DISE Department of Integrated Studies in Education 2006-2007 Annual Report Prepared by: Dr. Steven Jordan (Chair) Marisa Terrenzio-El-Jaoui (Administrative Officer) Kathleen McElroy (Chair’s Secretary) Annual Reports appended: Undergraduate Program Director: Dr. Caroline Riches Graduate Program Co-Directors: Dr. Roy Lyster and Dr. Carolyn Turner CEL (Centre for Educational Leadership): Dr. Lynn Butler- Kisber CSTW (Centre for the Study and Teaching of Writing): Dr. Anthony Paré FNIE (First Nations and Inuit Education): Donna-Lee Smith ISERT (Indigenous Research): Dr. Michael Doxtater i Department of Integrated Studies in Education Annual Report 2006-2007 Contents Page Section I: Description of Unit............................................................................................. 1 A. Mission........................................................................................................................... 1 B. Objectives....................................................................................................................... 5 Section II: Departmental Activities 2006-07..................................................................... 8 A. Teaching and Learning .................................................................................................. 8 1. Achievements and Innovations................................................................................ 8 2. Cooperation with Other Teaching Units.................................................................. 9 3 Accreditation............................................................................................................ 9 4. Graduate Programs .................................................................................................. 10 5. In-service Support Activities ................................................................................... 10 6. Administrative Structures Supporting Teaching and Learning................................ 11 7. Technology Support................................................................................................. 11 8. Graduate Student Achievements.............................................................................. 12 B. Research ......................................................................................................................... 13 1. Collaborative Projects.............................................................................................. 13 2. International Activities............................................................................................ 14 3. Publications.............................................................................................................. 14 C. Academic Staff............................................................................................................... 15 1. New Hires................................................................................................................ 15 2. Staff Departures ....................................................................................................... 15 3. Contributions of Sessional, Part-time and Auxiliary staff ....................................... 16 4. Involvement in the Community ............................................................................... 16 Appendices........................................................................................................................... 17 Appendix 1: Honours, Awards and Prizes.......................................................................... 17 Appendix 2: Publications 2006........................................................................................... 23 Appendix 3: Other Scholarly Activities 2006..................................................................... 31 Appendix 4: Consulting Activities...................................................................................... 46 Appendix 5: Staff List......................................................................................................... 48 Appendix 6: Service to Professional Community............................................................... 56 i Department of Integrated Studies in Education Annual Report 2006-2007 Appendix 7: Collaboration.................................................................................................. 80 Appendix 8: Undergraduate Program Director’s Report .................................................... 105 Appendix 9: Graduate Program Director’s Report ............................................................. 120 Appendix 10: Centre for Educational Leadership................................................................. 129 Appendix 11: Centre for the Study and Teaching of Writing............................................... 144 Appendix 12: First Nations and Inuit Education programs .................................................. 153 Appendix 13: Indigenous Research ...................................................................................... 159 ii Department of Integrated Studies in Education Annual Report 2006-2007 Section l: Description of Unit A. Mission The Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) will complete its sixth year in September 2007. The result of a merger between three former academic units (Educational Studies, Culture and Values in Education, Second Language Education) in September 2001, its mission statement (www.mcgill.ca/edu-integrated/mission/) is to improve the quality of schooling and other forms of education in Quebec, Canada, and internationally in partnership with local, provincial, and federal governments, as well as international agencies, NGOs, and the private sector. The long term aims of the Department remain unchanged. They are: 1. To serve its immediate academic and professional communities; 2. To educate effective teachers and leaders for educational organizations; 3. To engage in and develop scholarship in the areas of pedagogy, curriculum, literacy education, educational policy, international and cultural studies of education, and educational leadership; 4. To engage in policy research and consulting aimed at improving the reform of educational institutions and systems. DISE continues to strive to meet these aims through harnessing the professional expertise of faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and available resources to the creation of a culture of excellence in teaching, research and service to the Faculty, McGill and the broader academic community. As noted in the 2005-06 annual report, DISE is fully committed to articulating its efforts to the broader goals of the McGill Education Project (MEP), the Compact planning process associated with this, and the University’s White Paper, Strengths and Aspirations (November 2005). In doing so, the Department’s overall aim is to realise the overall goal of the MEP, which is to situate the Faculty of Education as a major international centre for the exploration of new forms of knowledge, teaching, and learning within the field of educational studies. The Department comprises five graduate programs (four M.A. and one Ph.D.) and six undergraduate programs (B.Ed.). It also continues to offer credit and non-credit courses through the Centre for Educational Leadership (CEL), Centre for the Study of Teaching 1 Department of Integrated Studies in Education Annual Report 2006-2007 and Writing (CSTW), and First Nations and Inuit Education programs (FNIE) to teachers, administrators and other professionals interested in upgrading/updating their knowledge, expertise and skills. Over 2006-07, student numbers (FTEs) in both undergraduate and graduate programs decreased slightly from 1232 (1258) and 297 (306) respectively. However, in line with guidelines expressed in the White paper, Strengths and Aspirations (2005), the Department aims to allow a gradual increase in graduate student numbers over the next five years until 2010. The Department cannot apply this principle to our undergraduate programs as student numbers are regulated by quotas imposed by the Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS). Students graduating from DISE programs continue to follow career paths described in previous reports, including: teaching in schools and colleges; teaching and research in tertiary education; educational administration and leadership; evaluation research and consulting in both public and private sectors; and updating and enhancement of academic and professional skills and expertise. It should be noted that DISE graduates have gained employment at the local (Montreal), provincial (Quebec), national, and international (e.g., UNESCO) levels within their respective fields of expertise. Last year, this report noted a number of initiatives that had taken place within the Department. The most significant of these were: 1) the approval by the Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec (CREPUQ) in early 2006 of DISE’s new Ph.D. program; 2) the integration of the Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE) with DISE; 3) submission of a proposal to the University for a joint B.A./ B.Ed. program with the Faculty of Arts. While the first two of these initiatives have been successfully implemented, the B.A./B.Ed. joint degree program has been suspended pending the outcome of discussions between the MELS, Faculty and Department on the possible launch of a Master of Arts in Teaching (see below). In addition to the above, there have been a