Jim Greenlaw
Jim Greenlaw, B.A.(Hons), B.Ed., M.A.T., Ph.D.
Faculty of Education Dean and Full Professor
Office: EDU526
Phone: 905.721.8668 ext. 3687
Email:jim.greenlaw@uoit.ca
Research Interests
Teaching English as a Foreign Language in China
Educational Technology in Humanities Classrooms
Postcolonial Literary Theory Applied to the Teaching of Multicultural Literature
Current projects
Writing and editing textbooks on English as a Foreign Language for students in rural China
Writing a book on the Philosophical Foundations of E-Learning
B.Ed. Courses Taught
EDUC 440 Content Area Literacy
EDUC 438 Assessment
EDUC 434 Foundations of Education
EDUC 421 Secondary English Curriculum and Methods
EDUC 467 Computers in Education
ELIB 326 Young Adult Literature
M.Ed. Courses Taught
EDUC 569 Representations of Teachers in Film
EDUC534 Education Foundations
EDUC575.66 Computers in Humanities Education
EDUC 537 Philosophical Foundations of Curriculum
EDUC 576 Curriculum Development
EDUC 532 Curriculum Theory
EDUC 505 Research Methods
ED 880 Multicultural Education Issues
EC&I 855 Theories of Teaching Literature
Publications
Books / Chapters
Greenlaw, J.C. (2006)
Project English: Books 5 and 6. Beijing: Ren-Ai Education Institute, 242 pp.
Greenlaw, J.C. (2005).
English Language Arts and Reading on the Internet: A Resource for K-12 Teachers (2nd Edition).
New Jersey: Prentice-Hall,144 pp.
Greenlaw, J.C.(2005).
Project English: Books 3 and 4. Beijing: Ren-Ai Education Institute, 258 pp.
Greenlaw, J. C.(2004).
Project English: Books 1 and 2
. Beijing: Ren-Ai Education Institute, 284 pp.
Greenlaw, J.C., Boudreau, N., Burry, J., MacLean, M., & Murrin, M. (2002). Computers inhumanities education: Four teachers examine the issues. In B. R. C. Barrell (Ed.),
Technology, Teaching, and Learning: Issues in the Integration of Technology, pp. 261-280
.Calgary: Detselig.
Refereed Articles
Greenlaw, J. C
.(2005). Literacy curriculum reform in Bhutan: Headmasters discuss the challenges they face.
International journal of learning, 11, 1445-1452
.
Greenlaw, J. C.(2005). "The world is our classroom": Developing global awareness in adolescents by teaching Deborah Ellis'
Breadwinner Trilogy.
Canadian children's literature, 39.1, 44-59.
Greenlaw,J. C. (2000). A postcolonial reading of the "Asian presence" in North American films.
Language and literacy, Vol. 3, Spring
.http://www.langandlit.ualberta.ca/archives/vol12papers/postcolonial.htm14 pp.
Greenlaw, J. C. (1999). Marie Lee's
Necessary Roughness: A review essay.
The journal of adult and adolescent literacy, 42 (5), 419-422
.
Greenlaw, J. C. & Garbutcheon Singh, M.(1998). Postcolonial theory in the literature classroom: Contrapuntal readings.
Theory into practice: Literary theory in the high school english classroom, 37 (3), 193-202.
Technical Reports
Greenlaw, J. C., & Fox, M. (2007).
The New Brunswick Dedicated Notebook Research Report: Final Report
. New Brunswick Department of Education: Fredericton, New Brunswick, 148pp.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Greenlaw, J.C. & Fox, M.(2008).
Teachers and principals share their views on a government-initiated dedicated Notebook Computer project.
In the
Proceedings of the E-Learn 2008 World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Health care, and Higher Education, 2636-2645.
Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
.
Greenlaw, J.C. & Fox, M. (2007). Teacher Mentors and Professional Development in New Brunswick's Dedicated Notebook Laptop Computer Project. In the
17thInternational Conference Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 3376-3383
. Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
Greenlaw, J.C. (2001). Developing international understanding via the Internet: Canadian student teachers and English students in China study world literature together.In the
12th International Conference Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. Orlando, Florida: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
Conference Presentations
Greenlaw,J. C., Desjardins, F., & Robertson, L. (2009).
Teaching in the classroom of the future. Keynote Panel address at the Techno-edge Conference at the UOIT Faculty of Education in April.
Greenlaw,J. C. & Norris, J. (2009).
Responding to the muses: Two interwoven autoethnographic journeys. At the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference in San Diego in April.
Greenlaw, J.C. (2008).
Is it possible for the national English curricula of China and Bhutan to meet the needs of rural and minority students? At the Oxford Roundtable conference at Oxford University in Oxford, England in July.
Greenlaw, J.C. (2008).
Internationalization in Canadian universities: Opportunities and challenges. At the Canadian Society for Studies in Education Conference in Vancouver in May.
Greenlaw,J. C. (2005).
Decolonizing China's English education system through transnational literacy: A critical narrative inquiry. At the Sixth Annual Conference on Curriculum and Pedagogy at Miami University, Ohio in October.
