Westheimer, Joel
University Research Chair
Full professor
Faculty of Education
Contact Information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (4161)
Cell: Contact Media team
E-mail: joelw@uottawa.ca
Website
Preferred Method s of Contact:
E-mail, Cell Telephone
Research Information:
Relationship of schooling to society, social norms; education and democracy; teachers' workplace environment; civic education; service learning; politics and education; youth civic engagement and activism; different philosophies of education; testing, standards, and "accountability''.
Areas of Expertise:
- Canadian politics
- Curriculum
- Democracy
- Democracy and democratization
- Education
- Evaluation
- Freedom
- Nationalism
- Political ideology
- Social change
- Testing
- Youth
Language Preference:
English only
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