EDCP faculty

Research Interests

Biography

Dr. Clarke spent a number of years as a classroom teacher in Australia before coming to Canada to work with beginning teachers, classroom teachers, and university instructors at UBC. He is involved in a number of projects, including the CITE elementary teacher education initiative. When not actively involved in these endeavours, Dr. Clarke participates behind the scenes in various capacities often involving new ways of exploring teacher education initiatives, for example the annual Investigating Our Practices (IOP) conference as part of his work for the Centre for the Study of Teacher Education.

Selected Publications

Hopper, T., Sandford, K, & Clarke, A. (in press). Understanding game-play learning through videogames: Embracing complexity in TGfU. Teaching Games for Understanding: Conjectures and Possibilities. CAPHERD, Toronto.

Clarke, A. (in press). Teachers in Comparative Perspective. In Lawrence, S.J., & Dworkin, A.G. (Eds.). The New International Handbook of Teachers and Teaching. New York: Springer.

Clarke, A., & Erickson, G. (2008). Cohort Learning and Complexity Thinking: The Case of the CITE Teacher Education Programme. In Craig, C. (Ed.), American Teacher Educators' Yearbook XVII.

Najafi, H., & Clarke, A. (2008). Web-supported communities for professional development: Five cautions. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 8(3), 1-30.

Collins, S., & Clarke, A. (2008). Activity frames and complexity thinking: Honoring both public and personal agendas in an emergent curriculum. Teaching and Teacher Education. 24(4) , 1003-1014.

Clarke, A. (2007). Turning the Professional Development of Cooperating Teachers On Its Head: Relocating that Responsibility Within the Profession. Educational Insights, 2(3), 1-10.