 | John Wallace phone: (416) 978-0085 email: j.wallace@utoronto.ca | |
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Academic History Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1989 M.Sc. Curtin University, Australia B.Ed. B.Sc. Research Overview Dr. John Wallace is a Professor with the Department of curriculum, Teaching, and Learning and the Centre for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education at OISE. His research interests focus on, science education; teacher learning; case methods in teacher education; curriculum integration; and qualitative inquiry. He is the editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education and has lectured internationally about integrated science curricula. Dr. Wallace is a science educator whose scholarly publications include over 130 books and monographs, book chapters and refereed journal articles. His most recent coedited books are "Dilemmas of Science Teaching: Perspectives on Problems of Practice" (RoutledgeFalmer, 2002), "Leadership and Professional Development: New Possibilities for Enhancing Teacher Learning" (RoutledgeFalmer, 2003) and "Contemporary Qualitative Research: Exemplars for Science and Mathematics Educators" (Springer, 2007). He is involved in several research projects in the field of teacher learning (including studies into teacher knowledge, teacher leadership and case methods in teacher education) and curriculum integration. Dr. Wallace is a principal investigator on two major funded projects, one supported by the SSHRC and another by the Australian Research Council. These multi-year projects focus on middle school curriculum integration, including the school and classroom conditions under which integration takes place and the nature of student learning in interdisciplinary settings. Dr. Wallace was nominated for a number of teaching awards at Curtin University, including the 2003 Australian Award for University Teaching, the 2002 Student Guild Nomination for Excellence in Teaching Award and the 2001 Faculty of Science Dean’s Medallion for Distinguished Teaching. Teaching Overview Dr. Wallace has taught the following Graduate-level courses at OISE: • Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry • Current Issues in Science and Mathematics Education • Learning about Teaching through Case Studies • Teacher Leadership in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education and Integrating Science • Mathematics and Technology Curricula • Research Seminar in Science • Mathematics and Technology Education as well as the following Preservice courses: • Learning about Teaching through Case Studies • Integrating Science, Mathematics and Technology Curricula. Professional Activities International Keynote Addresses: Science in the world: Perspectives on student learning. Keynote address presented at the International Conference on Science Museums and Science Teaching and Learning, National Science Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, March 2006. Invited Presentations & Workshops: • Teacher knowledge, teacher development and the study of teaching. Invited address to faculty and students, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2009. • Teacher knowledge, teacher development and the study of teaching. Seminar presented to Faculty of Education, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, March 2008. • Integrated curricula and environmental education. Workshop for environmental educators, London, United Kingdom, November 2008. • Integrating science, mathematics and technology curricula. Seminar presented at the Centre for Studies in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, October 2007. • Teacher knowledge, teacher development and the study of teaching. Seminar presented to faculty of the Department of Curriculum Teaching and Learning, OISE, November 2007. • Integrating science, mathematics and technology curricula. Seminar presented at the Centre for Studies in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, October 2007. • What the research is saying about integration. Seminar presented at the National Key Centre for School Science and Mathematics, Curtin University of Technology, December 2006. • Computer, craft, complexity and change: Perspectives on science teacher knowledge. Invited seminar presented at National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, March 2006. • What do we know about the growth of teachers’knowledge? Seminar presented at the National Key Centre for School Science and Mathematics, Curtin University of Technology, December 2005. Editorial: • Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Journal for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education (2008-) Representative Publications BOOKS / MONOGRAPHS Wallace, J., Venville, G. & Rennie, L. (in press). Knowledge that counts in a global community: Exploring the contribution of integrated curriculum. London: Routledge. Wallace, J. & Louden, W. (Eds.). (2008). Dilemmas of science teaching: Perspectives on problems of practice (Chinese translation) (Trans., C.Y. Chiu, H.L. Chiu, & C.J. Liu). Taipei, Taiwan: Psychological Publishing Co (Original work published 2002). Taylor, P. & Wallace, J. (Eds.). (2007). Contemporary qualitative research: Exemplars for science, mathematics and technology educators. Dortrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS Wallace, J, Venville, G. & Rennie, L. (in press). Integrated curriculum. In D. Pendergast & N. Bahr (Eds). Teaching middle years: Rethinking curriculum, pedagogy and assessment (2nd ed.) (pp. 188-204). Sydney, NSW: Allen & Unwin. Wallace, J. & Loughran, J. (in press). Science teacher learning. In B. Fraser, K. Tobin, & C. McRobbie (Eds.), International handbook of research in science education (2nd ed.). Dortrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. Venville, G., Rennie, L. & Wallace, J. (in press). Curriculum integration: Challenging the assumption of school science as powerful knowledge. In B. Fraser, K. Tobin, & C. McRobbie (Eds.), International handbook of research in science education (2nd ed.). Dortrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. Wallace, J. (in press). It’s not about choosing sides: It’s about establishing accountability relationships. In Smith, D. (Ed.), Cases for leadership development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. MacMath, S., Wallace, J. & Chi, X. (in press). Using problem-based learning as a tool for checking students’ conceptual knowledge. In Berrill, D. (Ed.). What works: Research in practice series. Research Grants and Contracts• 2009: Knowledge that Counts in a Global Community (Principal Chief Investigator) University of Toronto Connaught Grant $10 000 (2009-2011) • 2006: Teaching and Learning Science, Mathematics and Technology in the Intermediate and Middle School Grades: Teaching and Learning Processes (Principal Chief Investigator) Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Standard Grant $131 000 (2006-2010) • 2004: Teaching and Learning Science, Mathematics and Technology in Integrated Middle School Contexts (Principal Chief Investigator with Leonie Rennie, John Malone and Grady Venville) Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant $210 000 (2004-2006) • 2001: Learning from School Reform: Processes and Effects (Principal Chief Investigator with Helen Wildy and William Louden) ARC Large Grant $139 390 (2001-2003) Honours and Awards 2003 Curtin University Nominee for the Australian Award for University Teaching 2002 Curtin University, Student Guild Nomination for Excellence in Teaching Award 2001 Curtin University, Faculty of Science Dean’s Medallion for Distinguished Teaching 1997 Gideon Hawley Award for best article in the International Journal of Educational Reform (with William Louden) Curriculum Vitae http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/Curriculum_Vitae/John_Wallace_CV.pdf |
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