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Dennis Lynn Shirley

Research Professor

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Dennis Lynn Shirley

Ed.D.

Contact

Email: dennis.shirley@bc.edu

Education

  • Ed.D., Harvard University, Graduate School of Education

Research Interests

I am interested in ways that students engage with learning and ways that their well-being can be promoted.

Dr. Shirley is not currently accepting Ph.D. students.

Personal Website Curriculum Vitae

Department

DFE Department of Formative Education

Profile

I study educational change as it is enacted in individual schools, across school systems, and in new online digital learning environments as well. Currently, I am working with the International Movement Towards Educational Change (IMTEC) in Oslo, Norway, and the Robert Bosch Foundation in Berlin, Germany, to support cross-cultural learning and exchange across all levels of our school systems.

GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
  • Research Fellow, Royal Academy for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturing, and Commerce" in London, England
  • Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, Bosch Academy, Berlin, Germany
  • Senior Advisor, IMTEC, in Oslo, Norway

Select Publications

My three most recent books are  "Five Paths of Student Engagement: Blazing New Trails to Learning and Success" (Solution Tree), "Well-being in Schools: Three Forces for Uplifting Your Students in Volatile Times" (ASCD), and "The Age of Identity:  Who Do Our Kids Think They Are ... And How Do We Help Them Belong?" (Corwin). All three of these books are co-authored with my long-time friend and collaborator, Andy Hargreaves, and are the result of studies we conducted in Canada and the US over many years.

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