Yu-Ling Lee, PhD

Associate Professor of Education; Director, School of Education - Graduate Programs

Dr. Yu-Ling Lee is Director of the Master of Arts in Educational Studies in Inclusive Education (MAES-IE). His administrative leadership and scholarship spans multiple committees within TWU and across several units within the School of Education. He teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate level, inviting students to collaborate in pedagogical projects. His research focuses on the relationship between education, media, technology, and theology. In particular, he is exploring ways that education can be enacted through digital media such as podcasts and YouTube.

For more information, go to https://yulinglee.com/

  • PhD (UBC, 2017)
  • ThM (Regent College, 2011)
  • MDiv (Tyndale University, 2008)
  • BMath (University of Waterloo, 2004)

Expertise

Education Technology (design, making, ethics, values), Educational Media (podcasts, YouTube, social media), Curriculum Studies (theory, philosophy, history), Theology and Cultural Studies (spirituality in education, technology and spirituality), Research methodologies (mixed methods, ethnographic, design-based research, actor-network theory)

Selected research projects

  • 2023-2025  A group of kindergarteners’ psycho-motor skills in relation to early numeracy development: A cross-sectional study in BC. 
  • L. Ragpot (principal investigator), Y. Lee (Co-investigator). Funder: SSHRC Explore Grant, $6794.
  • 2022-2024. Preservice teachers and podcasts: translating agency into communities of inquiry.
  • Y. Lee (principal investigator), N. P. Lui. Funder: SSHRC Explore Grant, $6,863.

Recent Publications

Selected publications

  • Lee, Y. (2022). Co-creating educational YouTube videos as a community of inquiry. Scholarly and Research Communication, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.22230/src.2022v13n2a407

  • Lee, Y. (2022). Lingering notes: Sounds of learning in teacher education. In N. Y. S. Lee, L. E. Wong, & J. M. Ursino (Eds.), Lingering with the works of Ted T. Aoki: Historical and contemporary significance for curriculum research and practice (pp. 175-185). Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003037248-19

  • Ralph, R., MacDowell, P., Lee, Y., & Ng, D. (2020). STEM education for girls: Perspectives of teachers during a makeathon. P. Keough (Ed.) Overcoming Current Challenges in the P-12 Teaching Profession (pp. 73-95). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1177-0.ch004

  • Lee, Y. (2019). Technotheological curricular spaces: Encountering the circus, cathedral, and bridge. In T. Strong-Wilson, C. Ehret, D. Lewkowich, & S. Chang-Kredl (Eds.). Provoking Curriculum Encounters Across Educational Experience: New Engagements with the Curriculum Theory Archive (pp. 42-56). Routledge.

  • Lee Y. (2019). Assembling technology teacher education: Translating technological skills into educational praxis. In K. Nolan, & J. Tupper (Eds.). Social Theory for Teacher Education Research (pp. 69-86). Bloomsbury.

  • EDUC 211 Psychological Foundations of Teaching and Learning
  • EDUC 222 Principles of Teaching and Learning
  • EDUC 233 Foundations of Education
  • EDUC 373 Media and Technology in Education
  • EDUC 495 Critical Issues in Education
  • EDUC 504 Evaluating Statistics and Research
  • EDUC 513 Current Issues and the Exceptional Child