Co-Investigator of Experiences of International Baccalaureate Education Certificate (IBEC) students during their B.Ed. Practicum
Co-Investigator of Social Science and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant, Canadian teacher preparation for international contexts: Competencies and catalysts.
Principal Investigator of UNB Research Fund, Preparing Canadian Teachers for the World.
University of New Brunswick Teacher Scholar investigating, Admission into Education Programs and the Role of the Disciplines in that Process.
Principal investigator of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Standard Research Grant, Describing and Conceptualizing Teacher Education: A Pan-Canadian Perspective
Principal investigator of UNB Research Fund and Faculty of Education SEED Funding, The Evolution of Teacher Education at UNB
Alderson, C. & Hirschkorn, M. (in press). Exploring the foundational pillars of the International Baccalaureate (IB) through pre-service teaching experiences during their practica. Journal of Global Education and Research.
Alderson, C. & Hirschkorn, M. (April, 2025). Inspecting the impact of the international baccalaureate (IB) educator’s certificate on pre-service teacher development using actor network theory. Journal of Educational Thought.
Morrison, D. & Hirschkorn, M. (2021). Using Criteria of Significance to make sense of data: Implications for qualitative research. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 20(15), 1-18. https://articlegateway.com/index.php/JHETP/article/view/3939
Ingersoll, M., Sears, A., Hirschkorn, M., Kawtharani-Chami, L. & Landine, J. (Nov, 2019). What Is It All For? The Intentions and Priorities for Study Abroad in Canadian Teacher Education. Study Abroad in Teacher Education, Global Education Review, Volume 6, No. 3, 30-48.
Ingersoll, M., Hirschkorn, M., Landine, J. and Sears, A. (April, 2018). Recruiting international educators in a global teacher shortage: research for practice. International Schools Journal, XXXVII(2), 92-102.
Hirschkorn, M., Sears, A., Sloat, E., Christou, T., Kristmanson, P., and Lemisko, L. (2017). The relevance of prior learning in teacher education admissions processes. in education, 23(1), 130-149.
Hirschkorn, M., Sears. A. and Lemisko, L. (2015). The struggle to study teacher education nationally. Education Canada, 55(1), 20-22.
Anderson, K. & Hirschkorn, M. (2012). Student Teachers’ Perceptions of Success: A Tale of Two Universities. International Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning, 1(2), 189-204.
Hirschkorn, M. (2010). How vulnerable am I? An experiential discussion of tenure rhetoric for ‘new’ faculty. Journal of Educational Thought, 44(1), 41-54.
Hirschkorn, M., Kristmanson, P., Sears, A., Winslow, K., & Rich, S. (2010). The perfect storm: Moving a teacher education reform from vision to reality. Education Canada, 50(1), 19-21.
Hirschkorn, M. (2009). Student-teacher relationships and teacher induction: Ben’s story. Teacher Development, 13(3), 205-217.
Hirschkorn, M., Sears, A., & Rich, S. (2009). The Evolution of teacher education at the University of New Brunswick: Why and How? Brock Education, 18(2), 81-95.
Hirschkorn, M. & Geelan, D. (2008). Bridging the research-practice gap: research translation and/or research transformation. Alberta Journal of Educational Research,54(1), 1-13.
Hirschkorn, M. (2004). Is conceptual change in science possible? Alberta Science Education Journal, 36(2), 31-38.
Gray, C., Kristmanson, P., Landine, J., Sears, A. Hirschkorn, M., Ingersoll, M., & Kawtharani-Chami, L. (2019) From Atlantic Canada to the World: ITE and International Teaching in Atlantic Canadian Universities. In Mueller, J., & Nickel, J., Eds. Globalization and Diversity in Education: What Does it Mean for Canadian Teacher Education? Ottawa, ON: Canadian Association for Teacher Education.
Hirschkorn, M., Ingersoll, M., Kawtharani-Chami, L., Sears, A., Landine, J. & Gray, C., (2019). International teacher education and globalization: A comparative analysis of program structure in Canada, Malaysia and England. In Mueller, J., & Nickel, J., Eds. Globalization and Diversity in Education: What Does It Mean for Canadian Teacher Education? Ottawa, ON: Canadian Association for Teacher Education.
Hirschkorn, M., Lagace, A., Piers, C., Bradley, J., Alderson, C., Perreaux, B. and Buggie, W. (2018). Classroom Expectations, Rules and Relationships at the Heart of Beginning Teachers’ Learning. In D. Young, W. Kraglund-Gauthier & T. Ryan (Eds.), Readiness for the field: perspectives from within the triangle of teacher education.
Sears, A. & Hirschkorn, M. (2017). The controlling hand: Canadian teacher education in a global context. In Theodore Christou (Ed.) The curriculum history of Canadian teacher education. (Available at https://www.routledge.com/The-Curriculum-History-of-Canadian-Teacher-Education/Christou/p/book/9781138221024)
Lagace, A., McCallum, G., Ingersoll, M., Hirschkorn, M., and Sears, A. (2016). Preparing Canadian teachers for the world. In M. Hirschkorn & J. Mueller (Eds.), What should Canada’s teachers know? Teacher capacities: Knowledge, beliefs and skills (pp. 19-47). Ottawa, On: Canadian Association for Teacher Education. (Available at https://sites.google.com/site/cssecate/fall-working-conference )
Hirschkorn, M. and MacDonald, R. (2015). Initial teacher education in Atlantic Canada: Patterns and futures. In T. Falkenberg (Ed.), Handbook of Canadian Research in initial Teacher Education (pp. 97-112). Ottawa, ON : Canadian Association for Teacher Education. (Available at http://www.csse-scee.ca/associations/about/cate-acfe)
Hirschkorn, M. and Sears, A. (2015). More than Gatekeeping: The Pedagogical Potential of Admissions Procedures for Teacher Education. In L. Thomas & M. Hirschkorn, (Eds.), Change and progress in Canadian teacher education: Research on recent innovations in teacher preparation in Canada (pp. 440-462). Ottawa, ON: Canadian Association for Teacher Education.
Hirschkorn, M., Ireland, K., & Sears, A. (2014). Disrupting teacher development: The role of teacher education. In L. Thomas, (Ed.), Becoming teacher: Sites for development of Canadian Teacher Education (pp. 209-234). E-book published by the Canadian Association for Teacher Education at https://sites.google.com/site/cssecate/fall-working-conference
Sloat, E., Sherman, A., Christou, T., Hirschkorn, M., Kristmanson, P., & Sears, A. (2014). Restoring higher education’s mission in teacher education: A global challenge from a Canadian perspective. In V. Ellis & J. Orchard (Eds.), Learning Teaching from Experience: Multiple Perspectives and International Contexts (pp 143-158). Bloomsbury Academic, London.
Hirschkorn, M., Kristmanson, P. & Sears, A. (2013). Toward a National Conversation about Teacher Education in Canada: An Examination of CATE Conference Presentations. In L. Thomas & M. Hirschkorn (Eds.), What is Canadian about Teacher Education in Canada? Multiple Perspectives on Canadian Teacher Education in the Twenty-First Century (pp 62-86). Canadian Association for Teacher Education. (Available at https://sites.google.com/site/cssecate/fall-working-conference)
Hirschkorn, M., & Kristmanson, P. (2011). The case of the compelling story: The role of anecdotal feedback in teacher education program creation and review. In T. Falkenberg & H. Smits (Eds.), The question of evidence in research in teacher education in the context of teacher education program review in Canada (2 vols.). Winnipeg, MB: Faculty of Education of the University of Manitoba. (Available at www.umanitoba.ca/education/TEResearch)
Hirschkorn, M., & Kristmanson, P. (2010). What is the role of field experiences in the continuing professional development of university faculty? In T. Falkenberg & H. Smits (Eds.), Field experiences in the context of reform of Canadian teacher education programs. Manitoba, MB: Faculty of Education of the University of Manitoba. (Available at www.umanitoba.ca/education/TEResearch)
Sloat, E., Sherman, A., Sears, A. & Hirschkorn, M. (2012). Renewing Higher Learning’s Mission in Teacher Education. Proceedings of the SES/OAST Research Symposium on What and How Teachers Learn from Experience, Oxford, England.
Hirschkorn, M., Sears, A., Sloat, E. and Sherman, A. (2011). The Missing Third: Accounting for Prior Learning in Teacher Education Program Admissions. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe, Riga, Latvia; Association for Teacher Education in Europe: Bruxelles, Belgium.
Hirschkorn, M. & Anderson, K. (2010). Preservice teacher efficacy; Proceedings of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Hirschkorn, M. (2008). Mechanisms for conceptual change in physics. Saarbrucken: VDM Verlag.
Hirschkorn, M. & Mueller, J. (2016). What should Canada’s teachers know? Teacher capacities: Knowledge, beliefs and skills. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Association for Teacher Education. (Available at https://sites.google.com/site/cssecate/fall-working-conference)
Thomas, L. & Hirschkorn, M. (2015). Change and progress in Canadian teacher education: Research on recent innovations in teacher preparation in Canada. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Association for Teacher Education. (Available at https://sites.google.com/site/cssecate/polygraph-book-series)
Thomas, L. & Hirschkorn, M. (2013). What is Canadian about Teacher Education in Canada? Multiple Perspectives on Canadian Teacher Education in the Twenty-First Century. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Association for Teacher Education. (Available at https://sites.google.com/site/cssecate/fall-working-conference)
Hirschkorn, M. (2010). Beginning teacher induction. Antistasis, 1 (1), 11-13.
Hirschkorn, M. (2007). Education about global climate change: from the media or the teacher? The Alberta Science Teacher, 27(1), 6-7.
Trojand, D., Newling, B., & Hirschkorn, M. (July 2023). Student Decision Making in the Undergraduate Physics Lab Program. Physics Education National Research Conference, Sacramento, California.
Alderson, C. & Hirschkorn, M. (July 2023). Inspecting the Impact of the International Baccalaureate Educator’s Certificate on Education Students’ Global Priorities. World Federation of Associations for Teacher Education (WFATE) International Conference, Victoria, British Columbia.
Trojand, D., Newling, B., & Hirschkorn, M. (July 2023). Student Decision Making in the Undergraduate Physics Lab Program. American Association of Physics Teachers National Conference, Sacramento, California.
Hirschkorn, M. (June 2023). Beyond Conferences: CATE Panel on Publishing, Polygraphs and Participation in the Working Conference. CSSE National Conference, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
Alderson, C. & Hirschkorn, M. (June 2023). B.Ed. Programs, School Culture, and the International Baccalaureate Educators Certificate: Three Philosophies creating Context for Student Teaching Practicum Experiences. CSSE National Conference, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
Morrison, D. & Hirschkorn, M. (June 2020 – Deferred). Using Criteria of Significance to Make Sense of Data: Implications for Qualitative Research. CSSE National Conference, Western University, Ontario.
Hirschkorn, M., Sears, A. & Wahl, S. (April 2020 - Deferred). Contrasting patterns in Canadian Teacher Education Preparation for Teaching Abroad with IBEC Expectations for International Teaching Competence. IB Educators University Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Gray, C., Ingersoll, M., Sears, A., Hirschkorn, M., Landine, J., Kawtharani-Chami, L. & (2019 June 04). International teacher education and globalization: A comparative analysis of program structure in Canada, Malaysia and England. CSSE National Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Ingersoll, M., Hirschkorn, M., Sears, A., Landine, J., Kawtharani-Chami, L. & Gray, C. (2019 June 04). Out of our comfort zone: Student perspectives on Effective teacher education programming. CSSE National Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Kawtharani-Chami, L., Hirschkorn, M., Ingersoll, M., Sears, A., Landine, J. & Gray, C. (2019 June 03). International or cross-cultural placement experience: A cross-case study of Canadian initial teacher education program. CSSE National Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Hirschkorn, M., Ingersoll, M., Landine, J., Sears, A., Kawtharani-Chami, L. & Gray, C. (2019 June 02). Encountering the world in our classrooms. CSSE National Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Landine, J., Ingersoll, M., Hirschkorn, M., Sears, A., Kawtharani-Chami, L. & Gray, C. (2019, May 16). Grant me the serenity… A discussion about predispositions at work. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, Moncton, NB, May 13-16.
Ingersoll, M., Sears, A., Hirschkorn, M., Kawtharani-Chami, L., & Landine, J. (2019, April 17). What is it all for? The intentions and priorities for study abroad in Canadian teacher education. New Brunswick Education Research Symposium, Fredericton, NB.
Hirschkorn, M., Ingersoll, M., Landine, J., Sears, A., Gray, C. and Kawtharani-Chami, L. (2018). Recruiting international educators in a global teacher shortage: Research for practice. International Baccalaureate Educators Conference, Bath, England.
Hirschkorn, M., Ingersoll, M., Landine, J., Sears, A., Gray, C. and Kawtharani-Chami, L. (2018). Teacher education for and in global contexts: A cross-case comparison of Malaysia, England and Canada. CSSE National Conference, Regina, Sask.
Landine, J., Ingersoll, M., Hirschkorn, M., Sears, A., Gray, C. and Kawtharani-Chami, L. (2018). From Atlantic Canada to the world: ITE and international teaching in Atlantic Canadian universities. CSSE National Conference, Regina, Sask.
Hirschkorn, M. & Sears, A. (2017). Global context for Canadian teacher education. CSSE National Conference, Toronto, Ontario.
Chami, L. & Hirschkorn, M. (2017). Major patterns in North American science curricula and science reform movements and the implications for science educators. CSSE National Conference, Toronto, Ontario.
Hirschkorn, M., Lagace, A., Piers, C., Bradley, J., Alderson, C., Perreaux, B. and Buggie, W. (2016). Readiness for the field: perspectives from within the triangle of teacher education. Learn2Learn Conference, Rothesay, New Brunswick.
Falkenberg, T., Hirschkorn, M., etc. (2016). Canadian research in initial teacher education: Where we are, where we could go. CSSE National Conference, Calgary, Alberta.
Hirschkorn, M., Ingersoll, M., Sears, A., Lagace, A. & McCallum, G. (2016). Preparing Canadians to teach outside of Canada. CSSE National Conference, Calgary, Alberta.
Hirschkorn, M. & Sears, A. (2015). Gatekeeper to informer: Using the admissions process to help teacher education programs learn from and adapt to teacher candidates. CSSE National Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.
Ferguson, A., Hirschkorn, M., Sears, A., Childs, R. & Calder-Stegemann, K. (2014). Who wants to be a teacher? How teacher education programs’ admissions, recruitment, and in-program supports respond to changes in who is seeking to become a teacher. CSSE National Conference, St. Catharines, Ontario.
Hirschkorn, M., Sears, A., Lemisko, L. & Seaton, J. (2014). The struggle to study teacher education nationally. CSSE National Conference, St. Catharines, Ontario.
Kristmanson, P., Hirschkorn, M., Sears, A. (2013). Toward a national conversation about teacher education in Canada: Examination of CATE conference presentations. CSSE National Conference, Victoria, British Columbia.
Sharma, M., Hirschkorn, M., Barchuk, Z., Harkins, M., Sears, A., Ireland, K., Janzen, M., & Nolan, K. (2013). Teachers becoming: Disruption, difficulty and difference in teacher education.; CSSE National Conference, Victoria, British Columbia.
Lemisko, L., Hirschkorn, M., Sears, A. Sloat, E., Christou, T. & Kristmanson, P. (2012). Investigating the terrain: How might mapping the landscape of Canadian teacher education help us understand teacher development?; CSSE National Conference, Waterloo, Ontario.
Sloat, E., Sherman, A., Sears, A. & Hirschkorn, M. (2011). Renewing higher learning’s mission in teacher education; What and How do Teachers Learn from Experience – an SES/OAST Research Symposium, University of Oxford, Oxford, England. (Paper presented and published in conference proceedings)
Hirschkorn, M., Christou, T., Sears, A., Sloat, E., & Sherman, A. (2011). Mapping the landscape of teacher education in Canada: The first steps; Atlantic Educators Conference, Moncton, NB.
Hirschkorn, M., Sears, A., Sloat, E., Sherman, A. & Lemisko, L. (2011). The missing third: Accounting for prior learning in teacher education program admissions; 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe, Riga, Latvia. (Paper presented and published in conference proceedings)
Hirschkorn, M. & Sloat, E. (2011). Creating a framework for teacher education in Canada; CSSE National Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Hirschkorn, M. & Kristmanson, P. (2011). Using the lens of anecdotal evidence to re-perceive teacher education programs; CSSE National Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Hirschkorn, M. & Winslow, K. (2011). Researcher, participant and administrator: Utilizing the many hats of faculty seeking to study their own education program; CSSE National Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Hirschkorn, M. & Kristmanson, P. (2010). The role of field experiences in the continuing professional development of education faculty; CSSE National Conference, Montreal, Quebec.
Hirschkorn, M., Kristmanson, P., Sears, A. & Winslow, K. (2010). The perfect storm: Moving a teacher education reform from vision to reality; CSSE National Conference, Montreal, Quebec.
Hirschkorn, M. & Winslow, K. (2010). UNB Education program review: Lessons from the first year; CSSE National Conference, Montreal, Quebec.
Hirschkorn, M. & Anderson, K. (2009). ‘Success’ and beginning teacher self-efficacy: A tale of two universities; EDGE National Conference, St. John’s, NFLD.
Hirschkorn, M., Kristmanson, P. & Forsythe, R. (2009). Senescence to toddler: UNB teacher education reform; CSSE National Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.
Hirschkorn, M. (2009). The role of the student teachers relationship in the longevity of science teachers; ASTE National Science Conference, Hartford, Connecticut.
Kawtharani-Chami, L., Hirschkorn, M., Ingersoll, M., Sears, A., Landine, J. & Gray, C. (April, 2018). Teacher Education for and in Global Contexts: Perspectives from Canada, England and Malaysia; New Brunswick Education Research Symposium: St. Thomas University, April 11 2018.
Gray, C., Landine, J., Sears, A., Hirschkorn, M., Ingersoll, M., & Chami, L. (April, 2018). From Atlantic Canada to the World: ITE and International Teaching in Atlantic Canadian Universities; New Brunswick Education Research Symposium: St. Thomas University, April 11 2018.
Hirschkorn, M. & Ireland, K. & Sears, A. (2012). Disrupting Teacher Development: The Role of Teacher Education; 6th Annual Canadian Teacher Education Workshop, Montreal, Quebec.
Hirschkorn, M., Kristmanson, P. & Sears, A. (2011). Toward a National Conversation about Teacher Education in Canada: An Examination of CATE Conference Proceedings; 5th Annual Canadian Teacher Education Workshop, Toronto , Ontario.
Hirschkorn, M. & Kristmanson, P. (2010). The Case of the Compelling Story: The Role of Anecdotal Feedback in Teacher Education Program Creation and Review; 4th Annual Canadian Teacher Education Workshop, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Hirschkorn, M. & Kristmanson, P. (2009). What is the role of field experiences in the continuing professional development of university faculty? 3rd Annual Canadian Teacher Education Workshop, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009 - Present
Journal of College Science Teaching, 2008 - Present
Education in Science, 2011 - Present
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2010 - Present
Brock Education, 2008 – Present
European Journal of Teacher Education, 2011 – Present
Antistasis, 2012 - Present