Dr. Cherian’s research interests are in the area of teacher education, language arts, critical literacy, cultural studies and healthy organizations. His recently published July 2007 article entitled, Learning to Teach: Teacher Candidates Reflect on..
Dr. Cherian’s research interests are in the area of teacher education, language arts, critical literacy, cultural studies and healthy organizations. His recently published July 2007 article entitled, Learning to Teach: Teacher Candidates Reflect on the Relational, Conceptual, and Contextual Influences of Responsive Mentorship, appears in the Canadian Journal of Education. In addition, Dr. Cherian has recently published three peer reviewed book chapters entitled: (a) “Can You Spare Some Social Change?”: Preparing New Teachers to Teach Social Justice in Times of Educational Reform and Standardized Curriculum. (b) Effective Associate Teacher Mentorship is About Creating Space: Teacher Candidate Perspectives.(c) Placing And Mentoring Student Teachers: Issues, Challenges and New Possibilities. Dr. Cherian holds a PhD from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, The University of Toronto. In 2006 and 2007 Dr. Cherian was nominated by his students and finished as a semi finalist in Ontario’s Best Lecture competition. He currently lives in Windsor with his wife Dr. Sindu Kanjeekal (a medical oncologist) and their two children, Noah and Madeline.
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