Research Interests: Teaching and Learning, Sociology of Education, Instructional Design, Transformative Learning, Reflective Practice, and 63 moreTeacher Education, Assessment, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Inquiry Based Learning, Critical Pedagogy, Educational Research, Learning and Teaching, Curriculum Studies, Formative Assessment, Contemplative Pedagogy, Authenticity, Narrative Methods, Pedagogy, Authentic Learning, Co Operative Learning, Teacher Training, Humanistic Teacher Education, Holistic Education, Home Economics, Self-Reference, Reflexivity, Reflection, Curriculum Development, Conversational Discourse, Conversation, Curriculum and Instruction, Teacher Identity Formation, Authentic Assessment, Teacher Development, Teacher professional development, Teaching, Teacher, Curriculum, Teacher Identity, Critical Reflection, Reflective Teaching, Qualitative inquiry, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Transformative pedagogy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK), Curriculum Theory and Development, Teaching Culture, Authentic Leadership, Co-learning, Inclusive education, pedagogy and practice, Teacher Professional Identity, Understanding by Design (UbD), Competencies for teaching home economics, Teacher Reflection, Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions of the Ideal Teacher, Home-Economics Education, Areas of Home Economics, Beginning Teachers, Teacher-Student Interpersonal Behaviour, Home Economics education, Technology and Home Economics, Home Economics and Nutritional Science, Teacher Perceptions, Authentic Teaching, Mentorship of Beginning Teachers, Authentic Writing, Home Economics and Livelihood Education, Play and Creativity in the Curriculum, and Co-creators of Learning
Amidst a substantial curriculum revision and transformation, teachers in British Columbia are struggling to understand a competency-based approach to teaching and learning. In home economics, the challenge arises with the introduction of... more
Amidst a substantial curriculum revision and transformation, teachers in British Columbia are struggling to understand a competency-based approach to teaching and learning. In home economics, the challenge arises with the introduction of "design thinking" as a framework for understanding everyday life. I posit that in order to understand design thinking, home economics educators must look within to examine how design thinking parallels the way humans live their lives.