Elaine Chan Professor
Doctor of Philosophy (Education) Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (2004)
Master of Education (Administration & Policy) Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada (1996)
Bachelor of Education (Primary-Junior Division) Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada (1992)
Bachelor of Arts - Honours (Psychology) Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada (1991)
Publications
Keyes, d., Chan, E., & Ross, V. (Eds.). (2018). Crossing borders of Teacher Identity (Tentative title). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Ross, V., Chan, E., & Keyes, D. (Eds.) (2017). Crossroads of the classroom: Narrative intersections of teacher knowledge and subject matter. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Chan, E., Flanagan, A., Hermann, R., & Barnes, N. (2015). Tentative steps into the space of another: Teacher challenges of crossing cultures to build bridges with students. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 17(1 & 2), 11-25.
Schlein, C., Ross, V., & Chan, E. (2015) Organization stories, stories of an organization: A narrative inquiry into a curriculum and teaching community. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 17(1 & 2), 137- 151.
Chan, E. (2015). “An interesting time in my life.” Balancing culture with curriculum for a Chinese middle school student. Journal of Family Diversity in Education. Special Issue: Curriculum Making with Diverse Children, Families and Teachers, 1(3), 33-50.
Chan, E., & Ross, V. (2014). Narrative understandings of a school equity policy: Intersecting student, teacher, parent, and administrator perspectives. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 46(5), 656-675.
Chan, E., Heaton, R. M., Swidler, S. A., & Wunder, S. (2014). Examining CPED cohort dissertations: A window into the learning of Ed.D. students. Planning and Changing CPED Special Issue: The Education Doctorate, a Degree for Our Times, 44(3/4).
Schlein, C., & Chan, E. (2013). Examining students’ experiences as a foundation for multicultural curriculum development. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 28(2), 126-139.
Areas of Expertise:
Multicultural Education
Curriculum Studies
Immigrant and minority students’ experiences of school curriculum
Ethnic identity of first and second generation North Americans
Educational equity policies
The interaction of culture and curriculum in school contexts