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Douglas Fleming

Assistant Professor
LMX472
Telephone: (613) 562-5800 ex. 4151
Email: dfleming@uottawa.ca

 

Bio:

Education

PhD (Language and Literacy Education)
University of British Columbia

MA (Second Language Education)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/ University of Toronto

BA (English Honors)
Simon Fraser University

Research Interests

ESL immigrant education, qualitative case-study research methods, language and literacy policy and planning, second language policy development, co-operative learning, teacher agency in curriculum decision making, the role of explicit grammar instruction and cognitive methods, practical approaches to social justice and equity education, critical citizenship theory, identity theory in second language education, community-based second language education programming, trends in ESL teaching methodology, language across the curriculum , learner and teacher autonomy, experiential learning and classroom task design, multiliteracies, practical pedagogical uses for technological innovation, language benchmarks and ESL curriculum guideline development, multilingual-based critiques of interlanguage, alternatives in language testing, and links between academic, professional and ESL policy decision-making bodies.

Selected Publications

Fleming, D. and L. McGivern (2007). Canadian lessons for United States language Policy and planning: A cautionary tale. In (Eds. Witkosky, D. & K. Schuster) Language of the land: Histories of language and nationalism within educational settings.

Fleming, D. (2007) TESOL course textbook . Vancouver : ICE Canada.

Fleming, D. (2007). The role of adult education in the modern multicultural nation state. In AdEdPros(e); The BCTF Adult Educators' Provincial Specialist Association Newsletter , 3- 5.

Fleming, D. (2006). Adult immigrant ESL programs in Canada : Emerging trends in the contexts of history, economics and identity. In (Eds. Cummins, J. & C. Davison) The international handbook of English language teaching. New York : Springer (pp. 181- 194).

Fleming, D. (2005). Perspectives: Our responsibilities as anti-racist educators. TESL Canada Journal, 23/ 1, 89- 90.

 Fleming, D. (2005). Learning from history: Emerging and historical trends in adult education. In Adult Education Connections, 4- 15.

Fleming. D. and P. Walter (2004). Linking teacher professionalism and learner autonomy to experiential learning and task design. TESL Canada Journal Special Issue 4, 58-72.

Fleming, D. (2003). Building personal and nation-state identities: Research and practice. TESL Canada Journal, 20 , 2, pp. 65-79.

Fleming, D. (1998). Autonomy and agency in curriculum decision making: A study of instructors in a Canadian adult settlement ESL program. TESL Canada Journal, 16, 1, pp. 19- 35.

Adamczyk, A., L. Brown, D. Fleming, and K. O'Young (1992). ESL or ESL literacy? An Assessment Tool . [videorecording] Toronto Board of Education.

Selected Teaching Experience

•  Surrey School District
•  UBC Faculty of Education
•  UBC/ Ritsumeikan University Exchange Program
•  UBC English Language Institute 
•  UBC Center for Intercultural Communication 
•  Mosaic Immigrant Services Society
•  Kwantlen University College
•  YMCA International College
•  Surrey Delta Immigrant Services Society 
•  Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia  
•  Seneca College  
•  George Brown College

Selected Administrative and Curriculum Development Experience

•  Toronto Board of Education
•  GED Achievement/ Michener Institute 
•  United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society
•  Citizenship and Immigration Canada , Ontario Region
•  Ontario Federation of Labor Textile and Apparel Trades Action Center
•  Ontario Ministry of Citizenship

Selected Conference Presentations

•  International Society for Language Studies
•  American Association for Applied Linguistics
•  Second Language Research Forum
•  Canadian Society for the Study of Education
•  Citizenship Education Research Network
•  American Educational Research Association
•  B.C. Teachers' Federation Adult Provincial Specialist Association
•  Teachers of English as a Second or Other Language
•  Teachers of English as a Second Language , Canada
•  B.C. Teachers of English as an Additional Language
•  UBC Faculty of Education Research Day
•  Continuing Education School Board Administrators of Ontario
•  Teachers of English as a Second Language, Ontario

Selected Service

•  BC Teachers Federation Adult Educators Newsletter and Journal Editor
•  TESOL Quarterly Article Submission Reviewer
•  International Perspectives on Literacy Symposium Discussant
•  UBC Faculty of Education Dean's Advisory Committee on Research
•  UBC Faculty of Education Graduate Teaching Award Selection Committee
•  Canadian Society for Studies in Education Discussant
•  American Educational Research Association Discussant
•  American Educational Research Association Proposal Reviewer
•  Canadian Society for Studies in Education Discussant
•  Federal Taxation Court Expert Witness
•  UBC Department of Language and Literacy Education Practicum School Advisor
•  Surrey School District Practicum School Advisor
•  BC Teachers Federation Local Staff Representative
•  BC Teachers Federation Annual General Meeting Delegate
•  TESL Canada Journal Article Submission Reviewer
•  BCTEAL Executive Board Member
•  Teachers of English as a Second Language Ontario Executive Board Member
•  BC Organization to Fight Racism