Stéphane Lévesque, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Telephone:
613 562-5800 4082
email: stephane.levesque@uottawa.ca
website : http://www.virtualhistorian.ca
Bio:
Education
Ph.D. (Educational Studies)
University of British Columbia
M.A. (Education)
Université Laval
B.A. ( Pol . Sc./History)
Université Laval
History education ; historical thinking and learning ; new media and technology in education ; citizenship education ; social studies and curriculum instruction; Canadian and military history ; history of education and race relations.
Selected Publications
Book
Lévesque, S . (in press). Thinking Historically: Educating Students for the 21 st Century . Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Recent articles
Lévesque, S . (2007). Rethinking the “Bush Doctrine”: Historical Thinking and Post-September 11 Terrorism. International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching, and Research (7)1:
http://www.centres.ex.ac.uk/historyresource/journal13/Levesque,%2008.pdf
Lévesque, S . (2007). 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 : 19-21.
Lévesque, S. (Fall 2006). Learning by “playing”: Engaging Students in Digital History. Canadian Issues/ Thèmes canadiens : 68-71;
Lévesque, S . (2006). Integrating Museum Education and School History: Illustrations from the RCR Museum and the London Museum of Archeology . International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research 6(1). Available: http://www.centres.ex.ac.uk/historyresource/journal11/Levesque.pdf
Lévesque, S. (2005). Conceptions historiques et identitaires des élèves francophones et anglophones de l'Ontario à l'époque post-11 septembre. Canadian and International Education/Education canadienne et internationale , 34 (1): 31-41;
Lévesque, S. (2005). Teaching second-order concepts in Canadian history: The importance of “historical significance.” Canadian Social Studies , 39 (2). Disponible : http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/css/Css_39_2/ARLevesque_second-order_concepts.htm ;
Lévesque, S. (2005). Essay Review: In Search of a Purpose for School History. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 37 (3): 349-358;
Lévesque, S. (2003). “Bin Laden is responsible, it was shown on tape:” Canadian high school students' historical understanding of terrorism. Theory and Research in Social Education, 31 (2): 174-202;
Lévesque, S . (2003). Becoming Citizens: High School Students and Citizenship in BC and Québec. Encounters on Education/ Encuentros sobre education/ Rencontres sur l'éducation , 4 :107-126.
Technical Report/Invention
Lévesque, S. (2005), Report of Invention: The Virtual Historian . The University of Western Ontario . (Patent pending) www.virtualhistorian.ca ;
Lévesque, S., Mattys , B., and Derakshande, F. (2003). The Future of History: Report of the research team on the Canadian and World Studies (History) Curriculum, grades
9-12 . Toronto , Ministry of Education.
Funded Research (in progress)
Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) . Historical Literacy in 21st century Ontario : An experimental research using the Virtual Historian. 2007-2008.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Learning the War of 1812 in Canadian and U.S. classrooms: An experimental study using the Virtual Historian . 2007-2010.
Awards/Honours/Fellowships
Council of Ontario Universities (2006). Finalist for the Award for Excellence in Teaching with Technology.
The University of Western Ontario (2005). Exemplary Junior Scholar. The Virtual Historian: Digital History in Canadian Classroom . Research Western Magazine (Spring 2005).
Scott Paper Canada and Province of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship (2000).
University of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship (1999, 2000).
Canadian Infantry Association (1991).
Duke of Edinburg Medal (1988).
Lord Strathcona Medal (1987).
Program Development and Professional Development
• Toronto District School Board
• Thames Valley District School Board
• Niagara Region District School Board
• Ontario History and Social Science Teachers
• Trinity College School ( Ontario )
• Summer Institutes for Teachers, Historica Foundation of Canada
• Alberta Learning (Ministry of Education)
Presentations/Conferences
• Canadian Society for the Study of Education
• American Educational Research Association
• History Education International Research Network
• Citizenship Education Research Network
• History Teaching Special Interest Group
• Association for Canadian Studies
• Historica Foundation of Canada
• Society for Digital Humanities
• Ontario History and Social Science Teachers
• History Teacher Education Network
• McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
Community Services
• Citizenship Education Research Network (President, 2007-2008)
• Historica Foundation of Canada (Council member and President of the Professional
Development and Education Committee)
• Canadiens and their pasts. Alliances de recherche universités-communautés (Council member,
dir. Jocelyn Létourneau )
• Centre for the Study of Historical Conciousness , Universitiy of British Columbia (Council
member)
• American Educational Research Association (SIG President 2006)
• Histoire et Education en Réseau (HIER)/The History Education Network (THEN)
• Historical Studies in Education/Revue d'histoire de l'éducation (Co-editor, 2002-2007)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (evaluator)
• Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Studies Program (evaluator)
• Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (evaluator)
• British History Teacher Education Network (international member)
• Club des Anciens, Collège militaire royal de St-Jean
• Club des Anciens, Régiment Les Voltigeurs de Québec
• History Education International Research Network
• Hockey Canada , National Coaching Certification Program.
• Ontario History and Social Sciences Teachers' Association
• Metropolis Project (Canadian Citizenship and Immigration)
• Canadian Historical Association
• Society for Digital Humanities
• Teaching History (SIG), American Educational Research Association
• U.S. National Council for the Social Studies (international member)