Cameron Symons

Biography

His doctoral thesis was a study of a small school in a single industry community faced with the threat of abandonment by the town’s only employer. Through examining documentary sources and conducting interviews with students, staff and community members, the study tracked the organizational learning processes at play during a six year period. A number of variables were investigated in terms of their effect on organizational learning. These included the Department of Education, leadership, community, culture, vision, and strategy. A brief summary of this research has been published in the Journal of Leadership in Education, December, 2005.

Research Interest

Classroom Based Assessment Assessment in schools is undergoing a theoretical revolution with the work of Wiggins & McTighe, Black & Wiliam, Stiggins, O’Connor, Davies, Cooper and others. Exploring practical ways of implementing sound assessment practices in classrooms is an area of continuing interest. Ethical and legal issues in counselling and administration: This has become a critical issue for all school personnel in the past few years, driven in part by legislation respecting freedom of information and protection of privacy.