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Susan Jagger

Associate Professor
EducationPhD, MA, BEd, BSc
OfficeKHS 350C, Kerr Hall South
Phone416-979-5000 ext. 556334
Areas of ExpertiseScience and mathematics education; Environmental and place-based education; Participatory research methods; Critical theory and poststructuralism.

I received my BSc in Biology and BEd in Elementary Education from the University of Victoria (UVic) and after several years of elementary school teaching in British Columbia and London, UK, I returned to UVic and completed my MA in Curriculum Studies. I completed my PhD in Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE/UT). Prior to joining the School of Early Childhood Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University in Fall 2015, I worked in the Educational Studies Department at Monmouth College in Monmouth, IL and taught courses in mathematics foundations, elementary mathematics teaching methods, and elementary science teaching methods.

  • CLD 213: History and Philosophy of ECE
  • CLD 317: Concept Development in Mathematics
  • CLD 420: Children and Nature
  • CS 8943: Ecological Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Research

Research interests:

  • Environmental education.
  • Learning gardens.
  • Community mapping.
  • Poststructuralism and deconstruction.
  • Informal learning.
  • Science education.
  • Children’s participation.
  • Participatory research methods.
  • Arts-based research approaches.

Books Authored:

  • Pedretti, E., Bellomo, K., & Jagger, S. (2015). Explorations in elementary school science: Practice and theory. Pearson.

Books edited (including journal editing):

  • Trifonas, P. P., & Jagger, S. (Eds.). (in press). International handbook of curriculum theory, research, and practice. Springer.
  • Jagger, S. (Ed). (2019). Early years education and care in Canada: A historical and philosophical overview. Canadian Scholars Press.
  • Trifonas, P. P., & Jagger, S. (Eds.). (2019). Handbook of cultural studies in education. Routledge.

Book chapters:

  • Carper, P., & Jagger, S. (in press). Curricular readings, conversational writings: Dialogue on a book club. In P. P. Trifonas & S. Jagger. (Eds.). (in press). International handbook of curriculum theory, research, and practice. Springer.
  • Jagger, S. (in press). Postcards from the field: Reflections on being participant/researcher in participatory researcher. In P. P. Trifonas & S. Jagger. (Eds.). (in press). International handbook of curriculum theory, research, and practice. Springer.
  • Jagger, S., & Hayward, M. (in press). Children’s embodiment of a land ethic. In P. P. Trifonas & S. Jagger. (Eds.). (in press). International handbook of curriculum theory, research, and practice. Springer.
  • Jagger, S., & Trifonas, P. P. (in press). Deconstructing the scene of teaching, learning, and educational research: A post-critical dialogue. In P. P. Trifonas & S. Jagger. (Eds.). (in press). International handbook of curriculum theory, research, and practice. Springer.
  • Jagger, S. (in press). Currents and confluences in environmental education. In R. Tierney, F. Rizvi, K. Ercikan, & G. Smith (Eds.), International encyclopedia of education (4 th ed.). Elsevier.
  • Trifonas, P. P., & Jagger, S. (in press). Introduction. In P. P. Trifonas & S. Jagger (Eds.), International handbook of curriculum theory, research, and practice. Springer.
  • Johnston, L., Shoemaker, L., Land, N., Di Santo, A., & Jagger, S. (2020). Early childhood education and care in Canada. In G. Noblit (Ed.), Oxford research encyclopedia of education. Oxford University Press.
  • Jagger, S. (2020). An ecology of environmental education. In P. P. Trifonas (Ed.), International handbook of theory and research in cultural studies and education. Springer.
  • Jagger, S. (2020). Posting #selfies: Autogeographies and the teaching of me. In P.P. Trifonas (Ed.), International handbook of theory and research in cultural studies and education. Springer.
  • Mirkovic, D., Pytka, B., & Jagger, S. (2020). Spiritual mediations: Being in the early years. In P.P. Trifonas (Ed.), International handbook of theory and research in cultural studies and education. Springer.
  • Jagger, S. (2019). Drawing together common threads in the history and philosophy of the early years. In S. Jagger (Ed.), Early years education and care in Canada: A historical and philosophical overview (pp. ix-xiv). Canadian Scholars.
  • Jagger, S. (2019). Experiencing education in the early years. In S. Jagger (Ed.), Early years education and care in Canada: A historical and philosophical overview (pp. 83-98). Canadian Scholars.
  • Dubek, M., Jagger, S., & Pedretti, E. (2019). Heterotopias of the living and the dead. In P. P. Trifonas & S. Jagger (Eds.), Handbook of cultural studies and education (pp. 306-318). Routledge.
  • Jagger, S. (2019). Sketches along the road west: It’s a beauty way to go. In P. P. Trifonas & S. Jagger (Eds.), Handbook of cultural studies and education (pp. 423-440). Routledge.
  • Trifonas, P. P., & Jagger, S. (2019). Cultural studies and education: Engaging heterotopias of difference. In P. P. Trifonas & S. Jagger (Eds.), Handbook of cultural studies and education (pp. 1-15). Routledge.
  • Jagger, S. (2018). Opening a space of/for curriculum: The learning garden as context and content for difference in mathematics education. In L. Jao & N. Radakovic (Eds.), Transdisciplinarity in mathematics education (pp. 89-106). Springer.
  • Trifonas, P. P., & Jagger, S. (2017). Derrida and the ethics of reading. In M. Peters (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational philosophy and theory (pp. 439-442). Springer.
  • Jagger, S. (2015). What does your garden show? Explorations of the semiotics of the garden. In P. P. Trifonas (Ed.), The international handbook of semiotics (pp. 629-645). Springer.

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