Personal profile
Employment History
2012-date: Professor and Chair, Psychology in Education Research Centre, University of York, UK
2012 - date: Adjunct Full Professor, University of Alberta
2004 - 2012: Assistant (2004), Associate (2008), Full (2012) Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Alberta
1992 - 2004: School Psychologist, Surrey, BC; Fremantle, Western Australia; Kent, England
1988 - 1992: Teacher, Vancouver and Coquitlam, BC (music and French)
Research interests
The psychology of teacher selection
Motivation and emotions in education
Cross-cultural educational psychology
External positions
Adjunct Full Professor, University of Alberta
2012 → …
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Teacher Selection: Evidence-based practices
Klassen, R. & Kim, L., 27 Sept 2021, Springer. 162 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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The development and testing of an online scenario-based learning activity to prepare preservice teachers for teaching placements
Klassen, R., Bardach, L., Rushby, J., Maxwell, L., Durksen, T. & Sheridan, L., 1 Aug 2021, In: Teaching and Teacher Education. 104, 11 p., 103385.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Power of Feedback and Reflection: Testing an online scenario-based learning intervention for student teachers
Bardach, L., Klassen, R., Durksen, T., Rushby, J. & Bostwick, K., 1 Aug 2021, In: Computers & education. 169, 17 p., 104194.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
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Self-efficacy and learning disability interventions
Aro, M. (Principal investigator) & Klassen, R. M. (Co-investigator)
1/01/13 → …
Project: Other project › Research collaboration
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Developing an evidence-based selection tool to measure key non-cognitive attributes of prospective teachers
Klassen, R. M. (Principal investigator) & Patterson, F. (Co-investigator)
1/01/13 → …
Project: Other project › Research collaboration
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Hong Kong emerging adults’ conceptions of and experience in transition to adulthood with youth development policy implications
Li, S. (Principal investigator) & Klassen, R. M. (Co-investigator)
1/03/12 → …
Project: Other project › Research collaboration
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FONDS NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE LUXEMBOURG (FNR) (External organisation)
Klassen, R. (Advisor)
11 Jun 2021Activity: Membership › Peer Review College
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Joint Nordic Research Council (NOS-HS) (External organisation)
Klassen, R. (Chair)
2021Activity: Membership › Peer Review College
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ESRC (External organisation)
Klassen, R. (Advisor)
15 Sept 2018Activity: Membership › Peer Review College
Prizes
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Paul R Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award (American Psychological Association)
Klassen, R. (Recipient), 1 Aug 2004
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Gold Medal, Breakthrough Technology Innovation in Education
Klassen, R. (Recipient), Maxwell, L. (Recipient) & Rushby, J. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Richard E. Snow Award for Early Contributions (American Psychological Association)
Klassen, R. (Recipient), 1 Aug 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)