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The Lyric Subject of Psychoanalysis and Autobiographical Curriculum Inquiry

Dr. Brian Casemore | George Washington University January 29, 2016 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm (PST) | Scarfe 1107 View the Seminar Poster Abstract This presentation explores a concept of lyric subjectivity rooted in psychoanalysis and relevant for autobiographical curriculum inquiry. In this context, the presenter shares an account of the the conceptualization and development of […]

10th Annual Walkabout Challenge

Its not too late to join the 10th Annual Walkabout Challenge | January 18 – March 20 The 10th Annual Walkabout Challenge launched yesterday (Jan 13th) in Scarfe Room 310. Over 100 of the almost 300 registrants were there to enjoy a lunch provided by UBC Recreation, sample a smoothy generated by bicycle power, and […]

Faculty Spotlight: Kerry Renwick

Kerry Renwick is an Assistant Professor for Home Economics in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy. Her teaching experience includes home economics, food technology and health education in Australian secondary schools. Her research interests include health promotion and critical pedagogy. Kerry has undertaken leadership in teacher professional associations including roles as Editor of journals, Treasurer […]

New Article by YiFei Wang, Stephen Petrina & Franc Feng

Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating YiFei Wang, Stephen Petrina and Franc Feng on the publication of their new article in the British Journal of Educational Technology. Yi Fei Wang is a recent PhD graduate and currently Postdoctoral Researcher and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy. VILLAGE—Virtual Immersive Language Learning and Gaming […]

The Courage of Hopelessness: Democratic Education in the Age of Empire

Dr. E. Wayne Ross| Professor, EDCP January 15, 2016 http://seminars.edcp.educ.ubc.ca/seminars2016/EDCP_Jan_15_2016_seminar.mp4 Short Bio: E. Wayne Ross is Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at UBC. He has written and edited numerous books including: Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies and Social Education (Sense, 2010); The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes, Problems and Possibilities (4th Ed., SUNY Press, 2014) […]

Farewell Party for Basia Zurek

This past Friday, December 4th, we had the End-of-term Winter Solstice as well as Farewell Party for Basia Zurek. Scarfe 2414 was packed with over 50 students, faculty and staff. After 24 years of service, Basia is retiring. We all had a lovely evening celebrating her career at UBC. Many thanks to those who were […]

TIME Cohort Performed Flashmob of “Let it Snow”

During the UBC Community Field Experience lecture on December 3rd, the TIME (teaching initiative for music educators) Cohort of 13 secondary music students performed flashmob of “Let it Snow.” Watch video.

Chamber Ensemble Music Performances by EDCP 312 Students

EDCP 312 (Instrumental Pedagogy: Secondary) students had 5 chamber ensemble music performances in Scarfe Building on November 26 from 9:00 to 9:45 am. These performances were part of the course requirements involving performance as pedagogical tool for teaching music. Group 1: South Central Jazz watch video Group 2: Still in Progress watch video Group 3: 2 Much Sax […]

New book by David Anderson, Alex de Cosson and Lisa McIntosh

Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating David Anderson and his co-authors, Lisa McIntosh, and Alex de Cosson on the publication of their new book Research Informing the Practice of Museum Educators: Diverse Audiences, Challenging Topics, and Reflective Praxis. This edited book focuses on informing, broadening and enhancing the pedagogy of museum education and the practices […]

Jo-ann Archibald to lead 601 seminar on TRC’s Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future

For Wednesday’s EDCP 601 meeting (25 November), Associate Dean for Indigenous Education, Jo-ann Archibald, will join us to lead a seminar on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada‘s summary Report, Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future. How do we respond to the Call to Action for Education for Reconciliation? The question for us […]

Dr. Peter Seixas Wins Award from National Council for the Social Studies

Colleagues, The Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy is extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Peter Seixas has been named by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) as the 2015 Jean Dresden Grambs Distinguished Career in Research Award recipient. Peter will be honored at the 96th NCSS Annual Conference Dec. 2-4, 2016 in Washington, […]

UBC Centennial Math for Parents and Kids Workshop

On Saturday, November 21, 2015, I was invited to lead a special workshop “Math for Parents and Teachers”. This event was a part of the celebrating UBC Centennial: https://cstudies.ubc.ca/courses/math-kids-parents-workshop/up893 and was open to the public. It went very well – with more than 100 people in attendance. For almost three hours they were actively engaged […]

Folk Phenomenology and the Offering of Teaching

Dr. Sam Rocha | Assistant Professor, EDST December 11, 2015 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm (PST) | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract This talk will proceed in three parts. It will begin with some passages from Rocha’s recent book, Folk Phenomenology: Education, Study, and the Human Person (Pickwick, 2015). This reading should begin […]

Dr. Samson Nashon Shared Vision at the New Chair & Professorship Holders Event

Dr. Samson Nashon has been awarded the David F. Robitaille Professorship in Mathematics and Science Education. The professorship is effective July 1, 2015, for a 3-year term. At the New Chair & Professorship Holders Event on October 7, 2015, Dr. Nashon shared his research plans and vision for the Professorship. Watch presentation video (courtesy of the […]

Jennifer Anaquod

My name is Jennifer Anaquod and I am from Muscowpetung Saulteaux First Nation in Saskatchewan and grew up as a grateful guest on Musqueam territory. I completed my B.Ed in NITEP (Indigenous teaching education program) at UBC in 2007. From there I went on to become an instructor at Native Education College in Vancouver. I […]

LJ Slovin

I landed in Curriculum and Pedagogy after pursuing degrees in both Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Sociology. I have previously worked as a sexual health educator and harm reduction youth worker. My research focuses on trans and gender non-conforming young people in educative spaces. I am also active in the queer sports community in […]

The Curriculum of Character: Poetic Ruminations on Growing Old

Dr. Carl Leggo | Professor, LLED November 13, 2015 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm (PST) | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract In The Force of Character and the Lasting Life James Hillman (1999) asks, “why do we live so long?” (p. xiii) He then suggests that “the last years confirm and fulfill character” […]

Congratulations to Marina Milner-Bolotin

Colleagues, Some of you probably saw this piece in the 24 Hours newspaper this morning – http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2015/10/21/vancouver-prof-fights-mathphobia. Marina Milner-Bolotin was interviewed about the Math for Kids and Parents Workshop she will be leading on Nov. 21st. And here is the info from the UBC web site: http://news.ubc.ca/2015/10/21/math-phobias-fighting-the-fear/. Hearty congratulations, Marina. Best, Peter Peter Grimmett Professor […]

EDCP Graduate Student Halloween Party

Thursday, October 29, 2015 THE DEN (SCARFE 6A) 5:30pm – Pumpkin carving 7:30pm – Halloween themed movie Details: Come to our family friendly EDCP grad student event (kids are welcome). Experience authentic North American traditions of carving pumpkins, eating candy and watching Halloween movies. **Come for all or just part of the event **Candy and […]

5th Math and Science Family Day

We have had a very successful Fifth Math and Science Family Day on October 18, 2015. We had 300+ guests and more than 80 volunteers including faculty members, staff, many teacher-candidates, as well as graduate and undergraduate students from the Faculties of Education, Science, Applied Science, Let Us Talk Science, as well as volunteers outside […]

Congratulations to Ruth Guo

Colleagues, I am most pleased to inform you that Ruth X. Guo, one of our doctoral program graduates, (supervisor, Stephen Petrina), is the recipient for the President’s Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creativity at Buffalo State, SUNY. In addition, Ruth was promoted to Full Professor earlier this year. See details: http://schoolofeducation.buffalostate.edu/news/faculty-and-staff-recognition-ceremony-october-8. Please […]

David Strich

David joins the EDCP community to pursue a PhD in Curriculum Studies with a passion to explore how (young) people develop what Aldo Leopold coined as a “Land Ethic.” He very much wants to see the United States incorporating a Land Ethic into the standard public education curricula. With years of traveling, teaching, and living […]

$Family Math & Science Day 2015$

Family Math & Science Day 2015

Presented by the UBC Faculty of Education and Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Science and Math Educators and students from the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Teacher Education Program and the larger Faculty of Education community at UBC invite guests from 2 to 102 years old to help us celebrate science and math teaching […]

fay bigloo

Being through many events in my personal history, I identify myself as a complex being—a mixed character of many things—a collage. I may have arrived at a place in understanding of others residing within or without, but that is only in part. My educational interests lay in the areas that link philosophy, theory and history […]

When Scriptures Hurt: Teaching Violent Sacred Texts

Dr. Ayesha Chaudhry | Radcliffe College and University of British Columbia October 9, 2015 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm (PST) | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster No recording permission Abstract In this talk, I will discuss a Qur’anic text (Q. 4:34) that has historically been used to justify domestic violence and continues to be […]

Workshop by EDCP Peer Advisors

What does it feel like to be a grad student? Workshop by EDCP Peer Advisors Feeling stressed? Feeling alone? Feeling like there is too much to read? Feeling like you don’t belong in grad school? Don’t worry, you’re not alone! In this workshop, your fellow graduate students will share and discuss some of their most […]

Congratulations to 2015 SSHRC Grant Awardees

Applicant: Dr. Penney Clark, EDCP Nationalism, regional identities and post 1960 educational publishing in Canada $112,008 | 3 years Applicant: Dr. Peter Cole, EDCP Co-Applicant: Dr. Patricia O’Riley, EDCP Collaborator: Dr. Frederique Apffel-Marglin, Smith College Performing survivance: More-than-human intelligences and ecological sustainability $463,913 | 3 years Applicant: Dr. Susan Gerofsky, EDCP Co-Applicant: Dr. Kim Zebehazy, […]

“I Love the Terror in A Mother’s Heart”: Stepping Out of the Fray as a Radical Pedagogical Act

Dr. David Jardine | University of Calgary September 11, 2015 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm (PST) | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract Within the confines of educational theory and practice, things are becoming, once again, both moribund and panicky, and little is to be done within this fray that won’t simply exhaust attention […]

EDCP Dr. Katharine Borgen Welcome Back Barbecue 2015

You are invited to the annual EDCP Welcome Back Barbecue on Thursday, September 17th, 2015 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Venue is the garden at the west entrance of the Scarfe Building. For catering purposes, please RSVP to nhi.dang@ubc.ca by September 4th, 2015 and note whether you would like the meat or vegetarian option. This […]

EDCP Graduate: Mirela Gutica

Mirela Gutica (PhD, 2014) is Faculty member and Option Head in the School of Computing and Academic Studies, at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Her research and teaching interests include digital logic design, computer architecture, programming languages, operating systems and human-computer interaction (HCI). She is also involved in research in learning theories, education technologies […]

Faculty Spotlight: Marina Milner-Bolotin

Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin is a science and mathematics educator who studies how technology can be used to engage and inspire students. She has been teaching physics and mathematics at K-12 and undergraduate levels in Canada and internationally for more than 20 years. She co-authored a number of research papers and teaching materials, including an undergraduate […]

Graduate Student Publications

Please join me in congratulating Sandra Ximena Delgado and Michelle Gautreaux on their three refereed articles that were recently published: • Sandra Ximena Delgado, Michelle Gautreaux. (2015). Film Review of Economic Freedom in Action: Changing Lives, Workplace, 25. • Michelle Therese Gautreaux. (2015). Neoliberal education reform’s mouthpiece: Analyzing Education Week’s discourse on Teach for America. […]

David F. Robitaille Professorship in Mathematics and Science Education

I am most pleased to to inform you that Dr. Samson Nashon has been awarded the David F. Robitaille Professorship in Mathematics and Science Education. The professorship is effective July 1, 2015, for a 3-year term. Please join me in congratulating Samson on this marvelous achievement. Best, Peter Peter Grimmett Professor and Head, Department of […]

EDCP Graduate: Yi-Fei Wang

Yi-Fei Wang (PhD, 2012) is a Doctoral Fellow in Media and Technology Studies specializing in the design of 3D virtual worlds for learning. Her postdoctoral research draws on design-based research (DBR) to generate scenario-based learning environments in 3D virtual worlds to enhance learning and explore the cognitive demands of moving in and out of these […]

EDCP Graduate: Lindsay Langill

Lindsay Langill (MA, 1993) is Dean of the School of Technology and Trades at Thompson Rivers University. He served the British Columbia Ministry of Education in leading the development of trades curricula for the K–12 system. At the Ministry, he strengthened the Secondary School Apprenticeship (SSA) program and then went on to develop the Accelerated […]

Thesis and Dissertation Awards

Dr. Heather McGregor Outstanding Dissertation Award Canadian Association for Foundations of Education (CAFE) Co-Supervisors: Drs. Peter Seixas and Penney Clark Dr. Danny Bakan Ted T. Aoki Outstanding Dissertation in Curriculum Studies Award Faculty of Education, UBC Supervisor: Dr. Peter Gouzouasis Dr. Guopeng Fu Science Education Research Group Outstanding Dissertation Canadian Society for the Study of […]

EDCP Graduate: Michelle Tan

Dr. Tan is passionate about exploring the outdoors for interdisciplinary learning. Her interests include curriculum innovation and reform, collaborative teacher inquiry and teacher professional development in science and outdoor education

EDCP 2015 May Retreat

The Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy had an all-day retreat at the University Golf Club on May 20, 2015. Professor Lesley Le Grange of Stellenbosch University, South Africa, facilitated discussion of the four task force reports in relation to the external review report, as we move forward in developing a strategic plan for the next […]

EDCP Graduate: Daniel Barney

Barney is an Associate Professor of Art Education at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he teaches courses in theory, methodology, and practice within contemporary art and pedagogy.

Recipients of International University Grants

Congratulations to Dr. Penney Clark and Dr. Susan Gerofsky for securing research funding from the University of Sydney and a Canadian-German flagship partnership between UBC and Freie Universität respectively. University of Sydney International Program Development Fund Applicants: Drs. M. Anderson, K. Freebody and C. Smyth, U Sydney Co-Applicants: Dr. George Belliveau, LLED; Dr. Penney Clark, […]

EDCP Graduate: Ruth Guo

Ruth X. Guo, Professor, Educational Technology, Computer Information Systems Department, SUNY Buffalo State University, New York, NY.

Student Spotlight: Michelle Gautreaux

My research explores the effects of neoliberal education reform in marginalized communities in Chicago.

Dialogue across chasms: History and history education in Canada

Authors: Clark, P., Lévesque, S., & Sandwell, R. 2015. In E. Erdmann & W. Hasberg (Eds.), History teacher education: Global interrelations, 191-211. History education international series. Schwalbach/Ts, Germany: Wochenschau Verlag.

EDCP Recipients of the 2014-2015 Faculty of Education Graduate Student Research Grant

Congratulations to the following EDCP students for receiving the 2014-2015 Faculty of Education Graduate Student Research Grant: Brooke Madden (EDCP) Supervisor: Dr. Cynthia Nicol Project Title: Early Career Teachers, Teacher Identity, and Aboriginal/Indigenous Education Alison Shields (EDCP) Supervisor: Dr. Rita Irwin Project Title: Mapping the Creative Process Well done students and supervisors!

Home Economics Academics and Students being Showcased

UBC was well represented at the Canadian Symposium XIII of Home Economics/Family Studies/Human Ecology /Family and Consumer Science Education with 17 academics and students offering ten papers.

37th UBC Physics Olympics

On Saturday, March 7, 2015, Marina Milner-Bolotin helped host and organize the 37th UBC Physics Olympics. More than 400 students and teachers participated in the event with 56 teams from all over BC.

$5th Aboriginal Mathematics K-12 Symposium: Mathematics, Students and Community$

5th Aboriginal Mathematics K-12 Symposium: Mathematics, Students and Community

On Feb. 27, educators from across the province met at the UBC Longhouse to explore, imagine, and discuss new ideas for improving mathematics education for Aboriginal learners.

7th Biennial Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference at UBC

On February 20 and 21, 2015, the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia and the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies hosted the 7th Biennial Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference at UBC. The 1st Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference took place at UBC in 2003. That first conference […]

Student Successes in 2014-2015

Colleagues, We continue to have many student successes in EDCP. Please join me in congratulating the following students (and their supervisors) who have completed their Ph.D. Degree during 2014-2015: Daniel Bakan, Ph.D.: Thesis title: A song of songs: A/r/tography, autoethnography, and songwriting as music education research. (Supervisor: Peter Gouzouasis) Guopeng Fu, Ph.D.: Thesis title: Physics […]

$5th Aboriginal Math K-12 Symposium$

5th Aboriginal Math K-12 Symposium

The 5th Aboriginal Math K-12 Symposium will take place on Friday, Feb 27, 2015.

A Tangle of Trouble: Boys, Men and Masculinities

Dr. Blye Frank, Dean | Faculty of Education, UBC March 13, 2015 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm (PST) | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster This seminar is part of the EDCP 2014-2015 Seminar Series “International Perspectives in Curriculum and Pedagogy” hosted by William E. Doll Jr., Donna Trueit and William Pinar. Abstract This talk […]

2nd Annual EDCP Graduate Student (EGS) Conference

We are pleased to invite you to the second annual EDCP Graduate Student (EGS) Conference, which will be held on Friday March 20, 2015 in the Scarfe building.

William Pinar’s Latest Book

Colleagues, I am absolutely delighted to inform you of William F. Pinar’s most recent publication, Educational experience as lived: Knowledge, history, alterity: The selected works of William F. Pinar, published in the highly prestigious Routledge series “World Library of Educationalists.” This important book recognizes the central role that Bill has played in the reconceptualization of […]

The CACS 7th Biennial Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference

EDCP is excited to announce it will be hosting The CACS 7th Biennial Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference, on February 20 and 21, 2015 on the UBC campus.

Advancement to Candidacy

Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that during Winter term 1 (2014), the following Ph.D. Students were advanced to candidacy: Brooke Madden (supervisor: Lisa Loutzenheiser) Jennifer Zhao (supervisor: Stephen Petrina) Yu-Ling Lee (supervisor: Stephen Petrina) Latika Raisinghani (supervisors: Samson Nashon/Cynthia Nicol) Ofira Roll (supervisor: Rita Irwin) Please join me in congratulating them on becoming Ph.D. […]

UBC Faculty of Education to Become Home to Premier History of Education Journal!

We are very pleased to announce that Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’éducation is coming to UBC’s Faculty of Education.

EDCP’s Donation to the Dadaab Project

EDCP is pleased to announce a contribution of $5,000 towards the Transportation Initiative for the Dadaab project.

The Power of Negative Thinking in and for Teacher Education

Dr. Anne Phelan, EDCP, UBC January 9, 2015 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. (PST) | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster This seminar is part of the 2014-2015 EDCP seminar series “International Perspectives in Curriculum and Pedagogy” hosted by William E. Doll Jr., Donna Trueit and William Pinar. Abstract: In an anxious world increasingly perceived in terms […]

Faculty Spotlight: Patricia O’Riley

Pat’s scholarship focuses on the regeneration of traditional eco-technological knowings in BC and Peru, as well as the advancement of ecojustice literacy education.

The Meaning of Curriculum is a Complicated Conversation: The Purpose of Curriculum is to Render a Complicated World View

Dr. Peter Grimmett | Professor and Head, EDCP, UBC December 13, 2014 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. (PST) | Scarfe 1107 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: When we are caught off-guard or in our dark moments, we exhibit the secret thoughts that mark our ethical dealings with alterity. A complicated worldview implies we must possess an understanding […]

EDCP Graduate: Hannah Spector

My dissertation research is a conceptual analysis of cosmopolitanism and education. I place ethical responsibility to global risks (turned catastrophe) at the center of a cosmopolitan education. Such an ethic draws from the faculty of judgment and the heart’s compassion.

EDCP End of Term Winter Solstice Potluck

Please RSVP to Nhi Dang at nhi.dang@ubc.ca by November 26, 2014.

Student Spotlight: Ashley Welsh

Ashley Welsh is a PhD Candidate in EDCP. Her research explores the catalysts that undergraduate students’ perceive as both enhancing and limiting their metacognition, self-efficacy, and learning in an introductory chemistry course that encouraged active learning strategies.

Fourth Math and Science Family Day

On behalf of an EDCP Outreach Committee and EDCP Science Group I would like to let you know that we had a fantastic Fourth Math and Science Family Day on Saturday, November 1st. The event was hosted by the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy and supported by the Department, TEO, Dean’s Office, Beaty Biodiversity Museum […]

Research Stories: A Graduate Forum

How We Learn Media and Technology (across the lifespan),
Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy,
UBC,
funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

The Medicalized Paradigm of Contemporary Empirical Research and Its Effects on Education Policy & School Reform

Dr. Daniel Tröhler | University of Luxembourg October 30th, 2014 | 4:00-5:30 pm | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: This paper argues that educational research today is subjected to a medicalized paradigm of social reality. It reconstructs, how the catchwords of this paradigm (evidence-based, monitoring, intervention studies) arouse and how they translated into […]

2014 Math and Science Day at UBC Faculty of Education

The 4th Mathematics and Science Family Day will take place on Saturday, November 1st during the UBC Celebrate Learning Week.

The Dr. Katharine Borgen Annual EDCP Welcome Back Barbecue

took place on September 18, 2014 in tribute to Dr. Katharine Borgen’s energy and enthusiasm as a member of the Mathematics Education group and the department’s social committee.

Hand Stitched Quilt for Deniz Ozer

On September 24, at the Art Education graduate students welcome back dinner, Sandrine Han was presented a quilt designed and made by the students in the EDCP 520 for her new baby.

Art, Education and Human Rights in Africa’s Last Colony

Fernando Perez-Martin | Visiting Scholar from University of Granada, Spain Octover 9th, 2014 | 1:00-2:00 pm | Scarfe 1211 View the Seminar Poster No recording permission Abstract: This presentation will shed light on the forgotten conflict of the Western Sahara, the present situation at the Sahrawi Refugee Camps and in the Occupied Territories. It will […]

Elizabeth Beattie

Elizabeth Beattie is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on how students create meaningful outdoor environmental and science learning experiences, with an emphasis on early childhood education. She hopes to work with teachers and curriculum planners to incorporate outdoor learning into […]

Colours in Refuge: A Curriculum Story

Dr. Karen Meyer | EDCP, UBC November 14, 2014 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. (PST) | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: Meyer’s bricolage of poetry, narratives and postscripts sketches a story of place and education. In Dadaab Refugee Camp in Northeastern Kenya, the heart of education relies on promises of school and a living persistence […]

Wayne Ross’ commentary in the Vancouver Sun

Colleagues,

Yesterday and the day before Wayne Ross has been quoted extensively on the current labour difficulties in the BC school system. Please take a look if you have not already done so. Wayne’s commentary is very sound and insightful and we are very pleased that he is representing EDCP so well in the media.

Honorary Doctorate in Education

On June 6th, Dr. William E. Doll, Jr., accompanied by Dr. Donna Trueit, was awarded an Honorary Doctor degree in Education, an Honoris Causa, by the University of Tampere in Finland.

Lisa Loutzenheiser’s commentary in the Province

Colleagues,

Some of you probably saw this piece in the Province yesterday.
I’m pleased to bring your attention to the fact that one of the commentaries sought was from our own Lisa Loutzenheiser.

Congratulations, Lisa.

Best, Peter

Intercultural Wisdom & Questions of Loss, Ethics, Hope

Dr. Claudia Eppert | University of Alberta October 17th | 12:30-2:00pm | Scarfe room 1107 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: What are the complexities of hope? What it might mean to remember the future in the context of contemporary environmental loss and trauma? With reference to intercultural wisdom and East-West contemplative studies, holocaust and trauma studies, and […]

Faculty Spotlight: Marina Milner-Bolotin

Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin is a science educator with many years of international mathematics and physics teaching experience at secondary and post-secondary levels.

Lisa Loutzenheiser’s piece on “Bullying” in UBC News

Colleagues,

I’m delighted that we have another EDCP member highlighted in the media. Lisa Loutzenheiser has written an informative piece bullying and the need to understand how we must differentiate different forms and contexts of bullying. Best, Peter

Welcome Back Barbecue 2014

You are invited to the annual EDCP Welcome Back Barbecue on Thursday, September 18th, 2014 from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m.

Wayne Ross public analysis of the teachers’ strike

Colleagues,

I’m sure you will have seen the careful, thoughtful analysis of the current strike given by Wayne Ross in yesterday’s (September 2) Vancouver Sun. Wayne has become an ever-present public intellectual whose commentary and critical analysis of current events in local BC school politics is widely sought. It is most pleasing that EDCP has such an authoritative voice in our membership.

Best, Peter

Welcome to Professor Kerry Renwick

We are delighted to welcome a new tenure-track appointment to the Department. Professor Kerry Renwick comes to us as an Assistant Professor of Home Economics Education from Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.

Invitation to EDCP Graduate Student Orientation

Welcome to a new academic year in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy! We would like to invite you to the EDCP Graduate Student Orientation on Friday, September 5, 2014, 4-7pm in Scarfe 310. At the Orientation you will have an opportunity to meet faculty members and students, to gather information about academic and practical […]

Curriculum Studies in India

Dr. William Pinar | Professor and Canada Research Chair September 12th, 2014 | 12:30-2:00pm | Scarfe room 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: To study the state of curriculum studies in India, Pinar worked with five scholars there asking about the intellectual life history and present circumstances of the field in India. Three members of […]

EDCP Organized International Conferences, STEM 2014 and PME (2014) 38

Colleagues, The Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy has just finished hosting and organizing two fantastically well run international conferences, STEM 2014 and PME (2014) 38. The Third International Conference of Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM 2014) took place first (July 12-15), organized by Samson Nashon (chair), David Anderson, Ann Anderson, Stephen Petrina, and Marina […]

Graduate Student Successes

Colleagues, Recently, a number of graduate students in EDCP have achieved some landmark successes in their studies. Peter Train (supervisor: Tony Clarke) advanced to candidacy in his Ph.D. Program; Heidi May, a recent graduate (co-supervisors: Rita Irwin and Donal O’Donoghue), received the inaugural Ph.D. Dissertation award from the Canadian Society for Education through Art. The […]

2014 Departmental External Review

Colleagues, On July 22nd, I sent you a copy of the EDCP Self-Study Report which is a central part of the external review that the department is undergoing. The document has now been delivered to the Dean’s Office. Some time later in the summer, the report will be sent to the three external reviewers, Dennis […]

Diana Royea

Originally from Quebec, I attended both Concordia and McGill University in Montreal. With a background in both psychology and education, I moved to Vancouver to attend UBC and pursue a PhD in Curriculum Studies after obtaining an M.A. in Child Study. My research interests revolve around elementary school mathematics and preservice elementary school teacher preparation. […]

Digital Ethnography as a New Trend of Ethnographic Studies in Education in Brazil

Dr. Carmen de Mattos | Associate Professor Department of Applied Studies in Education State University of Rio de Janeiro July 30th, 2014 | 12:30-2:00pm | Scarfe 1107 View the Seminar Poster No recording permission Abstract: Digital Technology and Ethnographic Research are subjects that reflect the demands of education in the postmodern age.Research agencies, researchers, teachers […]

Congratulations to Wayne Ross

Colleagues, It is my distinct pleasure to inform you of the important public intellectual role that Wayne Ross has recently been playing in the current teachers’ dispute in the province. This morning (Thursday July 10, 2014) he appeared on CBC Radio’s The Current discussing class size research and related education policy in British Columbia. The […]

CST Inspired Learning Grant

Please join me in congratulating Susan Gerofsky, whose PLAYbook cross-faculty, community-engaged project has won a CST Inspired Learning grant <http://learningproject.cst.org>. The PLAYbook team, consisting of Susan Gerofsky, Kris Fox, a landscape architect, and Mariana Brussoni, an assistant professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine) is an interdisciplinary collaboration of UBC researchers and students working in close partnership […]

Congratulations to Wayne Ross

I am very pleased to bring to your attention a recent opinion piece by Wayne Ross, “Privatization through the back door” that appeared in the Vancouver Sun on Saturday June 21, 2014. Wayne provides a historical commentary commenting on how, since the BC Liberals ascended to power, we have been subjected to a steady stream […]

NSERC National Award for Science Promotion

Congratulations to Jolie Mayer-Smith and Linda Peterat, co-founders of the Intergenerational Landed Learning project at the UBC farm on winning the highly prestigious NSERC National Award for Science Promotion.

Student Spotlight: Jiao Ji

Jiao Ji is a PhD Candidate in EDCP. Her research project aims to explore the terrain of Science Museum Education with particular focus on Chinese science museum educators’self-concept of their roles, concerns and professional desires. Jiao Ji, PhD Student

CERA David Bateson New Scholar Award

I am most pleased to inform you that Christopher Campbell, doctoral candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, is the recipient for the 2013-2014 CERA David Bateson New Scholar Award. This award is for the best paper presented by a graduate student in a CERA session at the annual CSSE conference. Samson Nashon and […]

Congratulations to Peter Grimmett

The Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy is extremely pleased to announce that Professor Peter Grimmett has been selected as the recipient of the Canadian Association of Teacher Education (CATE) Award for Excellence in Research in Teacher Education.

Towards a Research-based Pedagogy

Dr. Hua Zhang | Professor & Dean Curriculum Studies, Teacher Education; Foundations of Education Graduate School of Education Studies Hangzhou Normal University, Zhejiang Province, China August 5, 2014 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. (PST) Short Bio: Zhang Hua, professor and dean in Graduate School of Educational Studies at Hangzhou Normal University; former president of International Association for […]

Looking Into the Hearts of Native Peoples: Nation Building as an Institutional Orientation for Graduate Education

Dr. Bryan Brayboy | Professor School of Social Transformation Culture, Society and Education Arizona State University Tempe, USA July 8, 2014 | 12:00-1:30 | Scare 310 View the Seminar Poster Short Bio: Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy is a citizen of the Lumbee Nation. He is President’s Professor, Borderlands Professor of Indigenous Education and Justice, and Director […]