Cameron Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3802999 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cameron Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cameron |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0781-2725 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1953 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Taproot, rhizome, disappointment, possibility
Inspired by the question ‘how might we do Action Research differently?’, this article provides an introductory diffractive mapping of the concepts and empirical studies intersecting Action Research and sociomaterial theories. After tracing the roots of Action Research, I zigzag to describing how Action Research has grown differently in prior studies informed by sociomaterial theories. I use these theories to disrupt everyday assumptions about Act…
On the matter of matter in second language education
With the increasing attention provided to sociomaterial and new materialist perspectives in second language (L2) education, this article pursues the question of what these approaches have co‐produced in the existing research. This “mixed” review combines elements of qualitative metasynthesis and diffractive literature review, drawing on traditional and new materialist methods in order to provide varied insights into the results. The data highligh…
Becoming-FSL-Teacher
This article draws upon a 10-month study of core French as a second language (FSL) teachers to explore the professional identities that are produced in their work. Adopting rhizoanalysis and the Deleuzian concept of becoming, this article positions the ways in which these teachers both affect and are affected by the multiple material and discursive practices that circulate within their local context and Canadian FSL education. Engaging data from …
A Course or a Pathway? Addressing French as a Second Language Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Canadian BEd Programs
Institutions strive to offer programs that address both the needs of the educational system and incorporate current pedagogical research. Creating a program that is relevant, inspiring, and accessible to aspiring French as a Second Language (FSL) teachers, while also equipping them with the skills and knowledge deemed necessary by the education system, is a delicate balancing act. This study reviewed 44 FSL teacher education programs that lead to…
So what do you do
Third space professional staff have been emerging as leaders and key contributors to higher education institutions around the world. These staff are employed to support initiatives in such areas as teaching and learning, research management, student services, community engagement, and strategic initiatives, some of which were previously the sole domains of academics. Positioned between these academic and professional spheres, four professionals f…
Examining the Efficacy of Inquiry-based Approaches to Education
Educational jurisdictions around the world have introduced curricular initiatives that emphasize the need for students to engage in inquiry-based education. This shift, has been met by significant public opposition, particularly in the Canadian context. Results from this study indicate that criticisms of inquiry-based approaches to education are largely directed at discovery learning, which has limited educational value. We note the significant a…
Race and the logic of radicalisation under neoliberalism
I argue in this article that race - reconceptualised against the post-racial logic of racial neoliberalism as a material relationship rather than simply an identity - functions within the logic of radicalisation in Australian anti-terrorism to produce the conditions necessary for the reproduction of neoliberal capitalism. Taking theoretical cues from the arguments of David Theo Goldberg and Stuart Hall, I argue that the logic of radicalisation wi…
Beaconlights of Western Culture
Race and the logic of radicalisation under neoliberalism
I argue in this article that race - reconceptualised against the post-racial logic of racial neoliberalism as a material relationship rather than simply an identity - functions within the logic of radicalisation in Australian anti-terrorism to produce the conditions necessary for the reproduction of neoliberal capitalism. Taking theoretical cues from the arguments of David Theo Goldberg and Stuart Hall, I argue that the logic of radicalisation wi…
So what do you do
Third space professional staff have been emerging as leaders and key contributors to higher education institutions around the world. These staff are employed to support initiatives in such areas as teaching and learning, research management, student services, community engagement, and strategic initiatives, some of which were previously the sole domains of academics. Positioned between these academic and professional spheres, four professionals f…
Beaconlights of Western Culture
Examining the Efficacy of Inquiry-based Approaches to Education
Educational jurisdictions around the world have introduced curricular initiatives that emphasize the need for students to engage in inquiry-based education. This shift, has been met by significant public opposition, particularly in the Canadian context. Results from this study indicate that criticisms of inquiry-based approaches to education are largely directed at discovery learning, which has limited educational value. We note the significant a…
Race and the logic of radicalisation under neoliberalism
I argue in this article that race - reconceptualised against the post-racial logic of racial neoliberalism as a material relationship rather than simply an identity - functions within the logic of radicalisation in Australian anti-terrorism to produce the conditions necessary for the reproduction of neoliberal capitalism. Taking theoretical cues from the arguments of David Theo Goldberg and Stuart Hall, I argue that the logic of radicalisation wi…
So what do you do
Third space professional staff have been emerging as leaders and key contributors to higher education institutions around the world. These staff are employed to support initiatives in such areas as teaching and learning, research management, student services, community engagement, and strategic initiatives, some of which were previously the sole domains of academics. Positioned between these academic and professional spheres, four professionals f…
A Course or a Pathway? Addressing French as a Second Language Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Canadian BEd Programs
Institutions strive to offer programs that address both the needs of the educational system and incorporate current pedagogical research. Creating a program that is relevant, inspiring, and accessible to aspiring French as a Second Language (FSL) teachers, while also equipping them with the skills and knowledge deemed necessary by the education system, is a delicate balancing act. This study reviewed 44 FSL teacher education programs that lead to…
Taproot, rhizome, disappointment, possibility
Inspired by the question ‘how might we do Action Research differently?’, this article provides an introductory diffractive mapping of the concepts and empirical studies intersecting Action Research and sociomaterial theories. After tracing the roots of Action Research, I zigzag to describing how Action Research has grown differently in prior studies informed by sociomaterial theories. I use these theories to disrupt everyday assumptions about Act…
On the matter of matter in second language education
With the increasing attention provided to sociomaterial and new materialist perspectives in second language (L2) education, this article pursues the question of what these approaches have co‐produced in the existing research. This “mixed” review combines elements of qualitative metasynthesis and diffractive literature review, drawing on traditional and new materialist methods in order to provide varied insights into the results. The data highligh…
Becoming-FSL-Teacher
This article draws upon a 10-month study of core French as a second language (FSL) teachers to explore the professional identities that are produced in their work. Adopting rhizoanalysis and the Deleuzian concept of becoming, this article positions the ways in which these teachers both affect and are affected by the multiple material and discursive practices that circulate within their local context and Canadian FSL education. Engaging data from …
Pedagogy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Educational research (2 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)