The KEPI Team 
 

Dr. David P. Burns
B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D., Primary Investigator; Teaching Fellow; Senate Vice Chair; Dept. of Educational Studies/Faculty of Arts: See full list of scholarly works here, and a summarized list of works below. 

Ms Anya Goldin
Senior Research Assistant, Policy; Student Researcher to the Senate

KEPI Alumni 
 

Ms Brianna Lewis
Research Assistant, Pedagogy; Learning Outcomes Developer

Ms Chanel Oliver
Research Assistant, Pedagogy

Ms Avneet Mathroo
Research Assistant, Pedagogy 

Mr Spencer Karjala
Digital Producer 

Ms Justine Jawanda
Research Assistant, Pedagogy

Ms Allison Gonzalez Biagi
Research Assistant, Policy

Ms Natasha Lopes
Research Assistant, Policy

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Dr. David P. Burns

Vice Chair, University Senate, KPU

• Chair of Senate Standing Committee on Curriculum
• Chair of Senate Standing Committee on University Budget
• Teaching Fellow, K-12 Transformation
• Primary Investigator, KEPI
• Faculty Member, Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Arts

About

David P. Burns, Ph.D. received a B.Ed. in Secondary Education and an M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from the University of Alberta. His areas of specialization include: philosophy of education, professional ethics, moral/character education, and environmental education. Dr. Burns has lectured on the law, ethics, and philosophy of education, as well as teaching methods, classroom management and social justice. Dr. Burns has published in journals such as the Canadian Journal for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education; Paideusis; Transformative Dialogues; Curriculum and Pedagogy; Educational Management, Administration and Leadership; and Globalisation, Societies and Education. Before coming to KPU Dr. Burns taught at the Universities of Alberta and British Columbia. He has also worked as a high school teacher and educational consultant.

Areas of Interest

Educational Technology, Education Policy, Postsecondary Teaching Methods, Educational Ethics, Environmental Education, Scientific Literacy, Moral Education.

Current Studies: Education policy in British Columbia, University Governance, University Admission and Transitions

Courses Taught

• EDUC 1100: Introduction to Higher Education (online)
• EDUC 1150: Introduction to Higher Education for International Students
• EDUC 3210: Supportive Relations / Classroom Management
• EDUC 3240: Social Justice and Diversity in Education
• EDUC 4210: Best Practices in Educational Settings

Theses / Dissertations

• Stoicism, moral education and material goods
• An analysis and critique of character education : the special case of Character Counts!

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Papers

• The Problem of First-Year Seminars: Risking Disengagement Through Market-place Ideals
          by David P. Burns and Sarah Hickinbottom

• Taking on the Traditions in Philosophy of Education: A Symposium
          by David Waddington, Ann Chinnery, Claudia Ruitenberg, and David P. Burns

• Meeting the challenge of providing flexible learning opportunities: Considerations for technology adoption amongst academic staff
          by David P. Burns and Bhuvinder Vaid

• Review of Hare and Portelli's "Philosophy of Education: Introductory Readings"

• LGBTQ Role Models and Curricular Controversy in Canada
          by David P. Burns, Betty Yeung, and Charmaine Leung

• Do as we say, not as we do: The nature of environmental education
          by David P. Burns and Betty Yeung

• Activist environmental education and moral philosophy

• The relationship of narrative, virtue education and an ethic of care in teaching practice
          by Andy Rathbone and David P. Burns

• Environmental education, student autonomy, and the non-idolization of science
• Open-minded Environmental Education in the Science Classroom
• Models in educational administration: Revisiting Willower’s “theoretically oriented” critique.

• Finding the good in gaming violence
         by David P. Burns and Bhuvinder Vaid

• Narrative and science education: Building links to students’ lives using story
         by Andy Rathbone and David P. Burns

• Limitations of the case study approach to pedagogical ethics education
         by David P. Burns, L. Parsons, and Gurpreet Singh

• The decline of the myopic American imperial project, the ‘Great Experiment’ for education, and a conversation beyond the boundaries
• Moral education’s normative and empirical dimensions: A reflection through examples
• Virtue, objectivity, and the character of the education researcher
• Normative analysis and moral education: How may we judge?

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Digital Talks

• Reframing University (Podcast) - Stoicism, Stress and Grades
• Being Scientific Without Being a Scientist (video)
• Opting Out: The New Generation of Religious Exceptionalists
• The Moral Content of Environmental Education

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Book Chapters

• Conceptions of scientific literacy: Identifying and evaluating their programmatic elements
          by David P. Burns, Stephen Norris, and Linda Phillips

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• Dictionary Entries - “Akrasia,” “cosmopolitan education,” “non-expansive character education,” “expansive character education"

Other Academic Contributions