Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education
Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
My research interests revolve around a focus on the 'scholarship of teaching and learning' (Boyer, 1990), the pedagogy of multiliteracies (The New London Group, 2000) communities of professional practice (Lave & Wenger, 1991), and the pedagogical potential of virtual learning environments. In particular, my interests lie in looking at the policies, decisions and practices surrounding learning environments that stimulate and engage teachers' intellectual curiosity in ways that inform pedagogical decisions that ultimately create rich learning environments for both teachers and students. I am keenly interested in what we, as teachers, can learn together with our students.
Selected Research Projects
A few of the projects I am currently involved in are,
- leading an investigation of scholarship in medical education across Canada with the support of an Academic Development New Research and Scholarly Initiatve Award: Major Grant;
- leading a research and development team designing digital interactives to enhance the literacies of Canadian youth in the area of managing their personal finances (funded by the not-for-profit Investor Education Fund);
- leading an investigation into research methodologies that may better capture multiliteracies through web-based social interaction networks (funded by SSHRC);
- participating in the Interprofessional Health Care Learning Labs Project (funded by the MOHLTC);
- participating in a Pan-Canadian initiative to study the pedagogy of Teacher Education in Canadian Faculties of Education.
Past Experiences
Administrative:
Former Director of Continuing Teacher Education, Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario.
Founding Director, Centre of Education in Medical Imaging, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario.
Consulting:
In addition to my teaching and research, I have worked with students, instructors and faculty in the fields of education, medicine, health sciences and construction technology to develop pedagogical expertise in both the on-site and virtual environments.
Selected Service:
Appointed Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.
President, Language & Literacy Researchers of Canada, 2009-2011
Core Advisor, Inspire: Interdisciplinary Network for Scholarship in Professions’ Research in Education, 2008-11
Advisory Panel, Connecting Practice and Research in Literacy, Ministry of Education and Training, Ontario
Teaching:
Prior to entering the University setting in 2000, I worked in a school system for sixteen years. My teaching experience, in addition to teaching in the 'regular' classroom setting spanning all grades, included:
- FSL
- Self-contained Behaviour Class
- Self-contained 'Mixed Exceptionalities'
- Itinerant Learning Resource Teacher (Early Years to Intermediate) Inclusive model
- Central Office Program Staff with profile including "Giftedness"
Contact
Faculty of Education, UWO
University of Western Ontario
1137 Western Rd. London, ON
N6G 1G7
Office: 1030
519 661-2111, x. 88557
khibbert@uwo.ca
The Salty Chip Blog (http://thesaltychip.edublogs.org/)
The WORDLE has been created from my dissertation: Examining Enunciative Space in an Online Community of Practice
