Résumé

Tim Hopper

CAREER INTENTS

My objective is to pursue studies in research that enables teachers to transform their beliefs about effective teaching of physical education into practice. My aim in teacher education is enable teachers to develop effective pedagogies for students to realize healthy, active lifestyles.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Doctor of Philosophy

Secondary Education

University of Alberta.

Teacher educator for 7 years.

Co-ordinating of Physical Education in the Advanced Professional Term in the department of secondary education.

Researcher - Dissertation Fellowship Award winner 1994

Secondary Education school teacher, permanent certification

Children Physical Activity and Sports Program community co-ordinator and supervisory teacher

Teacher education course developer at undergraduate and graduate level

EDUCATION

September 1993 to November 1996	University of Alberta . Department: Secondary Ed.. Course: Ph.D. with two year residency Dissertation Title: Subjective knowing, personal construct psychology and teacher education: Teaching to learn in physical education Advisor: Dr. Larry Beauchamp
August 1991 to May 1993	University of Alberta . Department: Physical Education and Sport Science. Course: Master of Arts - thesis route. Thesis Title: Learning to teach in elementary physical education: The hidden curriculum. Advisor: Dr. Linda Thompson
October 1985 to July 1989	University of Exeter . Course: Bachelor Arts(Education ) Honours. Course Details: Main subjects Physical Education and Education Degree Classification: Class II Division I.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

September 1997 to present	Full-time sessional lecturer and faculty consultant: University of Alberta, Department of Secondary Education. Responsible for Advanced Professional Term preparation of pre-service teachers to teach physical education
May 1998	Special sessions lecturer Teacher as researcher in Physical Education: A spring session seminar course with a practical lab component. The course will examine field-based forms of research in physical education.
January 1997 to April 1997	Sessional lecturer: University of Alberta, Faculty of Physical Education, Recreation, Dance and Sport. The study of games for children.
September 1996 to April 1997	Sessional lecturer: University of Alberta, Department of Elementary Ed. Curriculum and Instruction for Elementary Physical Education .
January 1992 to April 1995	Sessional lecturer: University of Alberta, Department of Secondary Ed. Curriculum and Instruction preparation for Introductory Professional Term field experience.
June - July 1992-97	Substitute Teaching: St. George's CE Secondary School, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent.
January 1992 to April 1996	Supervisory Teacher. Children’s Physical Activity and Sports Program (CPASP), Elementary and Junior-High school children. Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta.
September 1993 to April 1995	Teaching Assistantship. University of Alberta, Department of Secondary Ed. Focus upon curriculum and instruction in physical education.
September 1991 to April 1993	Teaching Assistantship. University of Alberta, Department of Physical Education and Sport Studies. Focus upon movement education teacher preparation courses.
Feb. 1992. Sept. 1995 & 1997-8	Faculty Consultant: University of Alberta, Department of Secondary Ed.
September 1989 to July 1991.	Main Professional Scale, Physical Education Specialist. The Hundred of Hoo School, Hoo, Nr. Rochester, Kent.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

“Reflexive knowing: Towards a theory of layered knowledge in physical education teacher education.” 1998

Research project examining the use of personal construct psychology and post-structural research theories in physical education teacher education. The project draws on two ongoing studies, one on personal beliefs and the other on knowledge development, for physical education students in the final years of their teacher education programmes.

Preliminary results to be presented in a symposium at ICHPER-SD 8th European Congress. St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London. Paper to be published in referred proceedings.

Co-researcher Tony Rossi, Queensland University, Australia.

“Subjective knowing, personal construct psychology and teacher education: Teaching to learn in physical education.” 1995-1997.

Doctoral research. This study focused on the preparation of pre-service teachers considering their personal beliefs about effective teaching. This study drew on personal construct psychology, enthnography and narrative inquiry traditions. This was a two year study that examined changes in ten student teachers’ beliefs about effective teaching after they had taken a teacher preparation course and taught a field experience in physical education. Findings reported at seminars in the Faculty of Education, University of Alberta and conferences of the CAHPER (Canadian Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation), Journal of Curriculum Theorizing and Westcast. Findings have been presented in four articles presently under review for scholarly journals. “Learning to respond: Supervising novice physical educators in an action research project.” 1993-1995 This project was an action research study of student-teachers learning to teach physical education to elementary school children. The research study supported the development of an after school community-based physical education programme that was used to gather data on children’s perception of physical activities. Working with twelve student teachers the study examined how action research principles allowed student teachers and the supervisory teachers to improve their teaching practice as their understanding of teaching practice evolved. Data collection included content analysis of weekly meetings, narrative inquiry, systematic observation devices and participant observation. Findings presented at seminars in the Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, workshop of the Health, Physical Education Council and published in Sport, Education and Society, 2 (2), 1998; and a series of articles in RUNNER, Vol. 34 to Vol. 36, 1997/8. This study was supported by a grant from the Universade ‘83 Foundation Inc. “Learning to teach in elementary physical education: The hidden curriculum.” 1991-1993 Master’s thesis project. The study investigated whether three classes of generalist student teachers engaged in the same physical education teacher education (PETE) course at different times, developed a growing perception of the hidden curriculum in physical education lessons. Drawing upon intellectual writings on the concept of the hidden curriculum a questionnaire was developed to measure students' perceptions of hidden consequences in physical education scenarios. Data analysis included T-tests and one way ANOVAs. In addition, one of the PETE courses was studied using ethnographic procedures to interpret how the educational milieu of the university affected teacher development. Findings were presented in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, Research Revelations (1994) and at the 10th Commonwealth & International Scientific Congress (1994) where the findings were also published in the proceedings of the conference.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS

May 1995 to May 1996	Dissertation Fellowship. A major award funded by the University of Alberta and administered by the graduate scholarship committee. Value: $13,000 plus tuition
Sept. 1994 to April 1995	Community based physical education programs for Edmonton Parks and Recreation and CPASP program. Funded by a grant from Universiade ‘83 Foundation Inc. Grant value: $6,000. Personal Value: $1500
May 1992 to July 1992.	Research Assistantship, Faculty of Physical education and Recreation, University of Alberta Value: $1500

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Hopper, T.F. (1998) Teaching games for understanding using progressive principles of play
CAHPER, 27 (1), (pp. 1-5).

Hopper, T.F. (1997) Learning to respond: Supervising novice physical educators in an action research project. Sports, Education and Society, 2(2), (pp. 163-180).

Hopper, T.F. (1996) Learning to teach games for understanding: Coming to know the action research process. ERIC microfiche (ED 393 8845).

Hopper, T.F. (1995) Play is what we desire in physical education: A phenomenological analysis. ERIC microfiche (ED 391 805).

Hopper, T.F.
(under review)
The play experience of games in physical education.
Journal of Experiential Education .

Hopper, T.F.
(under review)
Personal construct psychology for developing reflective teaching in physical education: A story of de-centering ‘self’ as teacher.
ADVANTE

Hopper, T.F.
(Re-submitted)
From the inside out: Personal construct psychology in physical education teacher preparation. The Physical Educator .

Hopper, T.F.
(under review).
Technology supporting personal construct psychology in physical education teacher education: Seeing from the inside out. QUEST

PUBLICATIONS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Hopper, T.F. (1998) Teacher-as-researcher in personal research: Using personal construct psychology in teacher education. Proceedings for the WESTCAST ‘98 conference, (pp. 135-139). University of Victoria, Victoria, BC Canada: University of Victoria.

Hopper, T.F. (1997) From the inside out: Understanding pre-service teacher thinking in learning to teach physical education. Proceedings for the HPEC/CAHPERD ‘97 conference, (pp. 2-10 ). Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta Canada: Red Deer College (ISBN 0-919068-78-2).

Hopper, T.F. (1997) Personal construct psychology and teacher education: From pedagogy past to teacher identity in practice. Proceedings for the Graduate Students’ Conference (pp. 71 - 79)

Hopper, T.F.
Gillespie, M.
Thompson, L. (1994)
Measuring student teacher's changing perception of the hidden curriculum in physical education. In F. Bell & G. Van Gyn (Ed.), Proceedings for the 10th Commonwealth & International scientific congress, (pp. 128-133). University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: University of Victoria.

Hopper, T.F.
(under review)
Reflexive knowing: towards a theory of layered knowledge in physical
education teacher education.
For the refereed proceedings of the ICHPER-SD 8th European Congress. St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London.
Co-author with Rossi, T.

PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Hopper, T.F. (1997) Introduction to the action research process. Part 1 of a series of papers entitled: Action research and supervising student-teachers. RUNNER 34(3), 30-32

Hopper, T.F. (1997) Description of an action research project: Seeking effective teaching of games. Part 2 of a series of papers entitled: Action research and supervising student-teachers. RUNNER , 35(1), 22-25

Hopper, T.F. (1997) Results from an action research process. Part 3 of a series of papers entitled: Action research and supervising student-teachers. RUNNER, 35(2), 36-40

Hopper, T.F. (1997) Final results from the action research process. Part 4 of a series of papers entitled: Action research and supervising student-teachers. RUNNER , 35(3) 29-35

Sanford-Smith, K. & Hopper, T.F. (1996) Teaching the Mind and Body: Connecting Physical Education and Language Arts. RUNNER, 34(1), 12-14

Hopper, T.F. (1994) Can we play the game? RUNNER, 32(2), 21-22.

Hopper, T.F. (1990) Practical assessment in physical education. The Bulletin of Physical Education, 26(1), 23-34.

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

July, 1998 Presentations at the ICHPER-SD 8th European Congress.
Linking theory and practice. St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London.
Paper: Discovering student teachers’ frames of reference in physical education teacher education: Conversation for storied beliefs and metaphorical frames
Paper: Reflexive knowing: towards a theory of layered knowledge in physical education teacher education
Co-presenter: Rossi, T.

June, 1998 Presentation at the XXVI CSSE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 1998.
Paper: Questioning the quality of “man-made” knowledge: Naturalizing the teacher education process
Co-presenter: Sanford, K.

May, 1998 Presentations at the CAHPER/HPEC ‘98 Conference.
Workshop: Game-centred games: Teaching games using progressive principles of play
Co-presenter: Melnychuck, N.
Paper: Involving pre-service teachers in creating and teaching professional development workshops
Co-presenter: Melnychuck, N.

Mar.1998 Sp(l)iced worlds: Literacy, media and technology. Media conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Sponsored by Alberta Education.
Multi-media presentation: Using technology to understand teacher self within surveyed practices

Feb. 1998 WESTCAST ‘98 Conference. Promising futures: Expanding horizons for tomorrow’s teachers. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC.
Paper Presentation: Teacher-as-researcher in personal research: Operationalizing personal construct psychology in your class

May, 1997 CAHPER/HPEC ‘97. Conference Title: Making a Difference. Red Deer College, Red Deer.
Paper: From the inside out: Understanding pre-service teacher thinking in learning to teach physical education: From PE pedagogy to beliefs in practice
Poster: From past pedagogy to beliefs in practice: Conversation, story and metaphor
Workshop: Playing with our biographical theories that guide our teaching practice: Teachers as their own best theorists
Co-presenters: Thompson, L ., and Fiddes, G.

Mar.1997 Graduate Student Research Conference. Conference title: Educating in global times. University of Alberta.
Paper: Personal construct psychology and teacher education: From pedagogy past to teacher identity in practice

Feb.
1997
Grad Student Research Expo ‘97. University of Alberta, Faculty of Education.
Poster Presentation: Teacher thinking in learning to teach: Conversation, Story and Metaphor

Feb. 1997 WESTCAST ‘97 Conference. Conference theme: Partnerships. University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge.
Paper: Personalizing beliefs to teaching practice: A partnership for understanding teacher thinking
Paper: E-mail for student teacher dialogue in the virtual classroom
Co-presenter: Nocente, N.
Workshop: (Student) teacher partnership with self and other
Co-presenters: McConaghy, G., and Sanford, K.

Mar.1996 WESTCAST '96 Conference. Conference theme: Bridging our way. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Paper : From Past to Practice: Student Teachers creating their current practice Co-presenter: Fiddes, G.
Round table discussion: Situating the school in teacher preparation
Co-presenters: Sanford-Smith, K., McConaghy, G., Fiddes, G., Johnston, R. , and Sheehan, D.

Oct.
1995
Presentation at the Journal of Curriculum Theory (JCT) Conference. Sponsored by JCT and the University of Dayton; Monteagle, Tennessee.
Paper: Blowing on the Embers of beliefs: Teachers inspiring their own practice
Co-presenter: Sanford-Smith, K.

Aug. 1994

Presentations at the 10th Commonwealth & International Scientific Congress, entitled “Access to Active Living.”
Held at the University of Victoria.
Workshop: Perceiving the hidden curriculum in physical education teacher education
Co-author: Thompson, L.
Paper: Understanding pedagogy within a teacher education environment
Co-authors: Thompson, L. and Carline, S.
Paper: The hidden curriculum's ubiquitous influence on teacher education
Co-authors: Thompson, L. and Carline, S.
Poster: Measuring student teacher's changing perception of the hidden curriculum in physical education
Co-authors: Thompson, L. and Gillespie, M.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Mar.
1998
Schools Come Alive - website at http://www.ccinet.ab.ca/hpec/index.html
Paper: Games centered games: A resource pack. Initiative sponsored by Health Physical Education Council

Feb. 1998 Western Canada Physical Education Advisors Conference. Centre for Education, Edmonton, AB. Drive-in Workshop Presentation: Games Centered Games Teaching.
Co-presenter: Melnychuck, N

Nov. 1994 Provincial Health and Physical Education Council (HPEC), Edmonton, AB. Drive-in Workshop: Responding to students: Learning to teach games in physical education.

Sept. 1994 Children and Physical Activity Study Program, University of Alberta. Practical workshop: ‘Edu-action': An Understanding Orientation to Teaching Games. Sponsored by Edmonton Parks and recreation.

May, 1994 The PE department at Astor of Hever, Secondary modern school, Maidstone, Kent. A professional development workshop. Ideas for teaching court games: Creating the environment for understanding.


Hopper, T.F. (1998)	Teaching games for understanding using progressive principles of play CAHPER, 27 (1), (pp. 1-5).
Hopper, T.F. (1997)	Learning to respond: Supervising novice physical educators in an action research project. Sports, Education and Society, 2(2), (pp. 163-180).
Hopper, T.F. (1996)	Learning to teach games for understanding: Coming to know the action research process. ERIC microfiche (ED 393 8845).
Hopper, T.F. (1995)	Play is what we desire in physical education: A phenomenological analysis. ERIC microfiche (ED 391 805).
Hopper, T.F. (under review)	The play experience of games in physical education. Journal of Experiential Education .
Hopper, T.F. (under review)	Personal construct psychology for developing reflective teaching in physical education: A story of de-centering ‘self’ as teacher. ADVANTE
Hopper, T.F. (Re-submitted)	From the inside out: Personal construct psychology in physical education teacher preparation. The Physical Educator .
Hopper, T.F. (under review).	Technology supporting personal construct psychology in physical education teacher education: Seeing from the inside out. QUEST

Hopper, T.F. (1998)	Teacher-as-researcher in personal research: Using personal construct psychology in teacher education. Proceedings for the WESTCAST ‘98 conference, (pp. 135-139). University of Victoria, Victoria, BC Canada: University of Victoria.
Hopper, T.F. (1997)	From the inside out: Understanding pre-service teacher thinking in learning to teach physical education. Proceedings for the HPEC/CAHPERD ‘97 conference, (pp. 2-10 ). Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta Canada: Red Deer College (ISBN 0-919068-78-2).
Hopper, T.F. (1997)	Personal construct psychology and teacher education: From pedagogy past to teacher identity in practice. Proceedings for the Graduate Students’ Conference (pp. 71 - 79)
Hopper, T.F. Gillespie, M. Thompson, L. (1994)	Measuring student teacher's changing perception of the hidden curriculum in physical education. In F. Bell & G. Van Gyn (Ed.), Proceedings for the 10th Commonwealth & International scientific congress, (pp. 128-133). University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: University of Victoria.
Hopper, T.F. (under review)	Reflexive knowing: towards a theory of layered knowledge in physical education teacher education. For the refereed proceedings of the ICHPER-SD 8th European Congress. St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London. Co-author with Rossi, T.

Hopper, T.F. (1997)	Introduction to the action research process. Part 1 of a series of papers entitled: Action research and supervising student-teachers. RUNNER 34(3), 30-32
Hopper, T.F. (1997)	Description of an action research project: Seeking effective teaching of games. Part 2 of a series of papers entitled: Action research and supervising student-teachers. RUNNER , 35(1), 22-25
Hopper, T.F. (1997)	Results from an action research process. Part 3 of a series of papers entitled: Action research and supervising student-teachers. RUNNER, 35(2), 36-40
Hopper, T.F. (1997)	Final results from the action research process. Part 4 of a series of papers entitled: Action research and supervising student-teachers. RUNNER , 35(3) 29-35
Sanford-Smith, K. & Hopper, T.F. (1996)	Teaching the Mind and Body: Connecting Physical Education and Language Arts. RUNNER, 34(1), 12-14
Hopper, T.F. (1994)	Can we play the game? RUNNER, 32(2), 21-22.
Hopper, T.F. (1990)	Practical assessment in physical education. The Bulletin of Physical Education, 26(1), 23-34.

July, 1998	Presentations at the ICHPER-SD 8th European Congress. Linking theory and practice. St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London. Paper: Discovering student teachers’ frames of reference in physical education teacher education: Conversation for storied beliefs and metaphorical frames Paper: Reflexive knowing: towards a theory of layered knowledge in physical education teacher education Co-presenter: Rossi, T.
June, 1998	Presentation at the XXVI CSSE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 1998. Paper: Questioning the quality of “man-made” knowledge: Naturalizing the teacher education process Co-presenter: Sanford, K.
May, 1998	Presentations at the CAHPER/HPEC ‘98 Conference. Workshop: Game-centred games: Teaching games using progressive principles of play Co-presenter: Melnychuck, N. Paper: Involving pre-service teachers in creating and teaching professional development workshops Co-presenter: Melnychuck, N.
Mar.1998	Sp(l)iced worlds: Literacy, media and technology. Media conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Sponsored by Alberta Education. Multi-media presentation: Using technology to understand teacher self within surveyed practices
Feb. 1998	WESTCAST ‘98 Conference. Promising futures: Expanding horizons for tomorrow’s teachers. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. Paper Presentation: Teacher-as-researcher in personal* research: Operationalizing personal construct psychology in your class*
May, 1997	CAHPER/HPEC ‘97. Conference Title: Making a Difference. Red Deer College, Red Deer. Paper: From the inside out: Understanding pre-service teacher thinking in learning to teach physical education: From PE pedagogy to beliefs in practice Poster: From past pedagogy to beliefs in practice: Conversation, story and metaphor Workshop: Playing with our biographical theories that guide our teaching practice: Teachers as their own best theorists Co-presenters: Thompson, L ., and Fiddes, G.
Mar.1997	Graduate Student Research Conference. Conference title: Educating in global times. University of Alberta. Paper: Personal construct psychology and teacher education: From pedagogy past to teacher identity in practice
Feb. 1997	Grad Student Research Expo ‘97. University of Alberta, Faculty of Education. Poster Presentation: Teacher thinking in learning to teach: Conversation, Story and Metaphor
Feb. 1997	WESTCAST ‘97 Conference. Conference theme: Partnerships. University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge. Paper: Personalizing beliefs to teaching practice: A partnership for understanding teacher thinking Paper: E-mail for student teacher dialogue in the virtual classroom Co-presenter: Nocente, N. Workshop: (Student) teacher partnership with self and other Co-presenters: McConaghy, G., and Sanford, K.
Mar.1996	WESTCAST '96 Conference. Conference theme: Bridging our way. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Paper : From Past to Practice: Student Teachers creating their current practice Co-presenter: Fiddes, G. Round table discussion: Situating the school in teacher preparation Co-presenters: Sanford-Smith, K., McConaghy, G., Fiddes, G., Johnston, R. , and Sheehan, D.
Oct. 1995	Presentation at the Journal of Curriculum Theory (JCT) Conference. Sponsored by JCT and the University of Dayton; Monteagle, Tennessee. Paper: Blowing on the Embers of beliefs: Teachers inspiring their own practice Co-presenter: Sanford-Smith, K.
Aug. 1994	Presentations at the 10th Commonwealth & International Scientific Congress, entitled “Access to Active Living.” Held at the University of Victoria. Workshop: Perceiving the hidden curriculum in physical education teacher education Co-author: Thompson, L. Paper: Understanding pedagogy within a teacher education environment Co-authors: Thompson, L. and Carline, S. Paper: The hidden curriculum's ubiquitous influence on teacher education Co-authors: Thompson, L. and Carline, S. Poster: Measuring student teacher's changing perception of the hidden curriculum in physical education Co-authors: Thompson, L. and Gillespie, M.

Mar. 1998	Schools Come Alive - website at http://www.ccinet.ab.ca/hpec/index.html Paper: Games centered games: A resource pack. Initiative sponsored by Health Physical Education Council
Feb. 1998	Western Canada Physical Education Advisors Conference. Centre for Education, Edmonton, AB. Drive-in Workshop Presentation: Games Centered Games Teaching. Co-presenter: Melnychuck, N
Nov. 1994	Provincial Health and Physical Education Council (HPEC), Edmonton, AB. Drive-in Workshop: Responding to students: Learning to teach games in physical education.
Sept. 1994	Children and Physical Activity Study Program, University of Alberta. Practical workshop: ‘Edu-action': An Understanding Orientation to Teaching Games. Sponsored by Edmonton Parks and recreation.
May, 1994	The PE department at Astor of Hever, Secondary modern school, Maidstone, Kent. A professional development workshop. Ideas for teaching court games: Creating the environment for understanding.