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). Racialised forms of citizenship and the Canadian language benchmarks. Canadian Journal of Education.
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.
Morgan, B. and Fleming, D. (2009). Critical citizenship practices in ESP and ESL programs: Canadian and global perspectives. In Belcher, D. (Ed.), English for special purposes (pp.264-288). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Fleming, D. (2009). Contrasting functional and generative linguistics and the implications for ESL teaching. The Adult Educator 13/3, 9-10.
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. (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). Becoming citizens: Punjabi ESL learners, national language policy and the Canadian language benchmarks. In Manteno, M., Chamness, P. and Watzke, J. (Eds.), Readings in language studies: Language across disciplinary boundaries (pp. 143-158). St. Louis, MO: International Society for Language Studies.
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.
Fleming, D. and McGivern, L. (2007). Canadian lessons for United States language policy and planning: A cautionary tale. In Witkovsky, D. and Schuster, K. (Eds.), Language of the land:Policy, politics and identity (pp. 133-146). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.
Fleming, D. (2007). Adult immigrant ESL programs in Canada: Emerging trends in the contexts of history, economics and identity. In Cummins, J. and Davison, C. (Eds.), The international handbook of language teaching (pp.15-198). New York: Springer.
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: September, 2009