Graduate:
1984 Doctor of Philosophy (Curriculum Studies)
Department of Secondary Education; University of Alberta, 1984
Dissertation Title: Towards a Hermeneutic Understanding of Curriculum Implementation

1974 Master of Education (Social Studies Curriculum)
University of Alberta
Thesis Title: An Approach to Teaching the Historian’s Process

Undergraduate:
1973 Bachelor of Education (Secondary School Social Studies)
Memorial University of Newfoundland

1968 Bachelor of Arts, History
University of Alberta

1985, 1993, 1995 University of Victoria, Master’s in Curriculum Program

1989 University College of Cape Breton, Sydney NS, Master’s in Curriculum Program

1991 University of Lethbridge, Critical Pedagogy

1992 Altai State University (Russia), Curriculum and Democratic Reform

July 2001 – Present Professor, Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta

July 1997 – June 2004 Professor and Chair, Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta

July 1996 - June 1997 Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta

July 1993 - June 1996 Professor, Department of Secondary Education,
University of Alberta

July 1987 - June 1993 Associate Professor, Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta

July 1982 - June 1987 Assistant Professor, Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta

July 1980 - June 1982 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellow University of Alberta

July 1975 - June 1980 Supervisor of Instruction, Port au Port Roman Catholic School District, Newfoundland

July 1971 - June 1975 Department Head, Social Studies, St. Stephen’s Central H.S., Stephenville, Newfoundland (Granted study leave June 1973 - September 1974 to complete M.Ed. degree)

Sept 1968 – June 1971 Secondary school teacher (History, Geography and English), Assumption Central H.S., Stephenville Crossing, Newfoundland.

1973 Hilroy Fellowship for Innovative Teaching

1988 Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security Research Award

1993 Elected to Membership in the Professors of Curriculum

2003 Ted T. Aoki Award for Distinguished Service Within the Field of Canadian Curriculum Studies, Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies

2006 Co-recipient of the Alberta Advanced Education Award of Distinction for Internationalizing Teaching and Learning Practice