Invited Keynote Addresses at Academic Conferences:

• Beattie, M. (1997). Redressing the Balance in Educational Research: The Possibilities Inherent in Narrative Inquiry for Connecting Curriculum Development, Professional Development and Educational Reform. Keynote address to the Australian Curriculum Studies Association Biennial Conference, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

• Beattie, M. (1996) Fostering Reflective Practice in Teacher Education: Inquiry as a Framework for the Construction of Professional Knowledge in Teaching. Keynote address to the Australian Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

Invited University Lectures:

• Qualitative Research and Narrative Inquiry, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, August 28/29 2008. (Lecture/Workshop)

• Finding New Words for Old Songs: The Art of Lifelong Learning, University of Siena, Italy, March, 2007

• Narrative Research: The Possibilities and Complexities. California State University, San Bernardino, California, February 2005.

• Teaching, Learning and Research; A Narrative and Holistic Perspective. Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, Department of Teaching and Learning, February, 2002.

• Landscape, Music and Poetry: Creativity and Educational Development. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Department of Adult Education and Counseling Psychology. January, 2002.

• Finding the Balance: Holistic Teaching & Learning. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto / Holistic and Aesthetic Education Saturday Group, February, 2002.

• Connecting Theory and Practice in Teacher Education: Construction Professional Knowledge in Teaching through Inquiry. Stanford University, School of Education, Department of Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education, Stanford, California, USA, February 1997.

• Something for Curriculum Professors to Do: A Narrative Approach to Curriculum Development and Teacher Development. University of Sydney, Department of Curriculum and Teacher Education, Sydney, NSW, Australia, July 1997.

• Advances in Educational Research: New Possibilities for Researchers and Practitioners. School of Teacher Education, Charles Stuart University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia, July 1997.

• Narrative Inquiry and Reflective Practice. University of Sydney, Department of Curriculum and Teacher Education, Sydney, NSW, Australia, July 1996.

• Narrative Research and Teacher Education. University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, July 1996.

• Narrative Inquiry: Narrative as Phenomenon and as Method. York University, Toronto, Canada, November 1994.

Presentation of Written Papers at Academic Conferences:

• Beattie, M, and Hegge, L. Sixth International Holistic Learning Conference, Toronto, October 2007. Fostering Connectedness: Hearing the Music of Life.

• Beattie, M., Dobson, D., Hegge, L. and Thornton, G. Imagination in Education Research Group (I.E.R.G.) Conference, Vancouver, July 2007. The Art of Being Human and the Science of Life. (Paper co-written by research team and presented by L. Hegge).

• Beattie, M., Dobson, D., Hegge, L. and Thornton, G. American Educational Research Association, Chicago, March 2007. The Art of Being Human and the Science of Life. (Paper co-written by research team and presented by D. Dobson).

• Beattie, M., Dobson, D., Hegge, L. and Thornton, G. American Educational Research Association, Chicago, March 2007. Interacting Narratives: The Visual Arts & the Transformation of Self. (Paper co-written by research team and presented by D. Dobson).

• Beattie, M. Invitational Summit on Spirituality in Education, Serra Retreat Centre, Malibu, California, March 26-30, 2007. Lifelong Learning: The Case of Anam Cara.

• Beattie, M. Finding new words for old songs: The art of lifelong learning. Invited lecture to the Centro Toronto and Universita per Stranieri, University of Siena, Italy. March 15th, 2007.

• Beattie, M. OISE/UT Conference on Teacher Renewal, Toronto, November 2006. Teacher Renewal: Always a Work in Progress: A Response to Virginia Richardson.

• Beattie, M., Dobson, D., Hegge, L. & Thornton, G. Canadian Society for the Study of Education 2006, Toronto, York University, May 27-30, 2006. Interacting narratives as teacher development: Creating and re-creating the self. SIG-Arts Researchers and Teachers.

• Beattie, M., Thornton, G., Dobson, D., & Hegge, L. American Educational Research Association 2006, San Francisco, April 7-11, 2006. Interacting Narratives: The Arts and the Transformation of Self. SIG-Narrative and Research. Paper Discussion Session.

• Beattie, M., Hegge, L., Thornton, G. & Dobson, D. American Educational Research Association 2006, San Francisco, April 7-11, 2006. Interacting Narratives: Spiritual Practices and the Transformation of Self. SIG- Spirituality in Education. Paper Discussion Session.

• Beattie, M., Thornton, G., Dobson, D., & Hegge, L. Canadian Society for the Study of Education 2006, Toronto, York University, May 27-30, 2006. Interacting Narratives: The Arts and the Transformation of Self. Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE).

• Beattie, M. Interacting and Enacting Narratives. Paper presented at WESTCAST Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, February 15-19, 2006.

• Beattie, M. Imagination, the Arts and the Transformation of Consciousness. Paper presented at the Imagination in Education Research Group (I.E.R.G.) Conference (3rd International Conference on Imagination and Education, Vancouver, B.C.), July 13-16, 2005.

• Beattie, M., Dobson, D., Thornton, G. and Hegge, L. Constructing Professional Knowledge: Spiritual and Aesthetic Dimensions. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Holistic Learning: Breaking New Ground, October 25-30, 2005.

• Beattie, M., Johnson, A., Rendon, L., Miller, J. and Arguelles, L. Demography and Democracy in an Age of Accountability: A Spiritual Perspective, A.E.R.A., Montreal, April 2005

• Beattie, M., Dobson, D., Hegge, L. and Thornton, G. Intention: Seeking Spirit – A Work in Progress, A.E.R.A., Montreal, April 2005.

• Beattie, M., Thornton, G., Hegge, L. and Dobson, D. The Arts & the Transformation of Self: Narratives of Professional Learning, A.E.R.A., Montreal, April 2005.

• Beattie, M, Dobson, D., Davies, A. and Kagedan, L. The Arts in the Construction of Professional Knowledge in Graduate Education, A.E.R.A., Montreal, April 2005.

• Beattie, M. Making Connections in Graduate Education: Interacting and Enacting Narratives. Paper prepared for A.T.E.E. (European Association of Teacher Educators) Annual Conference, Agrigento, Sicily. (Paper accepted: Unable to attend the conference because of ill health.), October 2004.

• Beattie, M., Thornton, G., Dobson, D. and Marsh, A. Teacher Narratives and Teacher Development, OISE/UT Centre for Teacher Development Conference, October 2004.

• Beattie, M. Educating the Imagination: Interacting and Enacting Narratives in Graduate Education, Second Annual International Imagination and Education Conference, Simon Fraser University, July 2004.

• Beattie, M. Narratives in the Making. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Researchers Association, San Diego, April 12-16, 2004.

• Beattie, M. Imagination and Education. Paper presented at the First International Conference on Imagination and Education, Simon Fraser University. Vancouver, July 14-18, 2003.

• Beattie, M., Lompart, R. and Hachija, M. Personal and Professional Learning in Graduate Education: Interacting and Enacting Narratives. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Researchers Association, Chicago, April 21-25, 2003.

• Beattie, M. Teaching and Learning at Corktown. Paper presented at the 4th International Holistic Conference, OISE/UT. October 24-26, 2003.

• Beattie, M. Assessment and Accountability from a Holistic Perspective. Panel member on Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Researchers Association, Chicago, April 21-25, 2003.

• Beattie, M. Narrative Inquiry: A Framework for Professional Development. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian CSSE, OISE/UT, Toronto, May 25-28, 2002.

• Beattie, M. Collaborative Research Relationships: Connecting Teaching, Learning & Research. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Researchers Association, New Orleans, April 1-6, 2002.

• Beattie, M. Educational Leadership, Modeling, Mentoring, Making and Re-Making Community. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Educational Researchers, Lille, France, September 4-8, 2001.

• Beattie, M. Finding the Balance: Educating the Whole Person. Paper presented to the Third International Holistic Learning Conference, OISE/UT, Toronto, Canada, October 19-21, 2001.

• Beattie, M. Collaborative Research as Educational Leadership. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Teacher Educators, Barcelona, Spain, August 28-September 5, 2000.

• Beattie, M. Creating Professional Knowledge in Teaching: Narratives of Professional Learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April 24-28, 2000.

• Beattie, M. Educational Leadership: A Holistic View. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April 24-28, 2000.

• Beattie, M. Educational Leadership for the 21st Century: Collaboration, Connectedness and Commitment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Teacher Educators, Leipzig, Germany, August 30 - September 5, 1999.

• Beattie, M. Becoming a Teacher: A Holistic Perspective. Paper presented at the Holistic Conference, OISE/University of Toronto, October 22-23, 1999.

• Beattie, M. Changing the Story: Preparing Educational Leaders for the 21st Century. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE), Limerick, Ireland, August 24-30, 1998.

• Beattie, M. Curriculum in a Narrative Context: Narratives of Prospective Teachers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Researchers Association, San Diego, California, April 13-17, 1998.

• Beattie, M. Corktown Community High School: A Learning Community Based on Collaboration, Connectedness and the Development of Creative Intelligence. Paper presented at the Holistic Learning International Conference, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Toronto, October 24-26, 1997.

• Beattie, M. Studying Practitioners' Knowledge. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe, Macerata, Italy, August 26-30, 1997

• Beattie, M., Diamond, P., and Mullen, C. Researching Artistic Research: Three Narrative Accounts. Paper presented at the Bi-Annual Conference of the International Study Association of Teacher Thinking, Brock University, St. Catherine's, Ontario, July 30 - August 4, 1995.

• Beattie, M. University Faculty Creating Conditions for Our Own Learning and the Development of Our Teaching. Paper presented at the Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, June 14-17, 1995.

• Beattie, M. and Diamond, P. Arts-Based Educational Research: Making Music. Paper presented at the Annual Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, June 2-5, 1995.

• Beattie, M. A Teacher Educator Researches her own practice: Examining & Analysing a five-year trail of documentation. Paper presented at the 20th Annual British Educational Research Association, University of Oxford, Oxford, September 1994.

• Beattie, M., and Robertson, M. Through Quiet Processes and Small Circles: Two Teacher Educators collaborate to reflect on their practices. Paper presented at the Annual Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, June 1994.

• Beattie, M. Constructing Professional Knowledge in Teaching; Co-Creating a Curriculum. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Researchers Association, San Francisco, March 1995.

• Beattie, M. A Teacher Educator Reflects on Her Own Practice. Paper presented at the annual Meeting of American Educational Researchers Association, New Orleans, April 1994.

• Beattie, M. Becoming a Teacher: The shaping frameworks of experience in the transition from student to teacher and in the making of a new unity of the self within a professional context. Paper presented at the Invitational Symposium, Teaching, Curriculum and Educational Research, St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland, September 1993.

• Beattie, M. Cultural Dimensions in the Interface Between Narrative and Professional Practice. Paper presented at the Annual Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference, Carlton University, Ottawa, June 1993.

• Beattie, M. Stories of Experience: Linking The Personal and The Professional in a Pre-service Programme, Spencer Hall Invitational Conference, Developing Lives in Teaching, London, Ontario, October 1992.

• Beattie, M. Competing Stories in a Pre-Service Programme: The Enactment of Narratives, Annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, University of Prince Edward Island, June 1992.

• Beattie, M. Lives Meeting Lives: Teaching as Collaborative Learning, Annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Teacher Education, University of Prince Edward Island, June 1992.

• Beattie, M. Creating Classroom and School Communities: Places Where Lives Meet Lives, University of Liverpool, Department of Education Conference, Teachers' Stories of Life and Work; The Place of Narrative in Personal, Professional Development, Chester, England, April 1992.

• Beattie, M. New Prospects for Teacher Education: Narrative Ways of Knowing, Teaching and Teacher Education, Annual meeting of the European Association of Teacher Educators, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 1991.

• Beattie, M. School Change and Teacher Development, Annual meeting of the National Staff Development Council, Toronto, December 1990.

• Beattie, M. The Teachers' Personal Practical Knowledge - The Story of Anne, Annual meeting of the European Association of Teacher Educators, Limerick, Ireland, August 1990.

• Beattie, M. A Collaborative Relationship between a Consultant and Teacher, Stoney Lake Invitational Conference, Stoney Lake, Ontario, May 1990.