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Alain Breuleux

Title: 
Dr.
Academic title(s): 

Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP) (Retired)

Alain Breuleux
Contact Information
Email address: 
alain.breuleux [at] mcgill.ca
Phone: 
514-398-4228 | 514-398-6952
Department: 
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
Degree(s): 

B.Sc., Universit茅 de Montr茅al

M.Sc., Universit茅 de Montr茅al

Ph.D., Universit茅 de Montr茅al

Research areas: 
Cognition
Mathematics and Science Learning
Creating online communities of inquiry
Cognition and instruction
Use of new technologies
Cultural Historical Activity Theory and complex cognition
Discourse Analysis
Areas of expertise: 

Research-practice partnerships with school teachers, consultants, and administrators to investigate learning, professional development, expertise, and to co-design technology-enabled networks for learning and advanced pedagogical practices.

The cognitive, collaborative, and interpersonal processes involved in collaborative and participatory instructional design and reflection.听

Design-based research approaches. Professional learning communities. Ethnographic video data collection and analysis. The analysis of planning from think-aloud protocols.

Graduate supervision: 

I do not take on students to supervise.

Selected publications: 

Forthcoming publications

Lamon, M., & Laferri猫re, T., & Breuleux, A. (in print). Networked communities. In P. Resta, Ed., Teacher development in an e-learning age: A policy and planning guide. Paris: UNESCO.

Chapters in edited volumes

Laferri猫re, T., Breuleux, A., Allaire, S., Hamel, C., Law, N., Montan茅, Hernandez, O., Turcotte, S., & Scardamalia, M. (2015). The Knowledge Building International Project (KBIP): Scaling up Professional Development for Effective Uses of Collaborative Technologies. In Chee-Kit Looi & Laik Woon The (Eds). Sustaining and scaling educational innovations. Springer.

Articles in refereed journals

Voogt, J., Laferri猫re, T., Breuleux, A., Itow, R., Hickey, D., & McKenney, S. (2015). Collaborative design as a form of professional development. Instructional Science, 43(2), 259-282. doi: 10.1007/s11251-014-9340-7

Laferri猫re, T.,Barma, S., Gervais, F., Hamel, C., Allaire, S., Breuleux, A. (2012). Teaching, learning, and knowledge building: The case of the remote networked school initiative. Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 40, 96

Turcotte, S., Laferriere, T., Hamel, C., & Breuleux, A. (2010). Multilevel innovation in remote networked schools. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 23(4), 285-299.

Laferri猫re, T., Montan茅, M., Gros, B., Alvarez, I., Bernaus, M., Breuleux, A., Allaire, S., Hamel, C., Lamon, M. (2008). Canadian Journal of Learning Technologies, 36 (1).

Laferri猫re, T., Erickson, G., & Breuleux, A. (2007). Canadian Journal of Education, 30(1), 211.

Breuleux, A., Erickson, G., Laferri猫re, T., Lamon, M. (2002). Devis sociotechniques pour l鈥櫭﹖ablissement de communaut茅s d鈥檃pprentissage en r茅seau pour l鈥檌nt茅gration p茅dagogique des TIC en formation des ma卯tres. Revue des sciences de l鈥櫭ヾucation, 28, 393-416. Available: [Accessed 2004-12-17].
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Available on-line

Large, A., Beheshti, J., Breuleux, A., and Renaud, A. (1995). A comparison of information retrieval from print and CD-ROM versions of an encyclopedia by elementary school children. Information Processing and Management 30, 499-513.

Silva, M. & Breuleux, A. (1994). The use of participatory design in the implementation of internet-based collaborative learning activities in K-12 classrooms. Interpersonal Computing and Technology: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century, 2, pp. 99-128. [URL:.

Conference proceedings

Breuleux, A., Laferri猫re, T. Barma, S., Heo, G.M., Beck, S., Baradaran, N., & Vanlint, A. (2018). Open discussions of historical activity inquiry questions. In J. Kay & R. Luckin (Eds.), Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age: Making the Learning Sciences Count, 13th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2018, Volume 2 (pp. 1153-1156). London, UK: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Breuleux, A., Heo, G. M., Fr茅chette, S., Rye, K., Saada, J., & Kobiela, M. (2018). The transformation of participation at the boundary between teaching and research practices. In M. Cukurova, J. Hunter, W. Holmes, V. Dimitrova (Eds.), RIPI-ICLS 2018 Research-Informed Practice and Industry, Proceedings for the ICLS 2018 Practitioner and Industrial tracks.听Available:

Charles, E. S., Breuleux, A., Cassidy, R., Whittaker, C., Lenton, K., & Choquette, J. (2018). Research-Practice Partnerships Supporting Adoption of Active Learning. In M. Cukurova, J. Hunter, W. Holmes, V. Dimitrova (Eds.), RIPI-ICLS 2018 Research-Informed Practice and Industry, Proceedings for the ICLS 2018 Practitioner and Industrial tracks.听Available:

Breuleux, A. & Goldstein, E. (2015). The collaborative design of innovative learning spaces: Formative change laboratory interventions. In S. Carliner, C. Fulford & N. Ostashewski (Eds.),听Proceedings of EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015听(pp. 847-856). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Dayan, L., Breuleux, A., Heo, G. M. & Nong, L. (2015). Use of video records of classroom practices to support teacher reflection in a professional learning network. In S. Carliner, C. Fulford & N. Ostashewski (Eds.),听Proceedings of EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015听(pp. 1100-1109). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Nong, L., Breuleux, A., Heo, G. M., Dayan, L., Rye, K., Morotti, T., Rae-Nutter, L. & Fr茅chette, S. (2015). The Evolution of a Teacher Professional Learning Network for Digital Literacy. In S. Carliner, C. Fulford & N. Ostashewski (Eds.),听Proceedings of EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015听(pp. 408-416). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Heo, G. M. & Breuleux, A. (2015). Facilitating online interaction and collaboration in a professional learning network. In D. Slykhuis & G. Marks (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (pp. 1170-1177). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Nong, L., Breuleux, A., & Heo, G. M. (2015). Fostering a technology-rich professional learning community: A design-based research cycle. In D. Slykhuis & G. Marks (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (pp. 1236-1244). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Heo, G. M., Anderson, D., Goyetche, M.H., Taker, D. & Breuleux, A. (2011). Distributed leadership facilitating collaboration in a teacher community of practice. In M. Koehler & P. Mishra (Eds.),听Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011听(pp. 1529-1534). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Retrieved December 9, 2013 from .

Heo, G. M. & Breuleux, A. (2009). Roles of initiators and interaction patterns: Exploring an informal online community at the interpersonal plane.听Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2009听(pp.13-17).听Rhodes, Greece.

Conference Presentations

Breuleux, A., Laferri猫re, T. Barma, S., Heo, G.M., Beck, S., Baradaran, N., & Vanlint, A. (2018). Open discussions of historical activity inquiry questions. Paper presentation at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). London, UK.

Breuleux, A., Heo, G. M., Fr茅chette, S., Rye, K., Saada, J., & Kobiela, M. (2018). The transformation of participation at the boundary between teaching and research practices. Paper presentation at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, London, UK.听

Charles, E. S., Breuleux, A., Cassidy, R., Whittaker, C., Lenton, K., & Choquette, J. (2018). Research-Practice Partnerships Supporting Adoption of Active Learning. Paper presentation at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, London, UK.听

Breuleux, A., Kobiela, M., Heo, G.M., Oliveira, I., Corriveau, C., Baradaran, N., & Beck, S. (2018). Learning in and across sites of a research-practice partnership. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). New York.

Breuleux, A. (Chair) (2017, August). Rich artefacts at the boundary of the activity systems of teaching and research. Interactive symposium conducted at the 5th Congress of the International Society for Cultural-historical and Activity Research (ISCAR). Qu茅bec City.

Breuleux, A. (2017, August). Response to Kris Guti茅rrez鈥 keynote address. Presented at the 5th Congress of the International Society for Cultural-historical and Activity Research (ISCAR). Qu茅bec City

Heo, G.M., & Breuleux, A. (2017, August).听Conceptualizing a professional learning network through the lenses of communities of practice and activity theory. In Breuleux (Chair), Rich artefacts at the boundary of the activity systems of teaching and research. Interactive symposium conducted at the 5th Congress of the International Society for Cultural-historical and Activity Research (ISCAR). Qu茅bec City.

Reed, M., VanSchaik, M, & Breuleux, A. (2017, August).听How does learning look? Critical reflection on visual data of classroom activities. Interactive symposium conducted at the 5th Congress of the International Society for Cultural-historical and Activity Research (ISCAR). Qu茅bec City.

Breuleux, A. (2017, April). Collaborative reflective discourse in a teacher PLC: Capturing the conversational regime. In A. Segal (Chair), Teacher Discussions of Problems of Practice: Conceptualizing and Investigating 鈥淧roductive鈥 Pedagogical Discourse. Interactive poster session accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). San Antonio, TX.

Heo, G.M., & Breuleux, A. (2017, April). Orchestrating different modes of reflective activities to foster a culture of reflection in a professional learning network. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). San Antonio, TX.

Breuleux, A., & Allaire, S. (2017, May). Les passages frontaliers (芦听boundary crossing听禄) entre les pratiques collaboratives de recherche et d鈥檈nseignement. Colloque pr茅sent茅 au 85猫me congr猫s de l鈥橝cfas. Montreal.

Breuleux, A., & Laferri猫re, T. (2016, June). Expansive learning and visibilization in teacher collaborative design. In S. Barma (Chair), Transforming educators鈥 mere work into collaborative practices to enhance learning. Symposium conducted at the Nordic ISCAR 7th conference. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Breuleux, A., & Laferri猫re, T. (2016, June). Expansive learning and visibilization in teacher collaborative design. In S. Barma (Chair), Transforming educators鈥 mere work into collaborative practices to enhance learning. Symposium conducted at the Nordic ISCAR 7th conference. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Breuleux, A. (2016, May). Fondements, caract茅ristiques et particularit茅s des m茅thodologies d茅riv茅es de perspectives socioculturelles. Opening talk, ACFAS Colloquium on P脡RISCOPE : m茅thodologies d茅riv茅es de perspectives socioculturelles pour composer avec les enjeux de la recherche en partenariat. UQ脌M, Montreal.

Breuleux, A., & Laferri猫re, T. (2016, April). Teacher collaborative design as expansive learning. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Washington, DC.

Dayan, L., Breuleux, A., Heo, G. M. & Nong, L. (2016, April). Promoting collective teacher reflection through the use of video clips of authentic classroom events. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Washington, DC.

Heo, G.M., & Breuleux, A. (2016, April). Peer observation with collective reflection for enhancing reflective teaching practice in a professional learning network. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Washington, DC.

Breuleux, A., Heo, G.M., & Nong, L. (2015, August). A change laboratory to foster a professional learning network (the CCCM project). Paper presentation at the Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Limassol, Cyprus.

Heo, G.M., & Breuleux, A. (2015). Exploration of a professional learning network through the communities of practice framework. Paper accepted for presentation at the Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Limassol, Cyprus.

Breuleux, A. (2015, June). Formative change laboratory intervention for educational design. Invited paper presentation at the Annual SALTISE Conference.

Heo, G.M., & Breuleux, A. (2015, May). Transitions from elementary to secondary in math: Differences in beliefs and practice between elementary and secondary teachers. Paper presentation at the Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE). Ottawa.

Nong, L., Breuleux, A., & Heo, G.M. (2015, June). The early phase of a successful professional learning community: the Creating, Collaborating, and Computing in Mathematics (CCC-M) partnership. Paper presentation at the Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE). Ottawa.

Breuleux, A., Heo, G.M., (2015, June). Teacher Collaborative Design (T_CODE) as expansive learning. Paper presentation at the Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE). Ottawa.

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