Harro Van Brummelen Ed. D.

Professor Emeritus of Education and Adjunct, M.A. in Leadership

Department: School of Graduate Studies, MALeadership, School of Education

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Phone1: 604.513.2121, local 3258

Area of Expertise: School curriculum and program development and implementation; the dynamics of and leadership for change in education; religion, spirituality and values in schools; independent and private education; teacher education; foundations and history of education.

Research: Christian approaches to teaching, learning, and assessment; the Christian roots of Canadian public education; how metaphors inform education praxis.

Education: B.Sc. (McGill); M.Ed. (Toronto); Ed.D. in Curriculum Studies (UBC)

Areas of academic and professional interest

Curriculum practice; educational change; religion and education; critical issues in education and culture.

Courses taught at TWU

  • EDUC 495, Critical Issues in Education and Culture
  • EDUC 623, Developing Educational Programs
  • EDUC 625, Instructional Leadership and the Dynamics of Change

Professional and community involvement

  • BC Council on Admissions and Transfer
  • British Columbia Degree Quality Assessment Board
  • International Association for Promotion of Christian Higher Education
  • Association of BC Deans of Education (Past President)
  • Canadian Society for the Study of Education
  • Canadian Curriculum Association
  • Society for Supervision and Curriculum Development
  • Canadian Philosophy of Education Society
  • Church Ccouncil member

Notable Experiences and Accomplishments

  • Listed in Who's Who in Canada
  • Listed in Who's Who in American Education
  • Award from Christian Schools International for influence on Christian school education
  • Adjunct Fellow of the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Certificate of recognition "awarded for service and outstanding commitment to Independent School Education in British Education in British Columbia" by the Minister of Education.

Selected Publications

  • "Walking with God in the CLassroom: Christian Approaches to learning and Teaching", 3rd edition. (2009). Published in several languages such as French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Korean, Poliish, Russian, Slovakian and Spanish
  • "Reconciliation, Constructivism and Ecological Sustanability" in the Journal of Education and Christian Belief (2007).
  • "Religious diversity in Western Canadian education: Presumption, provisions, practices, and possibilities." In Selili, F. (Ed.). Religion in multicultural education. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. Co-authored with Kimberly Franklin.
  • Steppingstones to Curriculum (Book)
  • Articles and Chapter on Religion and Spirituality in Public Education