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Elizabeth Smyth

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning

  • Professor Emeritus/Emerita
    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning

BIO

Professor Smyth, a qualified secondary school teacher, received two degrees from OISE. In 1977, she earned her bachelor of education and in 1990 her education doctorate. She was employed at OISE in a variety of positions and became Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Curriculum Teaching and Learning, cross-appointed to Theory and Policy Studies, in 1999. She was appointed Full Professor in 2007 and served as the University of Toronto’s Vice Dean of the School of Graduate Studies from 2009 to 2018. She retired in 2020.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor Emeritus
    University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Canada2020 - present
  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Toronto, Canada2009 - 2020
  • Vice Dean
    University of Toronto, School of Graduate Studies, Toronto, Canada2009 - 2018
  • Associate Professor and Associate Chair
    University of Toronto, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Toronto, Canada1999 - 2009

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Education
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • Bachelor of Education
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

AVAILABILITY

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