Stephanie Chitpin
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Stephanie Chitpin
Full Professor
Room: LMX 464
Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 4146
Work E-mail: steph.chitpin@uOttawa.ca

Biography
Stephanie Chitpin is a Professor of Educational Leadership at the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Chitpin’s principal contribution to leadership and to the professional development of principals rests on her rejection of the inductive method. She argues that knowledge is acquired by hypotheses deductively validated as “falsifiability criteria”. Her research funded by The Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and The Ontario Ministry of Education, Canada, are international in scope, and includes the analysis of the Objective Knowledge Growth Framework (OKGF) based on Sir Karl Popper’s critical rationalism, as a new tool for understanding principals’ decision-making.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Chitpin, S. (2021). Understanding decision-making in educational contexts: A case-study approach.
Potter, I. & Chitpin, S. (2020). Professional development and school leaders in England: Decision-making for social justice.
Chitpin, S. (2019). Confronting educational policy in neoliberal times: International perspectives.
Chitpin, S. (2019). Principal’s decision-making in bridging the student achievement gap.
IN THE MEDIA
Understanding decision-making in educational contexts
Emeral Publishing, June 2, 2021
Why strong decision making matters in education
uO Media, April 27, 2021
An Intellectual Journey: Sir Karl Popper and Me | Stephanie Chitpin
Youtube, November 8, 2020
Le Droit, January 31, 2020
Mike Harris’s 'common sense' attack on Ontario schools is back — and so are teachers' strikes
The Conversation, January 21, 2020
Toronto school board says high-school students will not be affected by lower grades in January
The Globe and Mail - January 14, 2022