Jerine Pegg, PhD, MAT, BS

Contact

Professor of Science Education, Co-director Centre for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (CMASTE), Faculty of Education

Email: jerine.pegg@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

science education teacher professional learning faculty mentoring partnership development

About

Dr. Jerine Pegg is a Professor of Science Education and the Co-director of the Centre of Mathematics, Science, & Technology Education. She has also served as the Department Chair and Associate Chair (Undergraduate) in the Department of Elementary Education. In addition, she regularly serves on senior level university governance committees and is currently a member of General Faculties Council (GFC) and General Faculties Council - Executive (GFC-Exec).

Dr. Pegg's scholarship focuses on the areas of science education, teacher professional learning, and faculty mentoring. Her current research explores various aspects of interdisciplinarity and partnership development through the lenses of social network theory, boundary interactions, and communities of practice.

Dr. Pegg has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in a range of delivery formats. In 2016, she received the Faculty of Education, Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Use of Technology for Teaching and Learning. She recently published an article with colleagues titled: Being and becoming online teachers: A collaborative autobiographical narrative inquiry.

Dr. Pegg has also actively engaged in service to the broader community. She served as a member of the Alberta Education Science Curriculum Working Group from 2016 - 2018 and in 2019, she received the Distinguished Service Citation from the Alberta Teachers’ Association Science Council. Her work has also involved collaborative projects with international education ministries and not-for-profit organizations, including recent work in Oman and Rwanda.

Project Websites

Science Curriculum Wayfinder Website (Resources for the new Alberta Science Curriculum)
SaLLIE Project Website (in development)

Courses

EDEL 561 - Processes of Curriculum Development

A study of the ways in which curricula are produced, implemented, and evaluated. Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations sections of the Calendar.

Winter Term 2025

EDSE 501 - Conference Seminar

Prerequisites: consent of Instructor and Department. May include alternate delivery sections; may require payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar.

Spring Term 2025

EDU 595 - Special Topics in Educational Theory and Practice

Content varies from term to term. Topics announced prior to registration period. The student's transcript carries title descriptive of content. May be repeated. Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment, refer to the Fees Payment Guide in the University Regulations and Information for Students section of the Calendar.

Spring Term 2025

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Featured Publications

Being and becoming online teachers: A collaborative autobiographical narrative inquiry.

Cardinal, T., Kim, M., Pegg, J, and Branch-Mueller, J.

Brock Education Journal. 2021 March; 30 (1):30-50

Mentoring within communities of practice.

Bottoms, S. I., Pegg, J. M., Adams, A. E., Risser, H. S., & Wu, K.

The Wiley-Blackwell international handbook of mentoring: Paradigms, practices, programs, and possibilities.. 2020 January;

Case analysis of children’s reasoning in problem solving process.

Kim, M. & Pegg, J.

International Journal of Science Education. 2019 January;

Partnering teachers and scientists: Translating carbohydrate research into curriculum resources for secondary science classrooms.

Rose, K., Snitinsky, R., & Pegg, J.

Journal of Chemical Education. 2019 January;

Science education in Alberta: A complex history of shifting educational influences.

Pegg, J., Wiseman, D., Brown, C., & Shanahan, M.-C.

Science education in Canada: Consistencies, commonalities, and distinctions. 2019 January;

Teaching for relevance in science.

Pegg, J.

Alberta Science Education Journal. 2017 January; 45 (1):6-10

Storying our academic career transitions within a peer-mentoring community.

Adams, A. E., Pegg, J. M., Bottoms, S. I., Risser, H. S., Wu, K., & Kern, A. L.

Global co-mentoring networks in higher education. 2016 January;

Mentoring from the outside: The role of a peer mentoring community in the development of early career education faculty

Bottoms, S., Pegg, J., Adams, A., Smith-Risser, H., Wu, K., Kern, A.

Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning Journal. 2013 January; 21 (2):195-218

Science for elementary school teachers: Concepts, explanations, and activities.

Gustafson, B., Pegg, J., & Shanahan, M.-C.

Victoria, BC: Ripon Publishing.. 2013 January;