Professor
Department of Educational Counselling and Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS)
Dr. Mathison’s research focuses on educational evaluation, especially its potential to support democratic ideals and promote justice in education. She has conducted national large- and small-scale evaluations of K-12, post-secondary, and informal educational programs and curricula. She adopts a critical interpretative research approach and focuses in large part on the consequences of government testing and accountability on teachers, students and the quality of schools and education.
Contributions:
Many of my publications can be freely accessed on academic.edu
Scholar activism and engagement are an important part of my work. This is a sample of a recently publish opinion piece: Mathison, S. Does It Help to Say Teachers and Gov’t Are in a Bad Marriage? Op-ed, The Tyee, Vancouver BC, June 4, 2014.
Freeman, M & Mathison, S. (2009). Researching Children’s Experiences. New York, NY: Guilford Publishers.
Mathison, S. & Ross, E. W. (Eds.) (2008). The Limits of Standards Based Reform and Testing. New York: Teachers College Press.
Mathison, S. (Ed.) (2004). Encyclopedia of Evaluation. Sage Publications.
Keywords:
Program evaluation; Curriculum evaluation; Critical education; Critical research; Sociology of assessment.
sandra.mathison@ubc.ca
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