Dr Carol Rees

Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education

Lecturer

School of Education
3rd
302C

Biography

In the Froebel Department I teach educational research methods and I am a dissertation advisor for the BEd and PMEd programs. I also supervise students on school placement.  Before joining the Froebel Department, I was a Professor at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, Canada where I am currently a Professor Emerita. My area of research is student-centred, inquiry-based science education. I am a Past President of The Science Education Research Group of Canada.

Research Projects

Title Role Description Start date End date Amount
Froebel Identity Project PI 09/06/2023 09/06/2024
Supporting learner-centred pedagogy and dialogic teaching through co-teaching PI 01/08/2019 31/03/2024 92000
Supporting curiosity-driven inquiry-based science education online through a community-of-inquiry partnership: rethinking pedagogical approaches during the Covid-19 pandemic PI 01/09/2021 31/03/2023 25000
Transitioning to Student-Centered Science Inquiry: Investigating Classroom Talk PI 01/06/2014 01/06/2016 64000

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2022 Rees, Carol; Murphy, Colette; Kaur, Rupinder Deol; Brown, Alexis (2022) 'Inquiring together: A pre-participation phase for a coteaching clinical practice model in teacher education'. Teaching and Teacher Education, 117 (103814). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103814
2019 Rees, C.A. and Roth, W.-M. (2019) 'Discourse forms in a classroom transitioning to student-centered science inquiry through co-teaching'. International Journal of Science Education, . [Full-Text]
2013 Rees, C.A., Pardo, R, and Parker, J. (2013) 'Steps to Opening Scientific Inquiry: Pre-Service Teachers' Practicum Experiences with a New Support Framework'. Journal of Science Teacher Education, . [Full-Text]
2013 Steele, A., Brew, C., Rees, C.A. and Ibrahim Khan, S. (2013) 'Our Practice, their Readiness: Teacher educators Collaborate to Explore and Improve Pre-Service Teacher Readiness for Science and Math Instruction'. Journal of Science Teacher Education, .

Book Chapter

Year Publication
2023 Rees, C. A. (2023) 'Changes in discourse patterns during scientific inquiry: A co-teaching model for teacher professional learning' In: Exploring Elementary Science Teaching and Learning in Canada. N.Y : Springer.
2022 Rees, C.A., *Kaur, R.D., Ruberg, B., Sjokvist, G., Maslowski, M., Livingstone, D., Bauhuis, B. (2022) 'Developing a practicum model through a democratic process: faculty, teachers and teacher candidates share their views and experiences' In: Preparing Quality Teachers: Advances in Clinical Practice. Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing.

Conference Publication

Year Publication
2021 Rees, C.A., Harrison, M., Sjokvist, G., *Whitehouse, M., DeVries, E., Miller, C., Cheeptham, N. (2021) Proceedings of the 6th International STEM in Education Conference (STEM 2021) . In: Anderson, D., Milner-Bolotin, M., Santos, R. & Petrina, S eds. Curiosity-driven, inquiry-based science projects bridge face-to-face and online learning formats during COVID-19 [Full-Text]
2021 Rees, C.A. (2021) Proceedings of the 6th International STEM in Education Conference (STEM 2021) . In: Anderson, D., Milner-Bolotin, M., Santos, R. & Petrina, S eds. Coteachers interactions for professional learning in a first-grade classroom moving to student-centered scientific inquiry

Electronic Journal

Year Publication
2023 Rees, C.A., Allen, H.M., Whitehouse, M., Cheeptham, N., Harrison, M., DeVries, E., Sjokvist, G., & Miller C. (2023) Curiosity-Driven, Inquiry-Based Science Projects Bridge Face-to-Face and Online Learning Formats During COVID-19: A Teachers. [Electronic Journal] [Full-Text]

Other Journal

Year Publication
2023 Luft, T., Sheldon, M. & Rees, C. (2023) 'Identity Development of International Graduate Students in Canada: Findings from an Interpretative Phenomenological Approach' Trends in Psychology, 31 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s43076-023-00298-4
2018 Alexander, E., Pardo, R., Lindsay, S. and Rees, C.A (2018) 'The D.R.i.V.e. Inquiry Framework' Alberta Science Education Journal, 45 (3) . [Full-Text]
2017 Rees, C.A. & Roth, W. -M. (2017) 'Interchangeable Positions in Interaction Sequences in Science Classrooms' Dialogical Pedagogy: An International Journal, 5 . [Full-Text]
2017 Stewart, N., Lidster, S., *Anchikoski, T., Cinel, B., Brewer, S., and Rees, C.A. (2017) 'Creating an engaging science inquiry activity for middle school students that incorporates online remote access to analytical instrumentation' Alberta Journal of Science Education, . [Full-Text]
2015 Rees, C.A. (2015) 'Developing Science Literacy through the Heat Game: An Online Role-Playing Game' International Journal for Leadership in Learning, . [Full-Text]
2014 Rees, C.A. (2014) 'Developing Awareness of Connections Between Science, Technology and the Environment through Participation in a Game-Like Approach to Curriculum' Brazilian Journal of Research in Science Education, . [Full-Text]

Abstract

Year Publication
2020 Dunn, M., & Rees, C.A. (2020) Scientific Inquiry with the Steps to Inquiry Framework Fosters Creativity in an Early Primary Classroom. [Abstract]
2020 Rees, C.A., Kaur, R. D., & Murphy, C. (2020). (2020) Teachers and Teacher Candidates Learning Together: Reported Ideas Regarding a Co-Teaching Model. [Abstract]
2020 Anchikoski, T., & Rees, C.A. (2020) Productive Disciplinary Engagement in a Remote Laboratory Activity with an Eighth-Grade Science Class. [Abstract]
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Teaching Interests

In the Froebel Department I teach educational research methods and I am a dissertation advisor for the BEd and PMEd programs. I also supervise students on school placement.  

External Collaborators

Name Role Country
Wolff-Michael Roth / University of Victoria Canada
Colette Murphy / TCD Ireland
Naowarat Cheeptham / Thompson Rivers University Canada
Michelle Harrison / Thompson Rivers University