Ailie Cleghorn

Ailie Cleghorn’s research interests lie in two main areas: (1) cross-cultural conceptions of childhood / early childhood education, (2) language issues in primary education in Africa. She has received grants to support her research from SSHRC (Canada), CIDA, IDRC and the British Council. She currently teaches an undergraduate course in Comparative Education where most of the students are specializing in ECE. Her graduate courses include Literacy and Development, and Research Methods. She has supervised more than 60 masters’ students and is currently co-supervising three doctoral students.  She lives in Montreal and speaks some French as well as English. Her PhD was received in 1981 from McGill in Comparative Sociology of Education. 

Ailie Cleghorn

Professor, Department of Education

Concordia University

1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.

Montreal, Quebec

Canada H3G 1M8

514-848-2424-2041

ailie@education.concordia.ca