Sean Chorney, Simon Fraser University

Research

mathematizing relevant social issues situated cognition reasoning secondary school (1) mathematizing (2) relevant social issues (3) situated cognition

Latest funding

Integrating Critical/Media Literacies in Plurilingual and Pluricultural Teacher Education
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$200,000
Mathematizing social issues in Canadian secondary schools
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$51,340
Gestural arithmetic: introducing early multiplicative thinking using mobile technology
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$164,370

All 3 grants and awards

Integrating Critical/Media Literacies in Plurilingual and Pluricultural Teacher Education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Lin, Angel Mei Yi

Keywords: media literacies; plurilingual education; critical pedagogy; STEM literacies; design-based research

$200,000

Mathematizing social issues in Canadian secondary schools

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Chorney, Sean

Keywords: mathematizing; relevant social issues; situated cognition; reasoning; secondary school

$51,340

Gestural arithmetic: introducing early multiplicative thinking using mobile technology

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sinclair, Nathalie M.

Keywords: multiplication; technology; gesture; embodied cognition

$164,370

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: mathematizing Dear Professor Chorney, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on mathematizing connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Mathematizing social issues in Canadian secondary schools" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]