Council Members -
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Published on: 8/22/2008
Last Visited: 8/22/2008
Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.He teaches courses in curriculum theory, the arts in education, and popular culture.His articles have been published in education journals like the Harvard Educational Review, The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, and the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy.He is co-editor of the collections Cultural Studies and Education: Perspective on Theory, Methodology, and Practice (Harvard Educational Review) and Curriculum Work as a Public Moral Enterprise (Rowman and Littlefield).His forthcoming book, Lives of Distinction (Harvard University Press), is based on two years of ethnographic research at an elite boarding school in the United States.His current research focuses on the experiences of young artists attending urban arts high schools and the role of community arts centers in social transformation.He lives in Toronto with his wife, Bonnie, and their two children, Mercedes Irene and Alejandro Tomás.Since moving to Canada, he has discovered the joys (and pains) of ice skating. email