Associate Professor
steven [dot] jordan [at] mcgill [dot] ca (E-mail)
Phone: 514-398-8025
Room 219, Coach House
Areas of interest
- Qualitative research methods
- Participatory action research (PAR)
- Adult education
- Sociology of education
Description of research/teaching activities
My research interests focus on exploring how forms of action and participatory research can be used to enhance the learning of adults and aboriginal peoples in Canada. I am currently involved in two research projects that employ these methodologies. One focuses on the informal learning experiences of immigrant workers in the Montreal labour market; the second is a participatory evaluation of an after-school program with the Cree Nation of Wemindji.
Selected publications/presentations
Jordan, S., & Jackson, N. (2004). Review essay: Educational reform and the politics of change. McGill Journal of Education, 38, 501-510.
Jordan, S. (2003). Who stole my methodology: Co-opting PAR. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 1, 185-200.
Jordan, S. (2002). Critical ethnography and the sociology of education. In A. Antikainen & C. Torres (Eds.), Sociology of education: Perspectives for the new century (pp. 82-100). Boulder, CO: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.
Jordan, S., Boston, P., Kozolanka, K., & MacNamara, E. (2000). Some signposts for medical and nursing educational policy formation for aboriginal health care. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 13, 307-324.
Jordan, S., & Strathdee, R. (2000). The training gospel and the commodification of skill: Some critical reflections on the politics of skills training in New Zealand. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 53, 391-405.