Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Research Projects: Organized by Areas of Research

• Research Projects
• By Faculty Member
• By Areas of Research

Area of Research

• Aboriginal & Indigenous Education
• Arts Education
• Counselling Psychology
• Educational Leadership & Policy
• Educational Psychology
• Educational Technology & Learning Design
• Environmental & Ecological Education
• French Education
• Languages, Cultures, Literacies & Education
• Mathematics Education
• Philosophies of Education
• Science Education
• Social Issues in Education
• Teaching & Educational Practices

Aboriginal & Indigenous Education

Project Title	Faculty
Aboriginal Transitions: Undergraduate to Graduate (AT:U2G)	Michelle Pidgeon
LUCID (Learning for Understanding through Culturally Inclusive Imaginative Development)	Mark Fettes Kieran Egan Sean Blenkinsop
Young Children Reading Critically: Aboriginal Literature and Pedagogy	Dolores van der Wey
Why Aboriginal Students Stay or Leave University?	Michelle Pidgeon

Arts Education

Project Title	Faculty
"Academic Writing: The Basics" Instructional Video	Susan Barber
"Academic Writing: Advanced Research Skills" Instructional Video 2	Susan Barber
"Academic Writing: Advanced Research Skills" Instructional Video 2	Susan Barber
Arresting Hope	Lynn Fels
Art for Social Change: An Intergrated Research Program in Teaching, Evaluation, and Capacity Building	Judith Marcuse Lynn Fels
Learning Through Encounters with Technology	Lynn Fels
Leo Adams: A Case Study Documentary Film	Carolyn Mamchur
Ocean Poetics: Embodied Ways of Inquiry within a Pedagogy of Place	Celeste Snowber
Profiles, an example of Arkhelogy	Carolyn Mamchur
Transformative Change	Carolyn Mamchur, David Kaufman

Counselling Psychology

Project Title	Faculty
The Romanian Adoption Project: Emerging Adulthood	Lucy Le Mare

Educational Leadership & Policy

Project Title	Faculty
Aboriginal Transitions: Undergraduate to Graduate (AT:U2G)	Michelle Pidgeon
Maple Ridge Environmental School Project and the Davis Bay Nature School Project	Sean Blenkinsop, Mark Fettes
Structured Abstract Database Project (ResearchBriefs)	Daniel Laitsch
Why Aboriginal Students Stay or Leave University?	Michelle Pidgeon

Educational Psychology

Project Title	Faculty
Argue to Learn: Representing and Supporting Argumentation with Cognitive Tools	John Nesbit Phil Winne
ENGRAMMETRON: Educational Neuroscience Laboratory	Stephen Campbell
Maple Ridge Environmental School Project and the Davis Bay Nature School Project	Sean Blenkinsop, Mark Fettes
Process Feedback, Self-Regulated Learning and the Evolution of Learning Skills	Phil Winne, John Nesbit
The Romanian Adoption Project: Emerging Adulthood	Lucy Le Mare
Self-Regulated Learning and Learning Technologies	Phil Winne
Self-regulated Learning in an Online Environment for Argumentative Writing	John Nesbit
Tactics, Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning When Learners Restudy	Phil Winne

Educational Technology & Learning Design

Project Title	Faculty
Academic literacy development supported by learning technologies in the post-secondary context	Valia Spiliotopoulos
Adult Literacy and Digital Inequalities	Suzanne Smythe
Aging Well: Can Digital Games help?	David Kaufman
Case Studies in Educational Technology Use	Valia Spiliotopoulos
Cyberbullying at University	Wanda Cassidy
Developmental Trajectories of Doctoral Candidate Through New Appointee: A Longitudinal Study of Academic Identity Construction	Cheryl Amundsen
Digital Learning Community Engagement Project	Suzanne Smythe
ENGRAMMETRON: Educational Neuroscience Laboratory	Stephen Campbell
HistoryConcepts.org	Kevin O'Neill
Learning Through Encounters with Technology	Lynn Fels
Self-Regulated Learning and Learning Technologies	Phil Winne
Self-regulated Learning in an Online Environment for Argumentative Writing	John Nesbit
Simulations and Advanced Gaming Environments (SAGE) for Learning	David Kaufman
Study of a Biofeedback-Based Gaming Environment	David Kaufman
The Impact of an Online Game on Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes	David Kaufman
The Socio-emotional Effects of a Computer-simulated Animal on Children’s Empathy and Humane Attitudes	David Kaufman
Teaching and Learning Grants: A Multi-Level Evaluation	Cheryl Amundsen
Using a Collaborative Online Multimedia PBL Simulation to Stimulate Critical Thinking	David Kaufman,       Kevin O'Neill
Using Dynamic Geometry Software to Develop Powerful Thinking in K-5	Nathalie Sinclair

Environmental & Ecological Education

Project Title	Faculty
Developing Ecological Literacy at the Bowen Island Community School	David Zandvliet,               Allan MacKinnon
Environmental Learning and Experience	David Zandvliet
Maple Ridge Environmental School Project and the Davis Bay Nature School Project	Sean Blenkinsop, Mark Fettes
Ocean Poetics: Embodied Ways of Inquiry within a Pedagogy of Place	Celeste Snowber
Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood Networks (SUNN)	David Zandvliet

French Education

Project Title	Faculty
Le développement de la compétence à écrire en langue première et en langue seconde à la fin du primaire dans des contextes d'intensification de l'enseignement de la langue seconde	Cécile Sabatier
Foreign Language Teachers' International Exchange: Intercultural Competency Development through Practice	Valia Spiliotopoulos

Languages, Cultures, Literacies & Education

Project Title	Faculty
Aboriginal Transitions: Undergraduate to Graduate (AT:U2G)	Michelle Pidgeon
Academic literacy development supported by learning technologies in the post-secondary context	Valia Spiliotopoulos
"Academic Writing: The Basics" Instructional Video	Susan Barber
"Academic Writing: Advanced Research Skills" Instructional Video 2	Susan Barber
Adult Literacy and Digital Inequalities	Suzanne Smythe
Adult Literacy Policy and Professional Learning	Suzanne Smythe
Compassionate Canada?	Kevin O'Neill, Özlem Sensoy
Constructing an institutional identity in university tea-rooms: The international student experience	Sepideh Fotovatian
Cyberbullying at University	Wanda Cassidy
Le développement de la compétence à écrire en langue première et en langue seconde à la fin du primaire dans des contextes d'intensification de l'enseignement de la langue seconde	Cécile Sabatier
Emerging multimodal literacies: Second language learners making video	Kelleen Toohey, Diane Dagenais
Foreign Language Teachers' International Exchange: Intercultural Competency Development through Practice	Valia Spiliotopoulos
"Introduction to Narrative Writing" Video 1	Susan Barber
Language, Religion and Immigrant Settlement: An Ethnography	Huamei Han
Promoting Collaborative Learning in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms	Sepideh Fotovatian
Three constructs of institutional identity among international doctoral students in Australia	Sepideh Fotovatian
Utilizing a multilingual resource: Scribjab in action	Kelleen Toohey, Diane Dagenais
Why Aboriginal Students Stay or Leave University?	Michelle Pidgeon
Young Children Reading Critically: Aboriginal Literature and Pedagogy	Dolores van der Wey

Mathematics Education

Project Title	Faculty
ENGRAMMETRON: Educational Neuroscience Laboratory	Stephen Campbell
Gestural Communication in the Mathematics Classroom	Nathalie Sinclair
Tangible Mathematics Learning	Nathalie Sinclair
Using Dynamic Geometry Software to Develop Powerful Thinking in K-5	Nathalie Sinclair

Philosophies of Education

Project Title	Faculty
Educational Implications of Emmanuel Levinas' Ethics	Ann Chinnery
ENGRAMMETRON: Educational Neuroscience Laboratory	Stephen Campbell
Ocean Poetics: Embodied Ways of Inquiry within a Pedagogy of Place	Celeste Snowber

Science Education

Project Title	Faculty

Social Issues in Education

Project Title	Faculty
Compassionate Canada?	Kevin O'Neill, Özlem Sensoy
Cyberbullying at University	Wanda Cassidy
Educating for Critical Historical Consciousness	Ann Chinnery
Educational Implications of Emmanuel Levinas' Ethics	Ann Chinnery
Film Documentary, Dr. Isidore Starr: Leading a Revolution in Civics	Wanda Cassidy
Preparing Teachers for Work in Increasingly Diverse Classrooms	Ann Chinnery
Youth Music Engagement	Susan O'Neill, Yaroslav Senyshyn

Teaching & Educational Practices

Project Title	Faculty
Academic literacy development supported by learning technologies in the post-secondary context	Valia Spiliotopoulos
"Academic Writing: Advanced Research Skills" Instructional Video 2	Susan Barber
"Academic Writing: Advanced Research Skills" Instructional Video 2	Susan Barber
An investigation into teacher inquiry methodology in teacher education	Margaret MacDonald Cher Hill
Bringing "Learning in Depth" to K-12 Classrooms	Dan Laitsch, Kieran Egan, Gillian Judson
Case Studies in Educational Technology Use	Valia Spiliotopoulos
Compassionate Canada?	Kevin O'Neill, Özlem Sensoy
Cyberbullying at University	Wanda Cassidy
Developing Ecological Literacy at the Bowen Island Community School	David Zandvliet, Allan MacKinnon
Le développement de la compétence à écrire en langue première et en langue seconde à la fin du primaire dans des contextes d'intensification de l'enseignement de la langue seconde	Cécile Sabatier
Educating for Critical Historical Consciousness	Ann Chinnery
Educational Implications of Emmanuel Levinas' Ethics	Ann Chinnery
Employing Imaginative Education Pedagogy: Impacts on Student Engagement in the PostSecondary Context	Kieran Egan, Gillian Judson
Environmental Learning and Experience	David Zandvliet
Film Documentary, Dr. Isidore Starr: Leading a Revolution in Civics	Wanda Cassidy
Foreign Language Teachers' International Exchange: Intercultural Competency Development through Practice	Valia Spiliotopoulos
Historical Account Differences Survey	Kevin O'Neill
Imaginative Education	Kieran Egan
"Introduction to Narrative Writing" Video 1	Susan Barber
Learning Assessment for Curriculum Improvement in Business Education	Valia Spiliotopoulos
Learning in Depth	Kieran Egan
LUCID (Learning for Understanding through Culturally Inclusive Imaginative Development)	Mark Fettes Kieran Egan Sean Blenkinsop
Making Teacher Inquiry Visible	Cher Hill
Ocean Poetics: Embodied Ways of Inquiry within a Pedagogy of Place	Celeste Snowber
Preparing Teachers for Work in Increasingly Diverse Classrooms	Ann Chinnery
Promoting collaborative learning in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms	Sepideh Fotovatian
Strategies For Expanding Adoption and Adaptation of Imaginative Education Programs	Kieran Egan, Gillian Judson
Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood Networks (SUNN)	David Zandvliet
Whole School Projects	Kieran Egan
Young Children Reading Critically: Aboriginal Literature and Pedagogy	Dolores van der Wey