Biography
Dr. Jennifer Straub's appointment with Laurentian University ended as of May 15th, 2021. She was a tenure-track professor in the School of Education. She holds a PhD in Education Studies from the University of New Brunswick. Her doctoral research used a phenomenographic approach to explore the cognitive frames that pre-service teachers held about citizenship. She has been a classroom teacher (OCT 1998) and Vice-Principal. She has also taught in the pre-service programs at the University of New Brunswick (2013) and Nipissing University (2008-2018). Most recently, Dr. Straub received a Recognition Award from The Canadian Society for the Study of Education/La Société canadienne pour l'étude de l'éducation: Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE) for her doctoral dissertation entitled Pre-service Teachers' Understanding of Citizenship.
Education
PhD (University of New Brunswick) Education Studies
MEd (University of Toronto/OISE) Curriculum Teaching and Learning: Second Language Education
BEd (Nipissing University)
BA (Laurentian University)
Academic Appointments
Research
Dr. Straub's research relates to Social Studies, Pre-service Teacher Education and Phenomenography. She is the principal researcher for the project: FSL Language Proficiency of Concurrent Education Teacher Candidates: A Targeted Approach in Yr. 1-2 of a 5 year Program. This project is part of a larger initiative lead by the Ontario Public School Board Association and funded by the Government of Ontario and the Department of Canadian Heritage funding.
Awards
- 2020 Recognition Award from The Canadian Society for the Study of Education/La Société canadienne pour l'étude de l'éducation: Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE) for her doctoral dissertation entitled: Pre-service Teachers' Understanding of Citizenship.
- 2018 School of Graduate Studies Part-Time Merit Award, University of New Brunswick
- 2012-2015 President’s Doctoral Tuition Award, University of New Brunswick
- 2012 Magee-Third Century Postgraduate Merit Award, University of New Brunswick
Teaching
Dr. Straub has taught the following courses at Laurentian University:
EDUC 1046 Indigenous Ways of Learning
EDUC 4207 Junior Intermediate Literacy 1
EDUC 4249 Dance in the Junior/Intermediate Division
EDUC 4274 Instructional Strategies in the Primary Division
Prior to her appointment at Laurentian University:
EDUC 4605 Education in the Primary Division
EDUC 4102 Education and Schooling Primary/Junior Division
EDUC 4294 Social Studies Primary/Junior Division
EDUC 1515 French as a Second Language, Part I
EDUC 3515 Didactique du français langue seconde, partie III
EDUC 4274 Mathematics Education - Primary/Junior
EDUC 4437 French in the Senior Division
EDUC 4436 French in the Intermediate Division
EDUC 4354 Social Studies - Junior/Intermediate Division
EDUC 4615 Education in the Junior Division
EDUC 4334 Mathematics Education - Junior/Intermediate
EDUC 3441 Aboriginal Second Language Education