The following is a list of University of Toronto experts who can comment on a variety of issues relating to the 2012 back to school season.
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
Homework
Adjusting to school
Survival guide for parents
Building the parent-teacher team
Linda Cameron
Associate Professor
Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Home: 519-599-7223 or 416-489-2822
Cell: 416-219-7796
Email: l.cameron@utoronto.ca
Teaching online
Technology and teaching
Podcasting, blogging
Social media, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
Tim Richardson
Lecturer
Division of Management
UTSC and UTM
Office: 416-491-5050 ext. 7534
Home: 705-228-8731
Cell: 416-677-3467
Email: richardson@utsc.utoronto.ca
A child’s first day of school
Early learning in kindergarten
Parents and starting school
Carl Corter
Professor
Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Office: 416-934-4513
Home: 416-972-9931
Email: carl.corter@utoronto.ca
Financial planning for students
Finances, budgets and spending
Eric Kirzner
John H. Watson Chair in Value Investing
Rotman School of Management
Office: 416-978-3426
Email: kirzner@rotman.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
Sleeping tips for back to school
Sleep disorders and sleep neurology
John Peever
Associate Professor
Department of Cell & Systems Biology
Office: 416-946-5564
Cell: 647-207-7920
Email: john.peever@utoronto.ca
ADHD
Learning disabilities
Parenting of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and children with learning disabilities.
Psychoeducational assessment
Self-concept, peer relationships
The impact of special education/inclusive education on the social and emotional functioning of children with learning disabilties and ADHD
Judith Wiener
Professor
Department of Human Development & Applied Psychology
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Office: 416-978-0935
Email: jwiener@oise.utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Email is preferred
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
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 (until August 30)
Cell: 416-801-5387
Email: jgaryknowles@oise.utoronto.ca
Gifted education
Gifted/high-ability learners
Supporting high-level development
Dr. Joanne Foster
Instructor
Applied Psychology and Human Development
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
St. George
Home: 416-783-1374
Cell: 416-616-4945
Email: joanne.foster@utoronto.ca
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
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
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
Safe schools, conflict resolution
Citizenship/democratic education
Kathy Bickmore
Associate Professor
Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Office: 416-978-0237
Email: k.bickmore@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
Bridging digital and knowledge divide
Electronic publishing
Impact of new media on social practices
Open access to scholarly literature
Teaching, learning with new technologies
Leslie Chan
Lecturer
Department of Social Sciences
UTSC
Office: 416-287-7511
Cell: 416-414-0288
Email: chan@utsc.utoronto.ca
Other Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin
*NOTE: Available after August 17
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
*NOTE: Email is preferred
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
*NOTE: Email is preferred
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
Nutrition for students
Dr. David Jenkins
Professor and Canada Research Chair
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Office: 416-867-7475
Email: cyril.kendall@utoronto.ca
Italian-Canadian Studies
Italian studies
Teaching with theatre
Salvatore Bancheri
Chair, Department of Italian Studies
Emilio Goggio Chair, Italian Studies
St. George
Office: 416-926-2347
Home: 905-858-5997
Email: salvatore.bancheri@utoronto.ca
Other Languages: Italian, French
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
Director, The Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study
Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Office: 416-934-4506
Alternate: 416-934-4513
Email: janette.pelletier@utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Email is preferred
Black youth dropouts/academic success
Race, anti-racism education and inclusive schooling
George Jerry Sefa Dei
Professor
Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
St. George
Office: 416-978-0460
Home: 416-539-8551
Email: gdei@oise.utoronto.ca
Other Languages: Twi
*NOTE: Away until September 7 (accessible by email only during this time)
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
*NOTE: Email is preferred
Classroom assessment
Curriculum implementation and change
History education
Social studies and citizenship education
Teaching strategies in the classroom
John Joseph Myers
Instructor
Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
St. George
Office: 416-978-0197
Home: 416-693-2336
Email: johnjcmyers.myers@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
Physical activity and healthy weights among children and youth
Social and Behavioral 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
*NOTE: Email is preferred
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
*NOTE: Email is preferred
Education and employment
Learning (formal and informal) and work (paid and unpaid)
Public opinion about public education
Social class and education
Underemployment
D. W. Livingstone
Professor emeritus; CRC in Lifelong Learning and Work
St.George Campus
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education
Home: 905-271-2755
Email: dwlivingstone@gmail.com
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