Faculty

NOTE: Professor Corter will not be accepting any new students next year

Carl Corter

Professor (DPE/CSE)
Institute of Child Study, 45 Walmer Rd
Toronto, ON M5S 1V6

Tel: (416) 934-4502

carl.corter@utoronto.ca

Keywords

Early childhood programs, practice, and policy; Integrated Services for children; Kindergarten education; parenting; parent involvement in schools; teacher education

Research Projects/Activities

The Toronto First Duty Project:
http://www.toronto.ca/firstduty
The Atkinson Centre for Society & Child Development:
http://www.acscd.ca

Research Interests

Early childhood development and education. Parenting. School, family and community partnerships.

Applied/Clinical Interests

Integrated sevices for early child development. Parent support and education.

Specialty Courses

HDP1259: Child and Family Relationships
JPX1001: Parenting: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Representative Publications

Corter, C., Patel, S., Pelletier, J. & Bertrand, J. (2008). The Early Development Instrument as an evaluation and improvement tool for school-based, integrated services for young children and parents: the Toronto First Duty Project. Early Education and Development. In Press.

Pelletier, J., Corter, C., & Morley, E. (2007). Training inquiring teachers: A laboratory school model of preservice graduate education at the Institute of Child Study . Education and Citizenship, 6 (1), 29-38. (Refereed)

Pelletier, J. & Corter, C. (2005). Toronto First Duty: Integrating Kindergarten, Childcare and Parenting Supports to help Diverse Families Connect to Schools. The Multicultural Education Journal, 15 (1), 89-116.

Pelletier, J. & Corter, C. (2005). Design, implementation and outcomes of a school readiness program for diverse families. The School Community Journal 15, 89-116.

Fleming, A., Corter, C. Stallings, J., & Steiner, M. (2002). Testosterone and prolactin are associated with emotional responses to infant cries in new fathers. Hormones and Behavior, 42, 399 – 413.

Corter, C., & Fleming, A. (2002). Psychobiology of maternal behavior in humans. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting (2nd ed.), Volume 2, pp. 141-181. Englewood, NJ: Erlbaum.