Nancy Maynes
Professor

Dr. Nancy Maynes

Biography

Areas of Specialization:

Dr. Maynes has focused on the study of curriculum concepts especially related to the development and implementation phases of instruction, direct instruction and indirect instruction/inquiry, strategies for teaching complex thinking skills, and teacher hiring practices and approaches.

Positions

Full-time Faculty
Faculty of Education and Professional Studies - Schulich School of Education
Graduate Program Faculty
Graduate Studies - Master of Education
Graduate Program Faculty
Graduate Studies - PhD in Education (Educational Sustainability)

Education

BA, Brock University
MEd, Brock University
EdD, University of Toronto

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Programs

  • Schulich School of Education

Graduate Studies

  • Master of Education
  • PhD in Education (Educational Sustainability)

Research

Research Interests

Dr. Maynes is interested in research related to teacher education and professional growth. This includes aspects of teacher education that influence strategy efficacy, service learning, professional reflection, and the internalization of key curriculum concepts, as well as the characteristics of teachers sought by potential employers through the teacher hiring practices that are either implicit or explicit in educational contexts.

 

Current Research Projects / Labs

Research relates to the broad area of teacher education and professional growth. Current research is being conducted to investigate: the use of direct instruct instruction in classrooms; the value of service learning and other alternative practica to teachers’ perceptions of differentiation; the use and value of curriculum conceptual models to teachers’ understanding of lesson planning, delivery, and assessment; and the shift in professional perspective from focusing on one’s teaching toward focusing on one’s students’ learning. As well, other research focuses on teacher hiring practices and how potential employers decide on which teachers to hire and how new teachers prepare themselves for the variety of hiring practices that are used in various educational jurisdictions.

Publications