submitted by
Ingrid Johnston
Joel Yan reported an encouraging increase in submissions for this award. There were three winners. announced this year. Lorna Walker, a master’s student in the Department of Secondary Education at the University of Alberta, and her supervisor/instructor, Dr. Norma Nocente, were present at the AGM to receive their awards.
In addition to the 2000 awards, the CACS dissertation award for 1999 was also presented at the Congress in Edmonton. This award was organized by Antoinette Gagne and her committee. The 1999 winner is:
George Richardson from the Department of Secondary Education for his dissertation The death of the good Canadian: Teachers, national identities and the social studies curriculum.His supervisor is Terry Carson from the U of A.
Runners-up for the 1999 award are:
Susan Tilley -- Becoming familiar: Exploring stories of schooling with women in prison
Margie Buttignol -- Colouring outside the lines: Transformative experiences of creativity and teacher self(ves)
Thank you to Antoinette for organizing this award for the past five years.
This year's award was organized by Ingrid Johnston and her committee. There were six submissions and three excellent short-listed candidates
Two winners were announced:
Renee Norman from UBC (Carl Leggo, supervisor) Title: "House of Mirrors: Performing Autobiograph(icall)y in Language/Education"
and
J.C. Couture from Uof A (Terry Carson and jan jagodzinski, supervisors) for his dissertation entitled: The Gift of Failure: Teacher Commitment in the Postmodern Classroom."
The runner-up was Wendy Donawa (supervisor L. Baxter) from UVic. for her dissertation entitled: A Rebel Band of Friends: Understanding through Women's Narratives of Friendship, Identity, and Moral Agency.
Next year’s award deadline will be February 1, 2001.
The Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies invites submissions for the year 2001 CACS Dissertation Award from doctoral students who defended dissertations in the area of curriculum studies during 2000 at a Canadian University.
Interested applicants or their doctoral supervisors should forward the following to:
by the deadline date of FEBRUARY 1, 2001:
A covering letter with the applicant's name, current address, fax, phone and e-mail; the university where the study was completed; the name of the supervisor(s) and external examiner, the defence date, and a copy of the signed committee acceptance of the dissertation.
An abstract of no more than 1500 words outlining the title, intents, theoretical framework, methodology and findings of the study and the significance of the research for curriculum studies in Canada.
A current copy of the applicant's Curriculum Vitae.
Short-listed finalists for the competition will be asked to submit three copies of their dissertations for adjudication by a panel of three experienced researchers in curriculum studies at Canadian universities who are members of CACS.
Submissions will be judged on their overall quality, substance, distinctiveness and significance.
The winner of the CACS award will receive a plaque and $500 for expenses to attend the CACS AGM at the CSSE Congress at Laval, Quebec, in May.
For further information, contact
Ingrid Johnston:
phone: 780-492-5639; fax: 780-492-9402; or
email: ingrid.johnston@ualberta.ca
Dr. Ingrid Johnston, Assistant Professor, Department of Secondary Education,
University of Alberta, Edm. AB T6G 2G5. (780) 492-5639