Assistant Professor/ Professeur Adjoint
University of Ottawa/ Université d’Ottawa
Faculty of Education/ Faculté d'Education
PhD, University of British Columbia
MA, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/ University of Toronto
BA, (English Literature Honors) Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: English language and ESL teaching methods; teacher agency in curriculum decision-making; learners as active co-constructors of Canadian citizenship; equitable ESL policy development that stresses active citizenry; teachers as active builders of ESL knowledge base; the interrelationship between ESL and Literacy; language minority communities; technological innovations in teaching.
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Selected Recent and Forthcoming Publications
Fleming, D. (2009)(in press). Becoming citizens: Racialised conceptions of ESL learners and
the Canadian language benchmarks. Canadian Journal of Education.
Fleming, D. (2009)(in press). Contrasting functional and generative linguistics and the implications for ESL teaching. The Adult Educator.
Morgan, B. and Fleming, D. (2009)(in press). Critical citizenship practices in ESP and ESL programs: Canadian and global perspectives. In Belcher, D. (Ed.), English for special purposes. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Bangou, F. and Fleming, D. (2009)(in press). Blogging in higher education: The case of a teacher education course in English as a second language. In Mukerji, S. and Tripathi, P. (Eds.), Cases in technological adaptability and transnational learning: Issues and challenges. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Arab Open University Press.
Fleming, D. (2009). Literacy education, ESL instruction and Canadian nation-building. In Literacies: Researching Practice: Practicing Research 10, 34- 40.
Fleming, D. and Bangou, F. (2009). Linking the concept of teachers’ knowledge base to professionalism in second language teacher education. The Adult Educator 13/2, 10-12.
Fleming, D. (2008). Assessment instruments as curriculum guidelines: An evaluation of the Canadian language benchmarks in terms of citizenship education. In Manteno, M., Chamness, P. and Watzke, J. (Eds.), International Society for Language Studies: Readings in language studies (vol.1)(pp. 143-158). New York: Routledge.
Fleming, D. (2008). ESL, literacy and nation building: Implications for policy-makers and adult education practitioners. The Adult Educator 13/1, 12- 15.
Fleming, D. (2008). Becoming Canadian: Racialized citizenship, ESL learners, national second language policy and the Canadian language benchmarks. Berlin: Muller. 244 pp.
Fleming, D. (2007). TESOL course textbook. Vancouver: ICE Canada. 202 pp.
dfleming@uottawa.ca
145 Rue J.Jacques Lussier
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5
Administrative Experience
• Toronto Board of Education
Selected Teaching Experience
• Surrey School District
• Toronto Board of Education
• UBC Faculty of Education
• UBC/ Ritsumeikan Exchange Program
• UBC Centre for Intercultural Communication
• Mosaic Immigrant Services Society
• Kwantlen University College
• YMCA International College
• Surrey Delta Immigrant Services Society
• George Brown College
Selected Curriculum and Material Writing
• GED Achievement/ Michener Institute
• SUCCESS
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada
• Ontario Ministry of Citizenship
• Toronto Board of Education
Selected Conference Presentations
• International Society for Language Studies
• American Association for Applied Linguistics
• Second Language Research Forum
• Canadian Society for the Study of Education
• American Educational Research Association
• TESOL
• TESL Canada
• TESL Ontario
• BC TEAL
• BC Teachers' Federation (AEPSA)
• Citizenship Education Research Network
• Ontario Ministry of Education Research Forum
last update: June, 2009