Dr. Kamini Jaipal-Jamani

Professor (PhD) and Chair, Department of Educational Studies

Not available for graduate advisement.

Kamini Jaipal-Jamani stands in a hallway at Brock University.

Office: WH 269 
St. Catharines, ON
905 688 5550 x4739
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Dr. Kamini Jaipal-Jamani is a professor in Science Education. She is currently the chair of the Department of Educational Studies and was director of the Teacher Education program from 2018-2021. She received her MEd from Western University and her PhD from the University of British Columbia. She teaches courses on science education in the Teacher Education program and research methods in the Graduate program. She was the recipient of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2017. Her current research focuses on educational robotics and preservice teachers with the most recent publication in the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology.

Research Interests

  • Science Education
    • STEM and Educational Robotics with Preservice Teachers
  • Teacher and Faculty Professional Development
    • STEM and Self-efficacy Teaching with Technology
  • Research Methodologies
    • Qualitative, Survey & Mixed Methods

Professional Affiliations and Accreditation/Certification

Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)

  • Science Education Research SIG (SERG) 
  • Technology Association for Teacher Education (TATE)

International Academic Forum (IAFOR)

International Conference on Education Research 

Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) 

  • Science Education SIG 
  • TPACK SIG 

Science Teachers Association of Ontario (STAO)

Selected Publications

Jaipal-Jamani, K. (2024). Educational Robotics and Preservice Teachers: STEM Problem-Solving Skills and Self-Efficacy to Teach. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 50(4), 1-21. https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1115163ar 

Jaipal-Jamani, K. (2024). Using educational robotics (ER) to promote STEM problem-solving in preservice teachers. In  I. Govender & D. W. Govender (Eds.), Bridging the Future – STEM Education Across the Globe (pp. 55-81), IntechOpen. Using Educational Robotics (ER) to Promote STEM Problem-Solving in Preservice Teachers | IntechOpen 

Ibrahim, S, Jaipal-Jamani, K., Mayne, H., et al. (December, 2024).  A Collaborative International Partnership Supporting STEM/TVET Professional Development: A Cross Case Analysis of Lecturer’s Practice, Journal of Arts, Science and Technology, 73-96.  

Jaipal-Jamani, K. (2023). Preservice teachers’ science learning and self-efficacy to teach with robotics-based activities: Investigating a scaffolded and a self-guided approach. Front. Educ. 1-17.  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.979709/full 

Fazio, X., & Jaipal-Jamani, K. (2023). Professional Learning Using a Blended Learning Approach with Elementary Science Teachers: An Exploration of Processes and Outcomes. In C. Tibbett & T. Milford, (Eds) Exploring Elementary Science Teaching and Learning in Canada (pp. 107-127). Springer.  https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-23936-6_7 

Jaipal-Jamani, K. (2023, online 2022). Makerspace and robotics as/for STEM education. In Xiufeng Liu & Lei Wang (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (4 ed): The Rise of STEM Education (vol, pp103-111). Elsevier https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.13034-9 

Jaipal-Jamani, K., Mayne, H., & Ibrahim, S. (2022). Challenges in Using Digital Methods for Online Collaborative Action Research: An International Professional Development Project in Higher Education (pp. 1-15). In SAGE Research Methods Cases. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529603408 

Jaipal-Jamani, K., Mayne, H., Ibrahim, S., Porter-DaCosta, A., Devonish, D., Williams-Shakespeare, E., Martin, J. & McLean, E. (2021). An online professional development collaboration: Transforming the practices of TVET teacher educators. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of Innovate Learning Summit 2021 (pp. 37-41). Online, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).  https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/220360/. 

Research and Project Funding

Global Affairs Canada, Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP), 2022 

  • Grant received for a three week visiting scholar stay at the University of Technology, Jamaica to conduct a STEM/TVET Professional Development Summer Institute. 

Canada-Caribbean Institute, Brock, 2020 

  • Grant received to travel and develop international partnership with Jamaica university partners. 

Courses taught

Teacher Education Program

  1. EDBE 8P27: Science and Technology Junior/Intermediate
  2. EDBE 8P37: Science and Technology Primary/Junior

Graduate Program

  1. EDUC 5P92: Introduction to Educational Research
  2. EDUC 7D80: Comprehensive Portfolio (PhD)
  3. EDUC 5K95: Thesis in Educational Studies (MEd)
  4. EDUC 5D91: Major Research Paper in Educational Studies MRP (MEd)