Academic Credentials:
Ph.D., 2004, University of British Columbia, Centre for the Study of Curriculum & Instruction, Faculty of Education.
M.A., 1997, University of British Columbia, Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education.
B.C. Teaching Certificate, 1985, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Education.
B.Eng., 1982, Carleton University, Faculty of Engineering.
Major Fields of Study:
Social Studies Education; Sociology of Education; Teacher Education.
Research Interests:
Critical Pedagogy; Teaching for Democracy; Anti-racist Pedagogy; Aboriginal Education; Teaching for Class Consciousness; Media Literacy; Pedagogy & Progressive Christianity.
Dissertation:
Orlowski, P. (2004). What’s Ideology Got to do With It? Race and Class Discourses in Social Studies Education. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, UBC, 315 pp.
Thesis:
Orlowski, P. (1997). A Class Act: How Working-Class Youth Perceive Racism & Economic Inequality. Unpublished M.A. thesis, UBC, 231 pp.
Books:
Orlowski, P. (2011). Teaching about hegemony: Race, class & democracy in the 21st century. New York: Springer, 213 pp.
Chapters in Books:
Orlowski, P. (2001). Ties that bind and ties than blind: Race and class intersections in the classroom. In James, C. E. & A. Shadd, eds., Talking about identity: Encounters in race, ethnicity, and language. Toronto: Between the Lines, 250-266.
Published Papers in Refereed Journals:
Orlowski, P. (2009). Teaching for and about democracy, including its flaws. Democracy & Education, 18 (2), 54-61.
Orlowski, P. (2008). “That would certainly be spoiling them”: Liberal discourses on Aboriginal issues in high school social studies. Canadian Journal of Native Education, 31 (2), 110-129.
Orlowski, P. (2008) Social class: The forgotten identity marker in social studies education. New Proposals: Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry, 1 (2), 30-63.
Orlowski, P. (2006). Educating in an era of Orwellian spin: Making a case for critical media literacy in the classroom. Canadian Journal of Education. Special issue on Popular media, education, and resistance, 29 (1), 176-198.
Orlowski, P. & Menzies, C. (2004). Educating about Aboriginal involvement with forestry: The Tsimsian experience - yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Canadian Journal of Native Education, 28 (1/2), 66-79.
Kelly, D. M., Brandes, G. M., & Orlowski, P. (2004). Teaching for social justice: Veteran high school teachers’ perspectives. Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, 2 (2), 39-57.
Published Papers in Non-Refereed Journals:
Orlowski, P. (2011). News TO the world: The Murdoch phone-hacking scandal & media literacy – Reflections from a media literacy educator. Our Schools Our Selves, 21 (1), 115-130.
Orlowski, P. (2011). Separate oil and state: Using the media for a critical eco-pedagogy in the classroom. Our Schools Our Selves, 20 (3), 91-119.
Orlowski, P. (2008). Youth ‘participaction’ and democracy: Reflections on teaching Civic Studies 11 in British Columbia. Our Schools Our Selves, 17 (2), 109-122.
Orlowski, P. (2007). Bob Dylan was right – It is a political world: The case for critical media literacy. Our Schools Our Selves, 17 (1), 33-49.
Orlowski, P. (2007). How my students explore cultural struggle. Our Schools Our Selves, 17 (1), 50-51.
Orlowski, P. (2001). The revised social studies curriculum in British Columbia: Problems and oversights. Our Schools Our Selves, 10 (4), 85-102.
Book Reviews:
Orlowski, P. (2010). Review of D. Hill’s (Ed.) The rich world and the impoverishment of education: Diminishing democracy, equity and workers’ rights, New York: Routledge, 2009, 273 pp., Workplace, 17, 139-146.
Orlowski, P. (2002). Review of A. Perry’s On the edge of empire: Gender, race, and the making of British Columbia, 1849-1871, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001, pp. 292. Left History, 8 (1), 119-122.
Presentations at Academic Conferences:
P. Orlowski & P. Shaker, 2012. Teaching from a Social Democratic or Reformist Left Perspective in an Era of Neoliberalism. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Vancouver, BC, April 14th (20 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 2012. News TO the world: What Rupert Murdoch’s phone-hacking scandal should tell us about corporate media and its political agenda. Presented at the Hawaii International Conference in Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 6th (30 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 2011. Separate Oil & State: Using the Media for a Critical Eco-Pedagogy in the Classroom. Presented at the 39th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Studies in Education (CSSE), Fredericton, New Brunswick, May 29th (20 min).
P. Orlowski, 2010. Teaching For and About Democracy, Including Its Flaws. Presentation at the 38th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Studies in Education (CSSE), Montreal, Quebec, June 1st (30 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 2010. Schools Teach About Laissez Faire Economics – Why Not Neoliberalism? Presentation at the 38th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Studies in Education (CSSE), Montreal, Quebec, May 31st (20 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 2008. Time for a Change? The Failure of Liberal Discourses in Addressing Aboriginal Students’ Needs. Presentation at the 36th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Studies in Education (CSSE), Vancouver, British Columbia, June 2nd (20 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 2007. Power, Politics, Policy & the Media – Hegemonic Discourses in American Corporate Media. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA), Cleveland, Ohio, November 4th (20 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 2007. Teaching Social Studies in an Era of Orwellian Mega-Spin: Narratives from the Classroom. Presentation at the Annual Westcast Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 17th (1 hour, 30 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 2006. Aboriginal Issues & Social Studies in British Columbia: What’s Ideology Got to do with it? Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA), Spokane, Washington, November 6th (20 minutes).
P. Orlowski. 2005. Social Class: The Forgotten Identity Marker in Social Studies Education. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal, Quebec, April 25th (20 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 2003. From the Forests to the Classroom: The Tsimsian Experience – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Presentation to the Annual Conference for the American Society of Applied Anthropology, Portland, Oregon, March 15th (30 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 2001. Ties that Blind and Ties that Bind: Race Awareness & Class Consciousness. Presentation to the 29th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Studies in Education (CSSE), Quebec City, Quebec, May 28th (20 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 2000. A Class Act: How Working-Class Youth Perceive Racism & Economic Inequality. Presentation to the 28th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Studies in Education (CSSE), Edmonton, Alberta, May 27th (20 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 2000. Globalization & White Working-Class Youth: The Case for Pedagogy to Address White Defensiveness. Presentation to the 28th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Studies in Education (CSSE), Edmonton, Alberta, May 27th (20 minutes).
Selected Professional Presentations:
P. Orlowski, 2011. The Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, & Teaching for Democracy. Presentation at the Annual SAFE Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, October 25th 2011 (30 min).
P. Orlowski, 2010-2011. Liberal Discourses & Aboriginal Students. Three presentations to the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, September 29th 2010, February 2nd 2011, and May 3rd 2011. (90 minutes each).
P. Orlowski, 2010. Teaching for a Strong Democracy. Presentation to Saskatoon Public School Teachers, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, November 2nd 2010 (90 min).
P. Orlowski, 2010. The History of Racial Discourses in North America. Presentation at the Annual SAFE Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, October 22nd 2010 (30 min).
P. Orlowski, 2010. Why Not Teach About Social Class? Presentation at the Annual SAFE Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, October 23rd 2010 (30 min).
P. Orlowski, 2009. The Case for Critical Media Literacy in High School Social Studies. Presentation to the Chilliwack School District Teachers for Professional Development, Chilliwack, British Columbia, February 19th (3 hours).
P. Orlowski, 2009. A Brief History of Inclusion – From the French Revolution Until Today. Presentation to the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) Regional Conference on Teaching for Social Justice, Abbotsford, British Columbia, February 20th (1 hour).
P. Orlowski, 2008. The Impact of Racial Discourses on the School Experience of Minority Youth. Presentation to the Chilliwack School District Teachers for Professional Development, Chilliwack, British Columbia, April 7th (3 hours).
P. Orlowski, 2003. Mission Impossible: Teaching Social Studies from a Position of Neutrality. Presentation to the B.C. First Nations Educators Association Annual Conference, Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, January 20th (90 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 2002. Racial Discourses in Aboriginal/European Relations. Presentation to the B.C. First Nations Educators Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, January 19th (90 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 2000. The Nisga’a Treaty: Implications for Teaching about BC’s Past, Present, and Future. Presentation to the B.C. Social Studies Educators Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, January 17th (90 minutes).
P. Orlowski, 1999. First Nations Education: Anti-Racist Pedagogical Strategies. Presentation to the B.C. First Nations Educators Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, January 24th (90 minutes).
P. Orlowski & E. Calahaisn, 1999. Six 2-hour sessions for the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation. BC First Nations Studies: How Teachers can be More Inclusive of First Nations Perspectives in their Teaching. Vancouver, British Columbia, April-May (12 hours in total).
Professional Contributions
P. Orlowski, 2009. Interviewed for the Vancouver television show developed by the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University called Your Education Matters about progressive politics in a teaching career. See the link for August 2009 at http://www.educ.sfu.ca/media_room/education_matters/. (28-minute interview)
P. Orlowski, 2008. Consultant for the teacher’s guide for 4Real Film Productions on a project designed to engage youth globally through art, music, culture and digital media to create community and positive change. Vancouver, British Columbia.
For details see http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:-i-7A6lyqPQJ:www.4real.com/assets/school/4REALSchool_sample.pdf+4real+teachers+guide+%22paul+orlowski%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca. The lesson plans are designed for Social Studies 6 through 11.
P. Orlowski. 2002. Developed and piloted a unit plan based on my fieldwork in applied anthropology in northwestern British Columbia. For details of the four lesson plans see www.ecoknow.ca. The lesson plans are suitable for Social Studies 10, 11, and First Nations Studies 12.
P. Orlowski. 1998. Part of a team that developed the teacher’s guide for the second set of documentary films in the National Film Board film series entitled First Nations: The Circle Unbroken.
P. Orlowski. 1993-94. Designed and piloted a locally developed course for the Vancouver School Board (VSB) called Cultural Anthropology 11. The basis for the course was pedagogy that examined social hierarchies based on race, class, and gender. The VSB granted approval to the course on April 11th 1994.
Selected Public and Community Presentations:
P. Orlowski. 2009. An Informed & Active Citizenry is a Media Literate Citizenry. Presentation to the 10th Annual Media Democracy Day Conference. (See http://mediademocracyday.org/vancouver.) Vancouver, British Columbia. November 7th (90 minutes).
P. Orlowski. 1999. Racial Discourses and Power Relationships. Presentation to the Vancouver School District’s Unity in Diversity Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia. December 2nd (1 hour).
Research Grants Recently Received
President’s Social Science Humanities Research Council (2011), $7000 to research conceptions of social justice among Christian teachers of social studies.
John Ranton McIntosh (2011), $2000 to research conceptions of social justice among Christian teachers of social studies.
John Ranton McIntosh (2010), $2000 to research conceptions of social justice among Christian teachers of social studies.
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