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Education & back to school experts

August 23, 2011

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on a vari­ety of issues relat­ed to edu­ca­tion in the weeks lead­ing up to back-to-school time.

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
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
Carl Corter
Pro­fes­sor
Dr. Eric Jack­man Insti­tute of Child Study
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–934-4513
Email: carl.corter@utoronto.ca

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

Peer pres­sure, mak­ing friends, social skills
Ado­les­cent depres­sion and sui­cide
Stress of aca­d­e­m­ic pres­sure
Mar­shall Koren­blum
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Psy­chi­a­try;
Psy­chi­a­trist-in-Chief
Hincks-Dell­crest Cen­tre for Chil­dren and Fam­i­lies
Office: 416–972-1935 ext.3316
Email: mkorenblum@hinksdellcrest.org
*NOTE: Avail­able after August 15
**Can only speak about chil­dren aged 12–25

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

Adult edu­ca­tion and pub­lic pol­i­cy
Shahrzad Mojab
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Adult Edu­ca­tion & Coun­selling Psy­chol­o­gy
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-0829
Email: shahrzad.mojab@utoronto.ca

Sleep­ing tips for back to school
Sleep dis­or­ders and sleep neu­rol­o­gy
John Peev­er
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Cell & Sys­tems Biol­o­gy
Office: 416–946-5564
Cell: 647–207-7920
Email: john.peever@utoronto.ca

Sex­u­al diver­si­ty (LGBTQ)
Stu­dents com­ing to cam­pus
Tran­si­tion­ing from high school to university/small town to big city
Res­i­dence and off-cam­pus liv­ing
Jude Tate
Sex­u­al and Gen­der Diver­si­ty Offi­cer
Office: 416–946-5624
Email: j.tate@utoronto.ca

Peer rela­tion­ships, self esteem in ado­les­cents and chil­dren with ADHD
Psy­cho­log­i­cal assess­ment
Spe­cial edu­ca­tion
Learn­ing dis­abil­i­ties
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 best

Urban school­ing
School/community rela­tions
Jeff Kugler
Exec­u­tive Direc­tor
Cen­tre for Urban School­ing
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-0176
Cell: 647–998-4504
Email: jeff.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
*NOTE: Email is best

Fem­i­nist thought in edu­ca­tion
Pol­i­cy issues in Cana­di­an edu­ca­tion
School choice
Sec­ondary schools
Toron­to School Board his­to­ry
Voca­tion­al edu­ca­tion
Jane Gaskell
Pro­fes­sor; Dean
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-8858
Email: jgaskell@oise.utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Email is best

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
*NOTE: Email is best after August 30

Gift­ed edu­ca­tion
Gift­ed/high-abil­i­ty learn­ers
Sup­port­ing high-lev­el devel­op­ment
Dr. Joanne Fos­ter
Instruc­tor
Depart­ment of Human Devel­op­ment & Applied Psy­chol­o­gy
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

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
*NOTE: Avail­able after August 29

Edu­ca­tion and school cur­ricu­lum
Roland Sin­tos Colo­ma
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Soci­ol­o­gy and Equi­ty Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-0462
Email: roland.coloma@utoronto.ca

Com­mer­cial­iza­tion of edu­ca­tion
Cor­po­rate fund­ing of schools
Demo­c­ra­t­ic edu­ca­tion
Phi­los­o­phy of edu­ca­tion
Dr. Trevor Nor­ris
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
The­o­ry & Pol­i­cy Stud­ies
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-1201
Email: trevor.norris@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
Email: chan@utsc.utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: Can­tonese, Man­darin
*NOTE: Email is best

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 The­o­ry & Pol­i­cy Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-8292
Email: gjones@oise.utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Unavail­able from August 25 to Sep­tem­ber 1
**Email is best

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
PEI num­ber: 902–659-2699
Email: bbennett@oise.utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Email is best
** Away in PEI for July/August (acces­si­ble by email and cor­re­spond­ing phone num­ber)

Ele­men­tary 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)
Teacher/parent part­ner­ships in the ear­ly years
Ear­ly French immer­sion
Janette Pel­leti­er
Direc­tor, The Dr. Eric Jack­man Insti­tute of Child Study
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of Human Devel­op­ment & Applied Psy­chol­o­gy
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–934-4506
Email: janette.pelletier@utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Prefers print but can also do TV and radio
** Dur­ing the last two weeks of August, email is best

ESL issues in K‑12 schools
K‑12 teacher prepa­ra­tion (diver­si­ty and ESL)
New Cana­di­an teach­ers
Antoinette Katharine Gagne
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Cur­ricu­lum, Teach­ing & Learn­ing
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-0283
Cell: 416–707-3515
Email: agagne@oise.utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: French

Black youth dropouts/academic suc­cess
Race, anti-racism edu­ca­tion and inclu­sive school­ing
George Jer­ry Sefa Dei
Pro­fes­sor and Chair
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 in Ghana and Nige­ria 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
Email: cbrett@oise.utoronto.ca

Edu­ca­tion as uplift­ing the human spir­it
Holis­tic edu­ca­tion
Lan­guage, cul­ture and iden­ti­ty in school­ing
Mul­ti­cul­tur­al lit­er­a­cy pro­grams for immi­grants, refugee edu­ca­tion
Mul­ti­cul­tur­al, mul­ti­lin­gual issues in edu­ca­tion
Peace edu­ca­tion and con­flict res­o­lu­tion in inter­na­tion­al con­texts
Reflex­ive ethnographic/narrative research into issues of teach­ing and learn­ing in class­rooms
Teach­ing and learn­ing as a spir­i­tu­al life jour­ney
Grace Feuerverg­er
Pro­fes­sor
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-0229
Cell: 647–521-3740
Email: gfeuerverger@oise.utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: French, Ital­ian, Ger­man, Hebrew, Yid­dish
*NOTE: Avail­able only by email in ear­ly August

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: jmyers@oise.utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Unavail­able from August 9 to August 29

Gen­der and school­ing
Gen­der equi­ty in schools and class­rooms
Gen­der inclu­siv­i­ty at the post-sec­ondary lev­el
Woman abuse affect­ing ele­men­tary stu­dent achieve­ment
Paula Bourne
Lec­tur­er; Senior Research Asso­ciate
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-2023
Home: 416–486-7819
Email: pbourne@oise.utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Unavail­able from August 6 to Sep­tem­ber 5

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
Direc­tor
School of Con­tin­u­ing Stud­ies
Office: 416–978-2604
Assis­tant: 416–946-5946
Email: marilynn.booth@utoronto.ca

 

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