Comparative and International Education

My areas of research include comparative and international education; teachers and teaching, self-study and action research, sociology of education, education policy, and social studies education, especially global citizenship education. In particular, I have been writing about the history and current status of comparative education in higher education and I am editing a book on New Thinking in Comparative Education. I have been exploring from a critical perspective dominant discourses, both contemporary and historical, about the quality teacher and the effects of education policy reforms such as performance appraisals on the working lives of teachers.

I have been involved in an exciting project over the past two years funded through a CIDA Global Classroom Initiative grant. UWO Faculty of Education has partnered with the Thames Valley District School Board and Free the Children to conceptualize, research, write, and pilot a teaching kit entitled "ACT! Active Citizens Today: Global Citizenship for Local Schools" for grade 6 teachers. You can download the teaching kit at http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/act.