Dr. Michael Kompf

Professor (PhD)
Department of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Education
Full Advisement Load: Contact for Availability for Graduate Advisement

Courses Taught

EDUC 8P06: Educational Psychology
EDUC 5P35: Introduction to Adult Education
EDUC 5P36: Techniques and Methods in Adult Education
EDUC 5P30: Introduction to Studies In Teaching and Learning
EDUC 5P33: Lifespan Development and the Educative Process
EDUC 5P44: Human Relations in Education
EDUC 5V59: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
EDUC 5P92: An Introduction to Educational Research
EDUC 5P90: Research Proposal Tutorial
EDUC 5P93: Research Project
EDUC 5F95: Thesis Tutorial in Educational Studies
EDUC 5P98: Independent Study in Education
EDUC 5V96: Internship in Educational Issues
ADED 4F94: The Foundations of Adult Teaching and Learning
ADED 4F84: The Foundations of Aboriginal Adult Teaching and Learning
ADED 4F98: Developmental Issues in Adult Teaching and Learning

Research Interests

Aboriginal adult education; Adult education; Distance learning; Adult personal and professional development; Teacher thinking; Life mapping; Copyright; Intellectual property rights and the university; Personal construct psychology

Publications
Edited Books

Kompf, M. & Denicolo, P. (Eds.) (2003) Teacher thinking twenty years on: revisiting persisting problems and advances in education. Lisse: Swets Zeitlinger.

Barer-Stein, T. & Kompf, M. (Eds) (2001). The craft of teaching adults (3rd Edition), Toronto: Irwin.

Kompf, M., Boak, T., Bond, W.R., & Dworet, D. (Eds.) (1996). Changing research and practice: Teachers’ professionalism, identities, and knowledge. London: Falmer Press.

Chapters in Books

Neufeld, J. & Kompf, M. (2001) Representations of Educator Knowledge: From Ivory Tower to Tower of Babel. Chapter in C. Sugrue & C. Day (Eds.) Developing Teachers and Teaching: International Research Perspectives London: Falmer Press

Kompf, M. & Bond, W. R. (2001). Critical reflection. Chapter in Barer-Stein, T. & Kompf, M. (Eds) The craft of teaching adults (3rd Edition), Toronto: Irwin

Boak, T., Kompf, M., & Boak, C. (1996). An adult education program: Utilizing multimedia resources for distance delivery. Chapter in Ton Wah Tan (Ed.) International innovations in education: Significance for teaching and learning. University of Science Malaysia: Penang, Malaysia.

Kompf, M., & Reinhart, E. (1996). A lifemapping approach to understanding lives and careers in education. In J. Coetzee & J. Jordaan (Eds.) Education and change. (pp. 287-299) Pretoria: University of South Africa (UNISA).

Martin, J., & Kompf, M. (1996). The use of journals and concept mapping techniques as a way of examining teaching in inclusive classroom settings. In M. Kompf, T. Boak, W. R. Bond, & D. Dworet (Eds.) Changing research and practice: teachers’ professionalism, identities and knowledge. (pp. 90-103) London: Falmer Press.

Papers in Refereed Journal

Kompf, M. & Hodson, J. (2001, Spring). Keeping the seventh fire: Developing an Undergraduate Degree Program for Aboriginal Adult Educators. Canadian Journal of Native Education.

Short, A & Kompf, M. (1999). Student and faculty perceptions of professorial attitudes: A study and an invitation to study. Brock Education 9(1), 48-59.

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