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Stephen Smith
Professor
Director, Professional Programs
Director, Professional Programs
Faculty of Education
Dr. Stephen Smith's scholarly work pertains to curricular and instructional practices in physical education, health and vitality, and the somatics of teacher education. Drawing up human sciences methodologies, he has investigated the acquisition of movement competence and the means whereby children are taught to become physically proficient. Writings explore gesture theory and its applications to physical education, health education, and teacher education.
school Supervision Status: Not Accepting New Students
Supervisory Experience
Doctoral Supervision
- Dhaliwal, Roselene (PhD, 2024), Making the invisible, visible: tracing inequity and exclusion through a lens of Sikhism
- Ram, Ilana (PhD, 2021), "Is it just me?": A phenomenological exploration of maternal ambivalence In breastfeeding
- Xie, Qing (Cynthia) (PhD, 2020), The learning virtues: Chinese cultural dispositions and student success (Co-supervisor)
- Gordon, Michael (PhD, 2018), Practicing love: embodied attunement through the lens of Aikido (Co-supervisor)
- Espinoza, Marco Antonio (PhD, 2016), Language ‘as’ Element: The Sentient Registers of Communicative Practice
- Kruger-Ross, Matthew James (PhD, 2016), An inquiry into the question of Being in teaching: World, Attunement, and the danger of Enframing
- Dharamsi, Tasnim (PhD, 2014), Living within the Hermeneutic Circle: Interpreting the Curricular Inquiry of Canadian Secondary Ismaili Religious Education Teachers
- Rosehart, Paula Anne (PhD, 2013), Learning to move, moving to learn: Metaphorical expressions in teacher education
- Storey, Brian Cameron (PhD, 2011), Public sphere thinking in curriculum development: maps, metaphors, and agency
Master's Supervision
- Bowie, Loretta Lee (MA, 2011), "It's a healthy social thing": recreation managers' perceptions of community health promotion.
Upcoming Courses
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Last Updated: 12/08/26