Dr. Steve Jordan
- Associate Member, Institute for Human Development and Well-Being (IHDW)
- Faculty Member, Programs in Whole Person Care, º«¹úÂãÎè Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
- Qualitative research methods
- Participatory action research (PAR)
- Workplace learning
- Education and labour
- Adult education
- Sociology of education
Steve Jordan trained as a teacher and taught in inner London (UK) for several years before completing an M.Sc Sociology of Education (Institute of Education, University College London) and a PhD in administration and policy studies in education at º«¹úÂãÎè. After graduating he became a Senior Lecturer at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand where he taught and researched in the areas of sociology of education, adult education, workplace learning/education, educational policy studies, and research methodologies. He also served as the general secretary for the New Zealand Association of Research in Education (NZARE).
In 2001 Dr. Jordan returned to º«¹úÂãÎè as an Associate Professor where he has been a member of the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) and an Associate Member of the Department Oncology where he collaborates with colleagues exploring approaches to whole person care. Since joining DISE, Dr. Jordan has continued to teach in the areas of sociology of education, workplace learning, research methodologies and whole-person care. He has published in several fields, including critiques of qualitative research, Indigenous program evaluation, workplace learning/education, participatory action research and whole-person care.
He serves on the editorial boards of the Canadian Journal of Action Research (CJAR), Education Action Research (EAR) and was the founding Editor of the International Journal of Whole Person Care. His academic administrative positions have included DISE Graduate Program Director (2001-2004) and Department Chair (2004-2021). He currently serves as Vice President (Communications) for the º«¹úÂãÎè Association of University Teachers (MAUT).
Kapoor, D., & Jordan, S. (Eds). (2019). Research, Political Engagement & Dispossession: Indigenous, Peasant & Urban Poor Activisms in the Americas and Asia. Zed.
Kapoor, D., & Jordan, S. (Eds.). (2009). Education, PAR and Social Change: International Perspectives. New York: Palgrave/Macmillan
Choudry, A., Hanley, J., Jordan, S., Shragge, E., & Steigman, M. (2009). Fight Back: Workplace Justice for Immigrants. Toronto: Fernwood.
Jordan, S. (2018). PAR at the crossroads: Prospects and possibilities. The Future of Action Research in Education: A Canadian Perspective. K. Clausen, º«¹úÂãÎè-Queens Press.
Zafran, H., et al. (2018). "The Phenomenology of Early Psychosis Elicited in an Occupational Therapy Expressive Evaluation." Occupational Therapy in Mental Health: 1-29.
Jordan, S. and D. Kapoor (2016). "Re-politicizing participatory action research: unmasking neoliberalism and the illusions of participation." Educational Action Research 24(1): 134-149.
