Dr. Kent Den Heyer

Biography

Kent den Heyer is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta specializing in secondary education. He earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies from the University of British Columbia and has extensive teaching experience spanning various countries including Canada, Japan, Taiwan, and Colombia. His research intersects areas such as collective memory, history education, social psychology, and media studies. He is involved in the Canadian federally funded Public Knowledge Project, which seeks to enhance the quality of academic research through innovative online environments. In addition to his teaching, he serves as an editor for the Canadian Social Studies and is the Co-chair of the Governing Council for the Curriculum and Pedagogy conference. Dr. den Heyer has published widely in the fields of social studies education and psychoanalytic approaches to anti-racist education, focusing particularly on the works of philosopher Alain Badiou and their implications for educational practices. His future research aims to investigate the mechanisms of public education commercialization and the potential for social change through historical consciousness in education.

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