A former classroom teacher and teacher educator, Dr. Simon’s research draws upon practitioner inquiry and sociocultural theories of literacy to explore teaching, learning, and teacher education from the perspectives of practitioners and students. He recently completed a multi-year study of the collaborative inquiries of a community of literacy teachers, and is the principal investigator for the Teaching to Learn Project, a Connaught-funded study that investigates a collaborative research community made up of teacher candidates, early-year literacy teachers, and adolescents. For his work on the Teaching to Learn Project, Rob was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award from OISE/University of Toronto.