Stéphane Lévesque

Associate Professor, University of Ottawa

Stéphane Lévesque is associate professor of history education at the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa. His research focuses on students’ historical thinking, Canadian history, citizenship education, and new media and technology in education. Author of Thinking Historically: Educating Students for the 21st Century (University of Toronto Press 2008), Dr. Lévesque has also published several book chapters and numerous articles in professional and scholarly journals such as the International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching, and Research; Journal of the Ontario History and Social Science Teachers' Association; Canadian and International Education; Canadian Social Studies; and the Journal of Curriculum Studies. Recent research projects include “The Virtual Historian: Digital History in the Canadian Classroom” (www.virtualhistorian.ca) funded by the Western Innovation Fund and the Faculty of Education Media and Information Services at the University of Western Ontario; “Historical Literacy and Digital Technology” funded by the Canadian Council on Learning; and “Canadian and US Students’ Historical Learning with Technology,” a SSHRC funded comparative study. He is past president of the Citizenship Education Research Network and co-chair of the Teaching History interest group of the American Educational Research Association. In his spare time, Stéphane is a passionate amateur hockey coach for his son William’s team.

Publications, Grants, and Presentations

“Thinking History: Development of Didactics of History Education in Canada.” In Patterns of Research in Civics, History, Geography and Religious Education, edited by Bengt Schüllerqvist. Sweden: Karlstad University Press, 2011.

"The Challenges of Teaching National History in the Canadian Multicultural Context." Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens, in press.

« Les TIC et l’histoire : partenaires ou rivaux? - Quelques leçons à tirer ». Revue Enjeux 7(1) (2011): 28-33.

"What it Means to Think Historically." In New Possibilities for the Past: Shaping History Education in Canada, edited by Penney Clark. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011.

« La pensée historique et l'enseignement d'enjeux contentieux : l'expérience des élèves qui étudient la Crise d'octobre ». In L'école et la diversité : perspectives comparées, edited by A. McAndrew, 159-68. Québec : Presses de l'Université Laval, 2010.

« Compte rendu ». Michel Sarra-Bournet and Félix Bouvier. L’enseignement de l’histoire au début du XXIe siècle au Québec. Recherches sociographiques 51(1-2) (2010): 280-81.

"On Historical Literacy: Learning to Think Like Historians." Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens (Winter 2010): 42-6.

"Developing Historical Literacy." Queen’s Education Letter (Autumn 2010): 7-10.

"Historical Literacy in 21st Century Ontario: Research Using The Virtual Historian©." Research Report. Conseil canadien sur l’apprentissage, 2009. http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Research/FundedResearch/20091204StéphaneLévesque.htm

With T. Stanley, S. Cook, R. Heap, L. McLean, and N. Ng-A-Fook. Curriculum Research and Benchmarking to Support the Curriculum Review in Social Studies Grades 1 to 6, History Grades 7 and 8, And the Canadian and World Studies Grades 9 to 12 (History Component). Ministry of Education, Ontario, 2009.

"The Impact of Digital Technologies and the Need for Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Lessons from the Virtual Historian." In The Emperor's New Computer: Reflections on the Impact of Information and Communications Technology on Teachers and Teaching, edited byTony Di Petta, 17-28. Rotterdam: SensePublishers, 2009.

"Rethinking Citizenship Education in Canada." In Beyond National Dreams: Essays on Canadian Nationalism and Citizenship, edited by R. Blake & A. Nurse, 131-54. FitzHenry Whiteside, 2009.

« L'enseignement par situation-problème : l'expérience des élèves de l'Ontario ». Canadian Diversity/Diversité canadienne 7(1) (2009): 73-7.

« Rapport de recherche sur le programme-cadre d'études canadiennes et mondiales (9e - 12e année) ». Toronto : Ministère de l'Éducation de l'Ontario, 2009.

"'Terrorism Plus Canada in the 1960's Equals Hell Frozen Over': Learning the October Crisis with Computer Technology in the Canadian Classroom." Canadian Journal of Learning Technology 34(2) (2008): 53-74.

Thinking Historically: Educating Students for the 21st Century. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008.

Et al. Report to the Minister of Canadian Heritage on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Ministry Advisory Committee. Ottawa: Her Majesty the Queen of Canada, 2008. http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/conslttn/dp-hr/index-eng.cfm

"Can Computational Technology Improve Students' Historical Thinking? Experience from the Virtual Historian with Grade 10 Students." Journal of the Ontario History and Social Science Teachers Association (2007): 19-21.

"Rethinking the 'Bush Doctrine': Historical Thinking and Post-September 11 Terrorism." International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research (2007): 7.
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