ALBERTA

University of Alberta, Faculty of Education

Department and Program

Name and position

Expertise

Recent Work

Secondary Education


Nancy Melnychuk
Associate Professor

Physical Education Teacher Education.  Programs.  Teaching Identity formation.  Partnerships with teachers and schools.  Teacher-as-Researcher.

Elementary Education

 

Stephan Berg
Doctorial Graduate Student

 
Elementary Education

Graham Fishburne
Professor

Pedagogy.  Teacher Education. Growth and Development.  Bone development.
Imagery.  Teacher Effectiveness.

     

 

University of Alberta, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation

Department and Program

Name and position

Expertise

Recent Work

Sport Psychology

Dr. Nick Holt
Nicholas Holt
Assistant Professor

Youth sport and physical Activity. Talent development and positive psychology. Children's and parents' experiences in youth sport. Stress, coping, and social support. Applied sport psychology. Qualitative research methods

Leadership and Instruction

Photo - Jane Vallentyne
Jane Vallentyne - Associate Professor

Leadership and instruction. Advocate and professor in the area of children's physical activity (in and out of school). Interested in the role of informal play in human development. Manages the Play Around the World Program taking learning communities of U of A students to work with underserved population of children. (Presently the program operates in and around the Pattaya Orphanage in Thailand)

 

BPE & Joint BPE/BED degrees

Marnie Rutledge - Lecturer

 
 

Cathy Van Ing

 

 

University of Lethbridge

Department and Program

Name and position

Expertise

Recent Work

Faculty of Education

David Chorney
Assistant Professor

-Curriculum theory and development in physical education
-Teacher preparation in physical education
-Pedagogy and effective teaching
-Culture and ethnicity in the physical education classroom
-Gender issues in physical education
-Qualitative research methodologies