Editorial: The challenge of student engagement: Beyond mainstream conceptions and practices

McGill Journal of Education, Spring 2003 by Butler-Kisber, Lynn, Portelli, John P

L. B-K. & J. P. P.

juin. 2003

REFERENCES

Anderson, Gary L., Bentley, Mary, Gallegos, Bernardo, Herr, Kathryn, et Saavedra, Elizabeth (1998). Teaching within/against the backlash: A group dialogue about power and pedagogy in the 1990s. DansR.C. Chavez & J. O'Donnell (Eds.), Speaking the unpleasant; The politics of (non) engagement in the multicultural education terrain, pp. 274-295. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

REFERENCE

Anderson, Gary L., Bentley, Mary, Gallegos Bernardo, Herr, Kathryn, & Saavedra, Elizabeth (1998). Teaching within/against the backlash: A group dialogue about power and pedagogy in the 1990s. In R.C. Chavez & J. O'Donnell (Eds.), Speaking the unpleasant; The politics of (non) engagement in the multicultural education terrain, pp. 274-295. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

LYNN BUTLER-KISBER is an associate professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGiII University in Montreal. She is currently the Director of the Centre for Educational Leadership, and of the Graduate Certificate Programs in Educational Leadership. She teaches courses on language arts, qualitative research, and teacher education. Her research and development activities have focused on classroom processes, literacy learning, student engagement, educational leadership, professional development, and qualitative methodologies. She is particularly interested in feminist/equity issues, and the role of artsbased analysis and representation in qualitative research.

JOHN P. PORTELLI is a Professor at OISE/UT where he teaches courses in philosophy of education, and educational leadership and policy studies. His recent publications include The Erosion of Democracy in Education: From critique to possibilities (2001, with R. P. Solomon), and What to Do? cases studies for educators (3rd revised edition, 2003, with William Hare). His research interests include: democratic values and educational leadership; student engagement and critical pedagogy; and standards, diversity and educational policy.

LYNN BUTLER-KISBER est professeure agregee au Departemnent d'Etudes integrees en education a l'Universite McGill a Montreal. Elle y dirige le Centre pour le leadership en education et les programmes de certificat d'etudes superieures dans ce meme champ d'etudes. Son enseignement touche aux arts du langage, a la recherche qualitative et a la formation a l'enseignement. Ses interets et domaines de recherche portent sur les processus de la salle de classe, l'apprentissage de la litteratie, l'engagement des etudiants, le leadership en education, le developpement professionnel et les methodologies qualitatives. Elle s'interesse particulierement aux questions relatives au feminisme et a l'equite ainsi qu'au role de l'analyse et de la representation fondees sur les arts dans la recherche qualitative.

JOHN P. PORTELLI est professeur a l'lEPO/UT ou il donne des cours de philosophie de l'education, de leadership en education et d'etudes politiques. Parmi les ouvrages qu'il a recemment publies, mentionnons : The Erosion of Democracy in Education: From critique to possibilities (2001, avec R. P. Solomon), et What to Do? Case studies for educators (3e edition revisee, 2003, avec William Hare). Ses recherches portentsur les valeurs democratiques et le leadership en education; l'engagement des eleves et la pedagogie critique; et les normes, la diversite et les politiques scolaires.