­ricu­lum, Teach­ing and Learn­ing
Office: 416–978-0160
Email: kathleen.gallagher@utoronto.ca

Black youth dropouts/academic suc­cess
Crit­i­cal ethnog­ra­phy
Indige­nous knowl­edges and anti-Colo­nial­ism
Race, anti-racism edu­ca­tion and inclu­sive school­ing
George Dei
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-0460
george.dei@utoronto.ca

A child’s first day of school (kinder­garten and grade 1)
Full-day kinder­garten
Teacher/parent part­ner­ships in the ear­ly years
Ear­ly French immer­sion
Janette Pel­leti­er
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Applied Psy­chol­o­gy and Human Devel­op­ment
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Email: janette.pelletier@utoronto.ca

Con­tin­u­ing edu­ca­tion (in gen­er­al and also for inter­na­tion­al)
Professionals/new Cana­di­ans, women, busi­ness own­ers, non-degree hold­ers
Career devel­op­ment
Busi­ness edu­ca­tion
Life­long learn­ing (recent grads)
Old­er adults – boomers and senior cit­i­zens
Larg­er com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment with high­er edu­ca­tion via con­tin­u­ing edu­ca­tion
Inter­sec­tion between degree and post-degree edu­ca­tion
Mar­i­lynn Booth
Dean
School of Con­tin­u­ing Stud­ies
Office: 416–978-2604
Assis­tant: 416–946-5946
Email: marilynn.booth@utoronto.ca

Sci­ence cur­ricu­lum pol­i­cy
Rela­tion­ships among fields of sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy, soci­eties, and envi­ron­ments
School sci­ence teach­ing and learn­ing
Sci­ence teacher edu­ca­tion
Sec­ondary school sci­ence edu­ca­tion
Socio-polit­i­cal activism in sci­ence edu­ca­tion
John Lawrence Bencze
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-0079
Email: larry.bencze@utoronto.ca

Bul­ly­ing (from the vic­tim­ized child per­spec­tive)
Cyber bul­ly­ing
Faye Mish­na
Dean, Fac­tor-Inwen­tash Fac­ul­ty of Social Work
Office: 416–978-3255
Cell: 416–910-1385
Email: f.mishna@utoronto.ca

Design of learn­ing envi­ron­ments to meet diverse learn­er needs
Edu­ca­tion­al change (local, nation­al, inter­na­tion­al)
School, class­room man­age­ment and dis­ci­pline
Bar­rie Ben­nett
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment for Cur­ricu­lum, Teach­ing & Learn­ing
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-0233
Home: 902–659-2699
Email: bbennett@oise.utoronto.ca

Ele­men­tary math­e­mat­ics
Grade 9 applied lev­el math­e­mat­ics
Teacher change with math­e­mat­ics teach­ers
Dou­glas McDougall
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor and Chair
Depart­ment of Cur­ricu­lum, Teach­ing & Learn­ing
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Cen­tre for Sci­ence, Math­e­mat­ics and Tech­nol­o­gy Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-0056
Cell: 416–579-5524
Email: doug.mcdougall@utoronto.ca

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