Selected Refereed Contributions: Books and Book Chapters Sahlberg, P. & McRae, P. (Pending, 2024). Professional Wisdom: Small Data for Big Change. London: Routledge.
Murgatoryd, S. & Couture, J.C. (Ed.) (2012). Rethinking school leadership: Creating great schools for all students. Contributing author of chapter on (re)thinking leadership in a digital age. Edmonton, AB: FutureThink Press.
Murgatoryd, S. (Ed.) (2011). Rethinking education: Learning and the New Renaissance. Contributor author to chapter on personalizing learning. Edmonton, AB: FutureThink Press.
Parsons, J., McRae, P., & Taylor, L. (2006). Celebrating school improvement: Six lessons learned from Alberta’s AISI projects (3rd edition). Edmonton, AB: School Improvement Press, 190 pages.
Caouette, R. & Spearn, J. (Ed.) (2006). Our Canada: Origins, peoples, perspectives. Nelson-Duval Alberta Social Studies Series. Author of textbook chapter inquiry projects and co-author of textbook chapter questions. Scarborough, ON: Thomson-Nelson Publishing.
Refereed Contributions: Doctoral Dissertation McRae, P. (2007). Intercultural collaborative inquiry on the internet: Epistemological humility in a global era. Dissertation Abstracts International: DAI-A 68 (10). Proquest Document ID: 1425290391.
The Honourable Sarah Hoffman, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health & The Honourable David Eggen, Minister of Education 2017
Selected Refereed Contributions: Academic Journals Gunn, T. & McRae, P. (2021). Better understanding the professional and personal factors that influence beginning teacher retention in one Canadian province. International Journal of Education Research.
McRae, P. (2011). Yong Zhao: Catching up or leading the way: American education in the age of globalization. Journal of Educational Change 1(12). Netherlands: Springer, p. 1389-2843.
McQuarrie, L.M., & McRae, P. (2010). A provincial perspective on differentiated instruction: The Alberta initiative for school improvement (AISI).Journal of Applied Research on Learning (JARL) 3(4). Vancouver, BC: Canadian Council on Learning
Parsons, J. & McRae, P. (2009). Edifying action and site-based action research. International Journal of Critical Pedagogy 2(1). Montreal, QC: McGill University
McRae, P. (2006). The death of television and the birth of digital convergence: (Re)shaping media in the 21st century. Journal of Studies in Media & Information Literacy in Education, 6(2). Toronto, ON:University of Toronto Press, p.1-14.
Invited Lecture ~ Harvard Graduate School of Education (2014)
Selected Refereed Academic Research Paper Contributions (Selected) Couture, J.C., McRae, P., Stiles, P., & Servage, L. (2015). The Future of the Principalship in Canada. Proceedings of the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual conference, Chicago, IL: AERA.
McRae, P., Varnhagen, S. & Daniels, J. (2015).Digital Reporting and Assessment Tools in Alberta: Evaluating their Value and Impact. Alberta Teachers’ Association Provincial Research Study. Edmonton, AB: Barnett House. Available Online: http://www.teachers.ab.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/ATA/Publications/Research/COOR-101-1%20Digital%20Reporting.pdf
McRae, P., Couture, J.C., & Varnhagen, S. (2013). Online reporting tools, learning analytics and teachers' conditions of practice: Implications for global education reform. Proceedings of the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual conference, San Francisco, CA: AERA.
McRae, P., Varnhagen, S., & Arkinson, B. (2012). Examining the impact of flexible and digitally mediated learning environments on teachers' conditions of professional practice. Proceedings of the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual conference, Vancouver, BC: AERA.
Hargreaves, A., Couture, J.C., & McRae, P. (2012). The future of teachers' work. Proceedings of the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual conference, Vancouver, BC: AERA.
Varnhagen, S., Couture, J.C., McRae, P., & Arkinson, B. (2011). Examining online reporting tools impact on teachers in a Canadian province. Proceedings of the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual conference, New Orleans, LA: AERA.
McRae, P., Varnhagen, S., & Arkinson, B. (2009). A study of Alberta teachers’ working conditions in distributed learning environments: Flexibility, accessibility, and permeable boundaries. Proceedings of the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual conference, San Diego, CA: AERA.
Foster, R., McRae, P. & Wright, L. (2009). Leading and sustaining school improvement initiatives. Research paper presentation for the Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration (CASEA) at the annual conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education(CSSE), Ottawa, ON: CSSE
McRae, P. (2008). Awakening the notions of global citizenship in a digital era. Research paper presentation for the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC) at the annual conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Vancouver, BC: CSSE
McRae, P. & Doherty, M (2008). The leadership promise of teacher research: (Re)Searching within Alberta's schools. Proceedings of the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual conference p. 307, New York, NY: AERA.
McQuarrie, L., & McRae, P. (2008). Creativity, complexity and choice in educational practice. Proceedings of the International Association for the Scientific Knowledge (IASK) Teaching and Learning 2008 conference, Aveiro, Portugal.
McQuarrie, L., McRae, P., & Stack-Cutler, H. (2008). Complexity and choice: Celebrating differentiated instruction within the Alberta context. Research paper presentation for the Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE) at the annual conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Vancouver, BC: CSSE.
McRae, P. (2007). Online intercultural communication: A collaborative ontology for preservice social studies teachers in a global era. Research paper presentation for the Technology and Teacher Education (TATE) special interest group at the annual conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Saskatoon, SK: CSSE.
McRae, P., Adams, C., Buck, G., & Thompson, T. (2007). Innocuous tools, or double-edged swords? Philosophical and practical tensions of digital technologies. Proceedings of the the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual conference, Chicago, IL: AERA.
McRae, P. (2007). Argumentum ad infinitum: The complex nature of echoing voices on the Internet. Research paper presentation at the Complexity Science and Educational Research (CSER) conference, Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia.
McRae, P., & Parsons, J. (2007). Systemic school improvement - Key findings from six years with the Alberta initiative for school improvement. Research roundtable for Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE) at the annual conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Saskatoon, SK: CSSE.
McRae, P., Dickson, B. & Pollard, C. (2007). Implications of a large-scale improvement initiative for professional practice. Proceedings of the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual conference. Chicago, IL: AERA.
Whitelaw, C., McRae, P., & Varnhagen, S. (2007). Examining a two-year evaluation research study of e-textbooks from three perspectives. Proceedings of the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual conference. Chicago, IL: AERA.
Keiser, D., Parsons, J., & McRae, P (2007). Educational embodiment within an online graduate program. Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Education (HICE), Honolulu, HW: HICE.
McRae, P. (2006). Transcendent opportunities for global communication and collaboration in education. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) conference 2006 (pp. 2985-2990). Chesapeake, VA: American Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
McRae, P. (2006). Broadening the epistemological orientations of beginning teachers in a global era: Responding to cultural diversity on the internet and demands for social justice. Proceedings of the International Conference on Teacher Education. Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press, p. 48-50.
McRae, P. (2006). A brief analysis of the dominant values& cultural constructs of the internet. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (pp. 2616-2621). Chesapeake, VA: American Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
McRae, P. (2006). Echoing voices - emerging challenges for educational practice on the internet. In T. Reeves & S. Yamashita (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (pp. 2622-2629). Chesapeake, VA: American Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
McRae, P. & Parsons, J. (2006). A longitudinal study on technology integration initiatives and the complexities of research partnerships across organizational borders. In T. Reeves & S. Yamashita (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (pp. 757-762). Chesapeake, VA: American Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Selected Professional Journal Contributions (Selected) McRae, P. (2015). Digital reporting and assessment tools and the growth of big data. Canadian Association of Principals (CAP) Journal (Winter 2015, CAP T0115). Winnipeg, MB
McRae, P. (2015). Myth: Blended learning is the next ed-tech revolution – hype, harm and hope. Alberta Teachers' Association Magazine 4 (95). Edmonton, AB: Barnett House Press p. 19-27.
McRae, P. (2011). Forecasting the future over three horizons of change. Media Awareness Network of Canada National Media Literacy Week Press Kit. Ottawa, ON: MNE
McRae, P. & Millar, G. (2011). Questioning creativity. Alberta Teachers' Association Magazine 2 (91). Edmonton, AB: Barnett House Press p. 25-29.
McRae, P. (2010). The politics of personalization in the 21st century. Alberta Teachers' Association Magazine 1 (91). Edmonton, AB: Barnett House Press p. 8-11.
McRae, P., & Parsons, J. (2007). Teachers as researchers-(Re)searching again in Alberta's schools. The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) Magazine, 87(3), Edmonton, AB.
Selected Non-Refereed Contributions: Government Research Reports (Selected) Foster, R., McRae, P. & Wright, L. (2009). Leading and sustaining school improvement initiatives: A review of site-based research from AISI cycles 1, 2 and 3, Edmonton, AB: Alberta Education.
McQuarrie, L., McRae, P., & Stack-Cutler, H. (2008). Choice, complexity, creativity: Differentiated instruction provincial research review, Edmonton, AB: Alberta Education.
Taylor, L., Servage, L., McRae, P., & Parsons, J. (2006). Alberta initiative for school improvement (AISI) collaborative professional development research review: Relationships, leadership and ownership, Edmonton, AB: Alberta Education.
McRae, P., & Gregor, P. (2005). Information and communication technologies and the facilitation of professional development, Edmonton, AB: Alberta Education
Alberta Learning (2004). Alberta initiative for school improvement (AISI) technology projects research review: Summary of findings from cycle one 2000-2001 to 2002-2003, Edmonton, AB: Alberta Learning (project lead & co-investigator).
Following a Keynote Address with Lieutenant-General (ret) The Honorable Roméo A. Dallaire, O.C., C.M.M.,
G.O.Q., M.S.C., C.D., L.O.M. (U.S.)
Doctor of Philosophy,
University of Alberta
In Ottawa with The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien PC, OM, CC, QC ~ Canada's 20th Prime Minister
Selected Print and Television Appearances (Selected and Recent) McRae, P. (2014). “Youth Obsession with Technology”. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Live National Panel Discussion. Wednesday, February 26, 2014
McRae, P. (2011). "Do kids need computer ‘flash’? Or should school technology be reined in to save teachers’ jobs?" Medicine Hat News 48.3 (2011): A3. Saturday, March 5, 2011.
External Research Evaluations Parsons, J. & McRae, P. (2010). Scottish teachers for a new era (STNE) external evaluation. A mid-term evaluative report of the University of Aberdeen's (Scotland) Undergraduate Teacher Education Program for The Scottish Government, Hunter Foundation, and the University of Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, U.K..
A view from our family ranch in Alberta
Awards and Honors
Alumni Honour Society Award 2024 University of Lethbridge, Alberta
Provincial Education Research Award, Alberta 2007 Alberta Teachers’ Association, Alberta
Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Scholar 2007 Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta
Digital Humanities Summer Institute Scholarship 2006 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council – SSHRC
Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Research Award 2006 Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta
Myer Horowitz Graduate Research Award 2006 Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
Innovation Award – eTextbook Research and Development Project 2004 Minister of Learning, Alberta Education, Government of Alberta
Industry Canada Telecollaborative Project Grants 2001-2002 Canada’s SchoolNet, Industry Canada, Government of Canada
Teaching With Internet and State of the Art Technologies Research Grant 1999 Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates - Research Grant
Excellence in Teaching Finalist Provincial Award 1996 Minister of Education, Alberta Education, Government of Alberta
Society and the Environment National Award 1995 The Knowledge of the Environment for Youth (KEY) Foundation, Ontario, Canada