Dr. Mary-Louise Vanderlee

Professor & Dean, Faculty of Education

A headshot of Professor and Interim Dean, Faculty of Education Mary-Louise Vanderlee shows her standing in a hallway at Brock smiling at the camera in a maroon and beige blazer.

St. Catharines, ON
905 688 5550 x3712
mvanderlee@brocku.ca

  • EDUC 3P40: Families, Schools & Literacy
  • EDUC 3P50: Early Childhood Education I
  • EDUC 3P90: Directed Studies
  • EDUC 3F90: Independent Study
  • EDUC 5P30: Development, Learning & Curriculum
  • EDUC 5P31: Families, Schools & Learning
  • EDUC 5P41: Early Childhood Education
  • EDUC 5P90: Research Proposal Tutorial
  • EDUC 5P93: Research Project
  • EDUC 5F95: Thesis Tutorial in Educational Studies
  • EDUC 5P98: Independent Study in Education
  • EDUC 5V96: Internship in Educational Issues
  • Early childhood education
  • Family involvement
  • Pre-service and in-service teacher education in developing nations
  • Service learning
  • Monitoring indicators of health and wellbeing for children and their families
  • Community development
  • Program development and evaluation

Books

Vanderlee, M.L., (2009). Mechanisms Underlying Class Size Effects Revealed: Testing the Relation of Class Size with Clusters of Parent, Teacher, Student, & Program Quality Variables. Germany: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing.

Chapters
Reviewed Chapters in Books

Vanderlee, M.L. (2009). Introduction to Children’s Rights enacted, In M.L. Vanderlee & S. Noel (Ed.), Niagara Children’s Charter enacted: A 2009 report on Niagara’s children 0-6, their families and their communities.

Vanderlee, M.L. (2009). Chapter 1: All children should have healthy food, safe water and clean air. In M.L. Vanderlee & S. Noel (Ed.), Niagara Children’s Charter enacted: A 2009 report on Niagara’s children 0-6, their families and their communities.

Vanderlee, M.L. (2009). Chapter 2: All children should have housing in dwellings that reflects the normal standard of our community. In M.L. Vanderlee & S. Noel (Ed.), Niagara Children’s Charter enacted: A 2009 report on Niagara’s children 0-6, their families and their communities.

Vanderlee, M.L., & Noel, S. (2009). Chapter 3: All children should have healthy physical, intellectual, emotional and social development, well being and quality of life. In M.L. Vanderlee & S. Noel (Ed.), Niagara Children’s Charter enacted: A 2009 report on Niagara’s children 0-6, their families and their communities.

Vanderlee, M.L. (2009). Chapter 4: All children should have protection from physical, psychological and sexual abuse both in and out of the home. In M.L. Vanderlee & S. Noel (Ed.), Niagara Children’s Charter enacted: A 2009 report on Niagara’s children 0-6, their families and their communities.

Vanderlee, M.L. (2009). Chapter 5: All children should have time with their families and/or other nurturing and positive role models throughout their childhood. In M.L. Vanderlee & S. Noel (Ed.), Niagara Children’s Charter enacted: A 2009 report on Niagara’s children 0-6, their families and their communities.

Vanderlee, M.L. (2009). Chapter 6: All children should have high quality early child development opportunities to meet their best interests. In M.L. Vanderlee & S. Noel (Ed.), Niagara Children’s Charter enacted: A 2009 report on Niagara’s children 0-6, their families and their communities.

Vanderlee, M.L. (2009). Chapter 8: All children should have primary and secondary education to enable them to reach their full potential. In M.L. Vanderlee & S. Noel (Ed.), Niagara Children’s Charter enacted: A 2009 report on Niagara’s children 0-6, their families and their communities.

Vanderlee, M.L. (2009). Chapter 11: The Final Word on the Niagara Children’s Charter Enacted. In M.L. Vanderlee & S. Noel (Ed.), Niagara Children’s Charter enacted: A 2009 report on Niagara’s children 0-6, their families and their communities.

Schutz, A., Vanderlee, M. L., & Kumar, R. (2006). Inviting authentic parent participation on school councils. In J. Novak, W. Rocca, & A.M. DiBiase, (Editors) Creating Inviting Schools. Caddo Gap: San Francisco.

Peer Reviewed Journal

Li, S., DiPetta, T., & Vanderlee, M.L. (2008). Graduate education in Canada and China: What enrolment data tells us. Brock Education Journal, 18(1) available online at http://www3.ed.brocku.ca/ojs/index.php/brocked/issue/view/38

Vanderlee, M. L (1995). Changing the basis of decision making regarding the class size of young children. Brock Education Vol. 5. Number 1.

Educational Materials

Vanderlee, M.L., Mgombelo, J., Schutz, A., Hooper, S., Jones, S., Hastings-Speck, E. (2007). Umnqophiso After School Program. Developed for Umnqophiso Pre-Primary School, Lwandle, Western Cape, South Africa.

Vanderlee, M. L., & Gregoire, A. (2002). Child Development and Gerontology. Technological Education. Grade 12 College Preparation Course. Ontario Curriculum Centre of the Curriculum Services Canada
(TPO4C)

Technical Reports

Vanderlee, M. L. (2007). Evaluation of Quality Child Care Niagara Phase II ECE Training. (QCCN Research Report No. 5b.). Faculty of Education, Brock University, ON.

Vanderlee, M. L. (2007). Report of the Process and Activities of Quality Child Care Niagara. (QCCN Research Report No. 5a). Faculty of Education, Brock University, ON.

Vanderlee, M. L., Grierson, A., Gallagher, T., & Mgombelo, J. (2006). Final Report for the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat: Evaluation of the Niagara Catholic District School Board’s Demonstration Classroom Project (NCDSB Research Report No. 1). Faculty of Education, Brock University, ON.

Vanderlee, M. L. (2006). Early Childhood Educators Programming Practices & Job Satisfaction Prior to the Implementation of Quality Child Care Niagara. (QCCN Research Report. No. 4). Faculty of Education, Brock University, ON.

Vanderlee, M. L. (2005). Final Report: Baseline Evaluation of the Quality Child Care Initiative (QCCN Research Report No. 3). Faculty of Education, Brock University, ON.