Life in the “real world”: Examining early career secondary mathematics teachers’ experiences and factors affecting use of reform-based teaching approaches
This study explores the following research questions: 1) What are the experiences of secondary mathematics early career teachers (ECTs) in their first three years in the workplace? 2) How do these experiences impact these ECTs’ use of reform-based approaches?
Funding source: SSHRC Insight Grant (2023-present)
Research team: Principal Investigator: Limin Jao; Research assistants: Cinzia Di Placido, Martin Ako, Midhat Kiyani, Sun Jung Choi
Funding source: SSHRC Insight Grant (2023-present)
Research team: Principal Investigator: Limin Jao; Research assistants: Cinzia Di Placido, Martin Ako, Midhat Kiyani, Sun Jung Choi
CRITICAL MAKING IN A RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP FOR STEAM INNOVATION
This study continues the work of a research-practice partnership and explores the question: How does critical making support cross-curricular competency development in STEAM?
Funding source: McGill University – Faculty of Education Innovate-Ed Project Grant (2023-present)
Research team: Principal Investigator: Limin Jao; Co-investigator: Dawn Wiseman (Bishop's); Research assistants: Cinzia Di Placido, Martin Ako, Midhat Kiyani, Sun Jung Choi
Funding source: McGill University – Faculty of Education Innovate-Ed Project Grant (2023-present)
Research team: Principal Investigator: Limin Jao; Co-investigator: Dawn Wiseman (Bishop's); Research assistants: Cinzia Di Placido, Martin Ako, Midhat Kiyani, Sun Jung Choi
Designing more effective secondary school mathematics teacher education programs: The influence of content and sequencing for methods courses and practica on pre-service teachers’ beliefs
This study explores the question: How does the content and sequencing of mathematics teaching methods courses and practica impact pre-service teachers’ (PSTs’) beliefs about mathematics teaching and learning? PSTs at institutions with varied approaches to content and sequencing will serve as the participants for this comparative study.
Funding source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant (2018-present)
Research team: Principal Investigator: Limin Jao; Co-investigator: Doug McDougall (OISE); Research assistants: Cindy He, Gurpreet Sahmbi (OISE), Kendra Smith, Maria-Josée Bran Lopez, Martin Ako, Megan Turnbull, Rebecca Pearce, Stephanie Beck
Funding source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant (2018-present)
Research team: Principal Investigator: Limin Jao; Co-investigator: Doug McDougall (OISE); Research assistants: Cindy He, Gurpreet Sahmbi (OISE), Kendra Smith, Maria-Josée Bran Lopez, Martin Ako, Megan Turnbull, Rebecca Pearce, Stephanie Beck