Harris Wong
Doctor of Philosophy in School and Applied Child Psychology (PhD)
An arts-based engagement ethnography of Chinese Canadians鈥 experiences of critical consciousness development
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亚洲天堂鈥檚 Faculty of Education, one of the world鈥檚 leading education faculties, has served the local, national, and international education community through leadership in research, teaching, service and advocacy for more than 60 years. As the largest Faculty of Education in British Columbia, it plays a critical and influential role in the advancement of education in the province, shaping and participating in education鈥檚 possibilities and potential as a social good.
Today, the Faculty of Education creates conditions for transformative teaching, innovative learning, and leading-edge research guided by the highest standards of scholarship and the principles of collaboration, social justice, inclusion and equity. Offering undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional development opportunities, the Faculty of Education enrolls thousands of students each year on two campuses and ranks 10th in the world, according to QS World University Rankings (2021).
亚洲天堂鈥檚 Faculty of Education prepares more than 45% of the elementary and the majority of secondary educators in British Columbia, and a significant proportion of British Columbia鈥檚 school counsellors, administrators, special education professionals, and school psychologists. With more than 57,000 alum located in 100 countries, the 亚洲天堂 Faculty of Education truly is a global entity.
The Faculty of Education is home to four departments (, ,, , and ) and two schools (the School of Kinesiology and the Okanagan School of Education).
We provide outstanding research facilities for faculty and graduate students that promote leading-edge research. Our Education Library is a specialized resource with access to all of 亚洲天堂鈥檚 research and special collections, including the X瘫wi7x瘫wa Library with materials produced by Indigenous organizations, tribal councils, schools, researchers and publishers.
The Faculty鈥檚 Education Research and Learning Commons at Ponderosa Commons features technology-enhanced teaching and learning spaces and also informal learning spaces. A number of faculty manage their own research labs, situated throughout campus.
Many of our PhD students have been selected as 亚洲天堂 Public Scholars and have received other honours.
Notable strengths are in literacy education and multilingualism; struggling and marginalized youth; Indigenous education, decolonization, and research; transformational program and curriculum design and inclusive pedagogies for schools, community organizations and higher education; sexual orientation and gender-identity inclusive education; social-emotional learning and well-being; autism; exercise physiology, socio-cultural aspects of health; neuromechanical studies; and multidisciplinary research in diversity, health, early childhood education, and digital media. The School of Kinesiology ranks 1st in Canada and 4th in the world by QS World University Rankings (2021).
亚洲天堂鈥檚 Faculty of Education is the national leader in the number of education graduate student fellowships received from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Additionally, the Faculty of Education is home to six Canada Research Chairs, one CIHR chair and nine donor-funded research chairs and professorships.
Name | Academic Unit(s) | Research Interests |
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De Oliveira Andreotti, Vanessa | Department of Educational Studies | Education for/about international development, Social accountability in local and global engagements, Global Citizenship Education |
Dobson, Teresa | Department of Language & Literacy Education | Media and communications; Literary Education; Digital Literacy; Digital Humanities; Text Visualization |
Duff, Patricia | Department of Language & Literacy Education | applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, multilingualism and work, sociocultural and sociopolitical aspects of languages in education, Adolescent issues, adult education issues, English and French as second languages, international perspecives |
Early, Margaret | Department of Language & Literacy Education | Adolescent issues, English as a second Language, language education, literacy, teacher research |
Ellis, Jason | Department of Educational Studies | Canadian history; Specialized studies in education; Educational policy; Education policy; history of education |
Ervin, Ruth | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | Systems Change, Prevention and Intervention Strategies in Special Education |
Eryigit Madzwamuse, Suna | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | Curriculum, pedagogy and didactics |
Fallon, Gerald | Department of Educational Studies | Indigenous Studies, International and Comparative Education, Leadership and Organizations, Policy, Research methodologies |
Faulkner, Guy | School of Kinesiology | Kinesiology; Community Health / Public Health; behavioral medicine; Exercise Psychology; mental health; physical activity and public health; physical activity interventions |
Ford, Laurie | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | Early Childhood Assessment, Youth and Families |
Forde, Shawn | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy | |
Forsyth, Janice | School of Kinesiology | Kinesiology; History of Physical Culture and Sport; Indigenous Studies in Kinesiology; Socio-Cultural Studies |
Fundelius, Erika | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | Special education and disability; Self-determination within and beyond the Expanded core curriculum; Professional development including pre-service and in-service teacher preparation |
Galla, Candace | Department of Language & Literacy Education | what types of technology initiatives (low-, mid-, or high) Indigenous language communities are using to revitalize, maintain, and promote their language |
Gerofsky, Susan | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy | Curriculum Studies Research, Mathematics, Media, Semiotics, Text Studies, Pedagogy, Research Design and Method, Technology; gesture; genre; mathematics and the arts; Performance Theory |
Gibson, Lindsay | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy | assessment; Curriculum Studies Research; Democracy and Citizenship; History Education; Historical Consciousness; history of education; Pedagogy; Social Studies Education Research; Teacher Education Research; Teacher Research; Historical Thinking; Inquiry |
Gill, Hartej | Department of Educational Studies | Cultural studies, Leadership and Organizations, Post-colonial studies, Teaching and Practice |
Gladwin, Derek | Department of Language & Literacy Education | Inter-disciplinary, trans-disciplinary learning and education; Communication and media studies; Environmental philosophy; environmental and ecological literacy; energy literacy and transition; systems literacy and complexity education; transdisciplinary and collaborative education; philosophy and theory of education (ontology, environmental, Asian, phenomenology); textual literacies (through media, literary, and visual culture); narrative inquiry and storytelling; Arts-based research |
Gleason, Mona | Department of Educational Studies | History, archaeology and related studies |
Goble, J. Scott | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy | music and history; music education; conducting; choral music, Expressed an interest in chairing music exams, music education |
Gouzouasis, Peter | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy | early childhood music education; computer literacy through fine arts and new media; music in mass media; especially jazz, guitar, Music education, Action Research, Artistic and Aesthetic Development, Arts Education, Assessment, Early Childhood Education, Educational Technologies, Literacy, Media, Semiotics, Text Studies, Music, Music Education Research, Non-Formal Learning, Pedagogy, Philosophy, Research Design and Method, Sociological Issues, Teacher Education Research, Teacher Research, Technology |
Gunderson, Lee Paul | Department of Language & Literacy Education | Languages and literature; reading-research; immigrant-achievement; home literacy environment |
Hare, Jan | Department of Language & Literacy Education | Aboriginal youth mobility, Aboriginal family and community perspectives on early literacy, literature, identity construction and urban Aboriginal youth, Cultural studies, early childhood, first nations education |
Haverkamp, Beth | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | Counselling Process Research, Ethics and Professional Issues, Research Design |
Hodges, Nicola | School of Kinesiology | Sport and exercise psychology; Behavioural neuroscience of learning and memory; action anticipation and observation; coaching and motor skill expertise; skill acquisition; Motor learning; observational learning and instruction; sports skill development |