Joy Butler, University of British Columbia
Associate Professor
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Vancouver, British Columbia
joy.butler@ubc.ca
Office:
(604) 822-4974
Bio/Research
Dr. Joy Butler is Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) Coordinator in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia and just completed a 3-year term as the department undergraduate coordinator. Born in the United Kingdom, Dr. Butler taught secondary school...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Joy Butler is Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) Coordinator in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia and just completed a 3-year term as the department undergraduate coordinator. Born in the United Kingdom, Dr. Butler taught secondary school Physical Education there for ten years, as well as well coaching basketball teams to national finals level. After serving as a department chair, she moved to the US in 1989 and earned her doctorate at Boston University. In 1994, Dr. Butler accepted a position at Plymouth State University, where she became an associate professor in 2000.
She directed the 1st and 4th International Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) Conferences in 2001 and 2008 and founded the TGfU International Task Force in 2002. She has been invited to give presentations and workshops on TGfU in many different countries, including Finland, Singapore, Australia, Spain, Taiwan, Hong Kong and most currently in UK where she will give a keynote presentation in July at Loughborough University.
Dr. Butler joined the University of British Columbia in 2005. She teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate level that are developed around constructivist learning theory, and focus on research and practice in curriculum and pedagogy.
Dr. Butler is the co-editor of four books in Teaching Games for Understanding with three more in progress. In July 2011, she completed the first M.Ed. cohort (22) of physical educators at UBC with a specific research focus on TGfU.
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She directed the 1st and 4th International Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) Conferences in 2001 and 2008 and founded the TGfU International Task Force in 2002. She has been invited to give presentations and workshops on TGfU in many different countries, including Finland, Singapore, Australia, Spain, Taiwan, Hong Kong and most currently in UK where she will give a keynote presentation in July at Loughborough University.
Dr. Butler joined the University of British Columbia in 2005. She teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate level that are developed around constructivist learning theory, and focus on research and practice in curriculum and pedagogy.
Dr. Butler is the co-editor of four books in Teaching Games for Understanding with three more in progress. In July 2011, she completed the first M.Ed. cohort (22) of physical educators at UBC with a specific research focus on TGfU.
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