Lévesque, Stéphane

Vice Dean Research and Professional Development, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa

Stéphane Lévesque is Vice Dean Research and Professional Development of the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. Before taking on this position, he was Director of Graduate Studies for francophone programs. Expert in the field of history education, he has presented and written extensively on questions of historical thinking, identity, narration and technology in education. Dr. Lévesque is the author of Thinking Historically: Educating Students for the 21st Century (University of Toronto Press, 2008), a book which has been praised internationally for its impact on history teaching and learning. He is the director of the Virtual History Laboratory (VH Lab), the first CFI research centre in Canada to study the on-line learning of school history, and the creator of the Virtual Historian™ website, a bilingual platform used across the country for inquiry-based lessons in Canadian history.

Dr. Lévesque is very active in the national history community. He is a Board member of Canada’s History, the Governor General awards for excellence in teaching program, the Multicultural History Society of Ontario, and the Educational Research Unit “Making History/Faire l’histoire” of the University of Ottawa. He is also a scholarly advisor to Nelson Education Canada for the writing of the new Canadian history textbooks for Ontario. Dr. Lévesque served as educational expert for the Canadian government on the establishment of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights as well as curriculum expert for the Ontario Ministry of Education. In 2006, he was nominated by the Council of Ontario Universities for the Award for Excellence in Teaching with Technology.

Dr. Lévesque is a graduate of the PennState University Academic Leadership Academy. He holds a Ph.D. from the Univeristy of British Columbia and a M.A. and B.A. from Université Laval in Québec City. He is a former officer of the Canadian Armed Forces and alumnus of the Collège militaire royal du Canada.

Publications Since 2007

With Penney Clark and Ruth Sandwell. “Dialogue Across Chasms: History and History Education in Canada.” in History Teacher Education: Global Interrelations, edited by Elisabeth Erdmann and W. Hasberg, 163-82. History Education International Series, Schwalbach/Ts: Wochenschau Verlag, 2015.

"Why Historical Narrative Matters?" Public History Weekly 11 (2015).
http://public-history-weekly.oldenbourg-verlag.de/3-2015-11/why-historic...

"What Is the Use of the Past for Future Teachers? A Snapshot of Francophone Student Teachers in Ontario and Quebec Universities." In Becoming a History Teacher: Sustaining Practices in Historical Thinking and Knowing, edited by Ruth Sandwell and Amy von Heyking, 115-38. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014.

Conserver la pensée narrative chez les élèves, Le Devoir, 24 février, 2014.
http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/400940/enseignementdel

“‘Why can’t you just tell us?’: Learning Canadian History with the Virtual Historian, In Pastplay: Teaching and Learning History with Technology, edited by Kevin Kee, 43-65. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2014.

With Nicholas Ng-A-Fook and Julie Corrigan. “What Does the Eye See?: Reading Primary
Source Photographs in History.” Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education 14,
no. 2. Retrieved from http://www.citejournal.org/vol14/iss2/socialstudies/article1.cfm

“Why Tell Stories? On the Importance of Teaching Narrative Thinking.” Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens (Autumn 2014): 5-10.

“Between Memory Recall and Historical Consciousness: Implications for Education.” Public History Weekly 33 (2014). Retrieved from http://public-history-weekly.oldenbourg-verlag.de/2-2014-33/memory-recal....

“History, Identity and Values.” Montreal Gazette, April 11, 2014. Retrieved from
www.montrealgazette.com/life/Opinion+History+identity+more+complicated+t...

« L’importance d'enseigner la pensée narrative ». Le Droit, February 25, 2014. Retrieved from
http://www.lapresse.ca/le-droit/opinions/votre-opinion/201402/25/01-4742...

“Interacting with History.” International Innovation 116 (2014): 10-12.

With Aurélien Bonin. « Imaginer la vie des Juifs au temps d’Hitler : leçon de l’historien virtuel ». Rapport 36, no. 3 (2014): 3-8.

Avec Roland Case et Michael Denos. Enseigner la pensée historique, sous la direction de Roland Case. Vancouver: Critical Thinking Consortium, 2013.

Avec Jocelyn Létourneau et Raphaël Gani. « Tout a commencé par une défaite : La guerre de Sept Ans dans la mémoire et la conscience historiques des Québécois. » Dans La Nouvelle-France en héritage (tome 2), sous la direction de Laurent Veyssière, 311-27. Paris : Armand Colin, 2013.

"Interacting with History." International Innovation 116 (2013): 10-12.

“The Challenges of Teaching National History in the Canadian Multicultural Context.” Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens (Spring 2011): 41-6.

« La pensée historique : pour le développement de la littératie critique en histoire ». Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens (Été 2011): 13-16.

“Teaching National History in Canada: An Experiment in Multiculturalism.” In Pensar historicamente en tiempos de globalizacion, edited by R. Lopez, L. Velasco Martinez, V. Santidrian Arias, and X. Armas Castro, 49-64. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Publicaciones, 2011.

“Thinking History: Development of Didactics of History Education in Canada.” In Patterns of Research in Civics, History, Geography and Religious Education, edited by Bengt Schüllerqvist, 89-112. Sweden: Karlstad University Press, 2011.

« Les TIC et l’histoire : partenaires ou rivaux? - Quelques leçons à tirer ». Revue Enjeux 7(1) (2011): 28-33.

"What it Means to Think Historically." In New Possibilities for the Past: Shaping History Education in Canada, edited by Penney Clark, 115-35. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011.

« La pensée historique et l'enseignement d'enjeux contentieux : l'expérience des élèves qui étudient la Crise d'octobre ». In L'école et la diversité : perspectives comparées, edited by A. McAndrew, 159-68. Québec : Presses de l'Université Laval, 2010.

« Compte rendu ». Michel Sarra-Bournet and Félix Bouvier. L’enseignement de l’histoire au début du XXIe siècle au Québec. Recherches sociographiques 51(1-2) (2010): 280-81.

"On Historical Literacy: Learning to Think Like Historians." Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens (Winter 2010): 42-6.

"Developing Historical Literacy." Queen’s Education Letter (Autumn 2010): 7-10.

"Historical Literacy in 21st Century Ontario: Research Using The Virtual Historian©." Research Report. Conseil canadien sur l’apprentissage, 2009.

With T. Stanley, S. Cook, R. Heap, L. McLean, and N. Ng-A-Fook. Curriculum Research and Benchmarking to Support the Curriculum Review in Social Studies Grades 1 to 6, History Grades 7 and 8, And the Canadian and World Studies Grades 9 to 12 (History Component). Ministry of Education, Ontario, 2009.

"The Impact of Digital Technologies and the Need for Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Lessons from the Virtual Historian." In The Emperor's New Computer: Reflections on the Impact of Information and Communications Technology on Teachers and Teaching, edited byTony Di Petta, 17-28. Rotterdam: SensePublishers, 2009.

"Rethinking Citizenship Education in Canada." In Beyond National Dreams: Essays on Canadian Nationalism and Citizenship, edited by R. Blake & A. Nurse, 131-54. FitzHenry Whiteside, 2009.

« L'enseignement par situation-problème : l'expérience des élèves de l'Ontario ». Canadian Diversity/Diversité canadienne 7(1) (2009): 73-7.

« Rapport de recherche sur le programme-cadre d'études canadiennes et mondiales (9e - 12e année) ». Toronto : Ministère de l'Éducation de l'Ontario, 2009.

"'Terrorism Plus Canada in the 1960's Equals Hell Frozen Over': Learning the October Crisis with Computer Technology in the Canadian Classroom." Canadian Journal of Learning Technology 34(2) (2008): 53-74.

Thinking Historically: Educating Students for the 21st Century. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008.

Et al. Report to the Minister of Canadian Heritage on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Ministry Advisory Committee. Ottawa: Her Majesty the Queen of Canada, 2008. http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/conslttn/dp-hr/index-eng.cfm

"Can Computational Technology Improve Students' Historical Thinking? Experience from the Virtual Historian with Grade 10 Students." Journal of the Ontario History and Social Science Teachers Association (2007): 19-21.

"Rethinking the 'Bush Doctrine': Historical Thinking and Post-September 11 Terrorism." International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research (2007): 7.
http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/historyresource/journal13/Levesque,%2008.pdf