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Kathy Bickmore

phone: (416) 978-0237
email: k.bickmore@utoronto.ca  

Academic History

Ph.D. Stanford University Education (Comparative/International) 1991
M.A. University of Iowa Education (Social Studies) 1987
B.A. Oberlin College Sociology (& Peace Education) 1979

Research Overview

Dr. Kathy Bickmore is a Professor with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, where she focuses on issues in elementary and secondary education. Her primary research interests include curriculum and school practice in conflict education, peace building, democratization, and citizenship. Within these areas, she is pursues international comparative perspectives and questions of gender/sexuality, ethnocultural equity, and students' opportunities to discuss and act upon conflictual issues.

Dr. Bickmore is active with a number of organizations, including the Peace Education Commission of International Peace Research Association and the Association for Conflict Resolution, including time as President of the Peace Education Special Interest Group of American Educational Research Association and the Citizenship Education Research Network of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education. She has served on a number of editorial boards for research journals such as Conflict Resolution Quarterly, the Journal of Peace Education, and Theory and Research in Social Education, and has also contributed to a number of books and handbooks about peace and conflict, social studies, and democratic citizenship education.

Teaching Overview

Dr. Bickmore currently teaches the following course:

• CTL 1312 Democratic Citizenship Education
• CTL 1318 (formerly SES 1953) Teaching Conflict & Conflict Resolution: Theory & Practice
• CTL 1000 Foundations of Curriculum Studies
• EDU 5538 Managing Conflict in Classrooms and the School Workplace

She has also guided various individual reading and research or practicum courses, with student input, including:

• CTL 1998: “Addressing conflict and violence in schools: peacekeeping, peacemaking and peacebuilding approaches to conflict resolution.” (2011, M. Patricia Carbajal)
• CIE1002: “Peace through Experimental Education: Training Strategies, Development and Evaluation” (practicum 2010, Erin Way)
• CTL 1999: “International Conflict and Education: Schools, Society and Peripheral Communities” (2010, Brian Moore)
• CTL 1999: “Gender, Restorative Justice and Dialogue” (2009, Christina Parker)
• CTL 1999: “Teaching English in Culturally Diverse Classrooms” (Winter 2008, Joan O‟Callaghan)

Professional Activities

• Canadian representative, Peace Education Commission of International Peace Research Association, 2000-2006 & 2008-present
• President, Peace Education Special Interest Group of American Educational Research Association, 4/2005-2006 (Steering Committee, 2004-07)
• President, Citizenship Education Research Network of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, 5/2005-2006 (Steering Committee, 2005-07)
• Association for Conflict Resolution: ACR Board of Directors founding member, 2000-2003, Education Section Co-Chair 2003-2004, Section Steering Committee, 2003-2007
• Editorial Consultant, Curriculum Inquiry, 2006-present
• Editorial Board, Canadian and International Education, 2012-present
• Editorial Board, Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 2003-2006
• Editorial Board, Journal of Peace Education, 2007-present
• Editorial Board, Theory and Research in Social Education, 1995 - 2003 & 2007-present

Representative Publications

BOOKS

Mundy, Karen, Kathy Bickmore, Ruth Hayhoe, Katherine Madjidi & Meggan Madden (Editors, 2008), Comparative and International Education: Issues for Teachers. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press and New York: Teachers College Press.

CHAPTERS and ARTICLES

Bickmore, K. (2012), "Peacebuilding Dialogue as Democratic Education: Conflictual issues, restorative problem-solving, and student diversity in classrooms." In James Arthur & Hilary Cremin (Editors), Debates in Citizenship Education (Routledge).

Bickmore, Kathy (2011), “Policies and programming for safer schools: Are ‘anti-bullying’ approaches impeding education for peacebuilding?” Educational Policy 25(4, July), 648 - 687.

Bickmore, K. (2011), “Education for 'peace' in urban Canadian schools: Gender, culture, conflict.” In Peter Pericles Trifonas & Bryan Wright (Editors), Curriculum and Difference: Deeply Thinking the Critical Issues of Peace and Education (Routledge).

Bickmore, Kathy & Angela MacDonald (2010), “Student leadership opportunities for making ‘peace’ in Canada’s urban schools: Contradictions.” Interamerican Journal of Education for Democracy3(2), 125-152.

Bickmore, K. (2009), “Global Education to Build Peace.” In T.  Kirkwood-Tucker (Ed.), Vision in Global Education: The Globalization of Curriculum and Pedagogy in Teacher Education and Schools (Peter Lang)

Bickmore, K. (2008), “Peace and conflict education.” In: J. Arthur, I. Davies, & C. Hahn (Eds.), Sage Handbook of Education for Citizenship and Democracy (Sage)

Bickmore, K. (2008), “Social studies for social justice: Learning/ navigating power and conflict.” In L. Levstik & C. Tyson (Eds.), Handbook of Research in Social Studies Education (Routledge)

Research Grants and Contracts

Year: 2009
Individual or Group: Individual P.I.
Grantor: SSHRC (GRG)
Purpose: Research grant
Amount: $124 110

Year: 2008
Individual or Group: Bi-national group
Grantor: International Council for Canadian Studies International Research Linkage Programme
Purpose: International research linkage, proposal developmt with U. Birmingham CIER
Amount: $ 9 850

Honours and Awards

Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, OISE 2010

Exemplary Dissertation Award, National Council for the Social Studies; 1993


Curriculum Vitae

http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/Curriculum_Vitae/Kathy_Bickmore_CV.pdf


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