Lead Researchers: Clive Beck, Joyce Bainbridge, Shelley Peterson, Clare Kosnik, and Mary Clare Courtland
Role: Educational Researcher on Ministry of Education Project: A Databank of Reading Interventions, Assessments, and Programs
Sept. 2005 - Dec. 2005 05: 300: 422 Teaching Literature: Readers, Texts, and Contexts
Jan. 2006 - May 2006 15: 252: 518 Topics in English Education: Incorporating New Literacies
Sept. 2006 - Dec. 2006 05: 300: 422 Teaching Literature: Readers, Texts, and Contexts
July 2, 2003 – August 11, 2003 Instructor: Curriculum, Teaching and Learning 1005, Literacy, Language, and the School Curriculum
Teacher Education Seminar with Mary-Lynn Tessaro – EDU 6000 – 70 students
Secondary Preservice Teaching: School & Society – EDU 3508
2003 – 2004 OISE/UT Campus Option
Curriculum & Instruction – Language EDU 1420 – P/J – 32 students
Curriculum & Instruction – Language EDU 1420 – J/I – 29 students
Teacher Education Seminar with Judy Blaney – EDU 6000 – 61 students
School & Society with Professor Paul Olson – EDU 3508 – P/J – 32 students
School & Society with Professor Paul Olson – EDU 3508 – J/I – 29 students
2002 – 2003 OISE/UT Campus Option
School & Society – 3508 – P/J Section – 30 students
School & Society – 3508 – J/I Section – 30 students
Teacher Education Seminar – EDU 6000 – 60 students
Curriculum and Instruction – Language EDU 1420 – 60 students
2001 – 2002 OISE/UT Campus Option
Teacher Education Seminar – EDU 6000 with Judy Blaney – 60 students
Curriculum and Instruction – EDU 1420 Language (occasional teaching with Wayne Fairhead) – 60 students
SUPERVISION
Graduate Supervision
2006 - Supervisor of Amelia Wolfe, Doctorate of Education, Rutgers GSE
2006 - Supervisor of Debra Sarfaty, Doctorate of Education, Rutgers GSE
2006 - Supervisor of Sun Hee Kim, Ph.D. in Education, Rutgers GSE
2005 - Supervisor of Sharyn Fisher, Doctorate of Education, Rutgers GSE
2003 – Supervisor of Rita Gravina, Master of Education Student,
OISE/University of Toronto
MRP: Completed May 2005
2003 – Supervisor for Vannina Sztainbok, Campus Option TEPA
Committee Work
2005 - Committee Member on Sandra Abrams Ph.D. Committee
Preservice Supervision
2004-2005 OISE/UT Midtown Option
Supervised 25 Preservice Students during their First Practicum
Supervised 32 Preservice Students during their Second Practicum
2003 – 2004 OISE/UT Campus Option
Supervised 21 Preservice Students during their First Practicum
Supervised 19 Preservice Students during their Second Practicum
2002 – 2003 OISE/UT Campus Option
Supervised 11 Preservice Students during the First Practicum
Supervised 14 Preservice Students during the Second Practicum
2001 – 2002 OISE/UT Campus Option
Supervised 8 Preservice Students during the First Practicum
Supervised 10 Preservice Students during the Second Practicum
Publications:
Books Authored/Co-Authored: 6
Chapters in Books 5
Articles in Refereed Journals: 3
Articles out for Review with Refereed Journals 1
Book Reviews in Refereed Journals: 2
Grant Reviewing 1
Editor of Journal 1
Papers in Non-Refereed Journals: 2
Report: 1
Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings: 2
Refereed Conference Papers: 7
Non-Refereed Conference Papers: 7
Grants: 2
Books Authored/Co-Authored:
Rowsell, J. (2006). Family Literacy Experiences. Markham: Pembroke Publishers.
Pahl, K. & Rowsell, J. (Eds.) (2006). Travel Notes From The New Literacy Studies. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.
Pahl, K. & Rowsell, J. (2005). Literacy and Education: Understanding the New Literacy Studies in the Classroom. London: Paul Chapman Publishers.
Rowsell, J. (2005). Frame by Frame. Part of a Language Series, Learning Through Literacy, David Booth, Jack Booth & Judith Greene (Eds.) Toronto: Nelson Publishing.
Rowsell, J. (2005). Frame by Frame Teacher’s Guide. Part of a Language Series, Learning Through Literacy, David Booth, Jack Booth & Judith Greene (Eds.) Toronto: Nelson Publishing.
Booth, D. and Rowsell, J. (2002). The Literacy Principal: Supporting, Leading, and Assessing Reading and Writing Programs. Markham: Pembroke Publishers.
Chapters in Books:
Rowsell, J. (Forthcoming). Multiliteracies and Teacher Education. Current Issues in Teacher Education: Responding to Our Critics. New York: Taylor & Francis.
Rowsell, J. (2006). "Improvising on Artistic Habitus: Sedimenting identity into art." In Allan Luke & Jim Albright (Eds.), Literacy Education and Bourdieu. Rahway, NJ: Erlbaum Publishing.
Rowsell, J. (2004). "There is No Place Like Home: A teacher perspective on literacies across educational contexts." In Brian Street (Ed.) Literacies Across Educational Contexts. Philadelphia: Caslon Publishing Inc.
Rowsell, J. (2003). "About Media in Education." In D. Booth & M. Hachiya (Eds.) The Arts Go to School. Markham: Pembroke Publishers.
Rowsell, J. (2000). "Publishing Practices and Personal Perspectives." Home and Away – Researching Familiar and Unfamiliar Cultures.Book publised by King’s College Press, London England.
Articles in Refereed Journals:
Burke, A. & Rowsell, J. (2006). "From Screen to Print: Publishing Multiliteracies Pedagogy." The International Journal of Learning. Victoria: Common Ground Publishers.
Rowsell, J. (2003). "Identities in Progress: Towards a Notion of Modified Habitus." Ways of Knowing, Vol. 1, No.1. pp. 3-15
Rowsell, J. (2003). " Semiotic Consciousness in Educational Textbooks." International Journal of Applied Semiotics. Volume 4, No. 2. pp. 43 – 63.
Rowsell, J. (2003). "The Production-Reception Continuum: Activating publishing practices during literacy events." Changing English, Volume 10, January 2003, pp. 59-71.
Articles out for Review:
Rowsell, J. & Pahl, K. (2005). "Sedimented Identities in Texts: Instances of Practice." Submitted to Reading Research Quarterly.
Reports:
Kosnik, Clare; Beck, Clive; Diamond, Patrick; Kooy, Mary; & Rowsell, Jennifer (2002). "Preservice Teacher Education in Ontario: Trends and Best Practices in an Era of Curriculum Reform." Report produced for the Ministry of Education in Toronto, Ontario. 70 pages
Book Reviews in Refereed Journals:
Rowsell, J. (2003). A Review of Norman Fairclough’s Analysing Discourse in Applied Linguistics, January 2004.
Rowsell, J. (2002). A Review of Ron Scollon’s Mediated Discourse: The Nexus of Practice for the British Association for Applied Linguistics Journal, Language at Work. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, Ltd.
Editor of Journal
Rowsell, J. & Booth, D (2005). Literacy Revisited …. Orbit, Vol. 36. October, 2005.
Editorial Advisory Boards
January 2006. Journal of Literacy Research. Published by the National Reading Conference.
Papers in Non-Refereed Journals:
Papers in Non-Refereed Journals:
Rowsell, J. (2005). Editorial Introduction: New Directions in Literacy Education. In Literacy Revisited, Edt. by Jennifer Rowsell & David Booth. Orbit, Volume 36. October 2005.
Rowsell, J. (2000). "Publishing Practices in Printed Education." Literacy Today, a journal published monthly by the British National Literacy Trust. London, England.
Rowsell, J. (2000). "British and Canadian Perspectives on Educational Publishing." King’s English, King’s College Press, London, England.
Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings:
Burke, A. & Rowsell, J. (2005). From Screen to Print: Publishing Multiliteracies Pedagogy. Preconference on Literacy Education at the Canadian Studies in Education Annual Conference.
Rowsell, J. (2000). Texts as Traces of Social Practice (July 4, 2000). Paper given at New Technologies and Socio-Democracies Conference, Institute of Education, London, England.
Rowsell, J. (1999). Publishing Practices and Instructional Models (June, 1999). Paper given at the Multilingualism and Dyslexia Conference, University of Manchester, Manchester, England.
Refereed Conference Papers:
Travelnotes from the New Literacy Studies: Instances of Practice. Chair of Symposium of international speakers at the American Educational Association Annual Conference in San Francisco. April 2006.
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Multiliteracies and Literacy Teacher Education. Paper given with Professor Clive Beck at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference in San Francisco. April 2006.
Mediating Funds of Knowledge in Teacher Education. Participant in Symposium at the Annual International Linguistics Association Conference (AILA) in Madison, Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin-Madison. July 23rd, 2005.
Literacies Across Educational ContextsIntroduction. Chair of Symposium at the Annual International Linguistics Association Conference (AILA) in Madison, Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin-Madison. July 23rd, 2005
Screen Pedagogy: Publishing Multiliteracies Pedagogy. With Anne Burke. The Learning Conference: Multiliteracies 12th Annual Learning Conference. University of Grenada, Grenada, Spain. July 12th, 2005.
From Screen to Print: Publishing Multiliteracies Pedagogy. With Anne Burke. Preconference on Literacy Education at the Canadian Studies in Education Annual Conference. University of Western Ontario, London, ON, May 27th, 2005.
Ministry of Education Forum: Literacy Teacher Education and Multiliteracies with Professor Clare Kosnik and Professor Clive Beck.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, ON, May 25th, 2005.
Multimodality in the Junior Classroom. Junior Literacy Conference. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, ON, April 8th, 2005.
How does Balanced Literacy fit into a Multiliteracies Framework? United Kingdom Language Arts Conference, Manchester, UK, 2004, July 14th, 2004.
A Teacher’s Perspective on Applying New Literacy Studies in the Classroom. AERA Symposium: Applying the New Literacy Studies in the Classroom (April 2004). Symposium for Writing and Literacies SIG. San Diego, April 16th, 2004.
Executive Exchanges: Enciphering and Deciphering Power in Interview Data with Female Executives. International Pragmatics Conference. Identity and the Construction of Social Identity Panel. Toronto, July 2003.
Impact of Curriculum Reform on Preservice Teacher Education: Teacher Educators’ Response to a New Mandated Curriculum(April, 2003). Paper Session for American Educational Research Association Division K: Section 6: Contexts of Preservice Education.
Linguistic Ethnography as a Lens for Theory and Practice: Tracing Practices in Texts(April, 2002). Symposium presentation for Division G, Section 1: Local Contexts of Teaching and Learning at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Semiotic Consciousness in Educational Textbooks(April, 2001). Invited symposium presentation for the Semiotics in Education Special Interest Group at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle.
Classroom Mediations of Texts(April 2001). Mentoring Roundtable II Session at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, Washington.
Texts as Traces of Social Practice(July 4, 2000). Paper given at New Technologies and Socio-Democracies Conference, Institute of Education, London, England.
Towards a Theory of Text Production(September, 1999). Paper given at the annual meeting of the British Educational Research Association, University of Sussex, Brighton, England.
Publishing Practices and Instructional Models(June, 1999). Paper given at the Multilingualism and Dyslexia Conference, University of Manchester, Manchester, England.
Non-Refereed Conference Papers
Understanding New Literacy Studies in the Classroom. Guest Lecturer for Larry Swartz’s Language, Literacy, and the School Curriculum Course on May 18th, 2005.
Multiliteracies and Activity Theory. Social-Cultural Research Group. Toronto, OISE/University of Toronto. Seminar held on August 11th, 2004.
Use of Texts in Classroom Sites (March, 2000). Seminar given for King’s College Language and Literacy Group, King’s College, London, England.
Social Semiotics and Pedagogic Texts (November, 1999). Lecture for Master in Classics seminar. King’s College London, England.
Publishing Practices and Personal Perspectives(June, 1999). Paper given at the King’s College Student Research Day, King’s College, London, England.
Literacy and Social Semiotics(February, 1999). Seminar given for the Language and Literacy Group at King’s College, London, England.
The Semiotics of Textbooks (December 14, 1998). Seminar given for students in the Postgraduate Certificate in Teacher Education, King’s College, London, England.
Educational Policy, Publishers, and the National Literacy Strategy(November, 1998). Paper given at the Texts and Practices Conference, University of Southampton, Southampton, England.
Interviewing Techniques in an Ethnographic Research Study(May, 1998). Seminar given at the Language and Literacy Group, King’s College, London, England.
Professional Activities
Date: February 2006
Role:Member of the Family Literacy Committee
Organization:International Reading Association
Date: January 2006
Role:Reviewed Grant
Organization:Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Date: August (2005)
Role: Reviewer
Organization: International Journal of Learning.
Date: July 20th, 2005
Role: Reviewer
Organization: English Studies in Africa
Date: July 22nd, 2005
Role: Reviewer
Organization: Alberta Journal of Education
Date: July 24th, 2005
Role: Reviewer
Organization: Language and Education
Date: June 17th, 2005
Role: Expert Panel television appearance on TVO Education Special
Organization: More to Life television show on TVO
Date: 2004-2005
Role: Committee Member
Committee: Primary/Junior Experience Planning Committee
Date: 2004 – 2005
Role: Committee Member
Committee: Accreditation Committee
Date: 2004-2005
Role: Committee Member
Committee: Appeals Committee
Date: 2003-2004
Role: Liaison on Accreditation Process, Ontario College of Teachers
Department: Associate Dean’s Office
Date: 2003 – 2004
Role: Committee Member
Committee: Bursary Committee
Date: 2002 – 2004
Role: Committee Member
Committee: School-Partnership Committee