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Appointment, Reappointment and Promotion News

Congratulations to the following colleagues for being reappointed as Assistant Professor, appointed as Associate Professor/Associate Professor of Teaching or Professor of Teaching:

Learning to inquire in history, geography, and social studies: An anthology for secondary teachers (5th ed.)

Case, R., & Clark, P. (Eds.) 2025. The Critical Thinking Consortium. (504 pgs.)

Decolonizing history and social studies curricula has a long way to go in Canada

Karn, S., Llewellyn, K., & Clark, P. June 9, 2025. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/decolonizing-history-and-social-studies-curricula-has-a-long-way-to-go-in-Canada-253679.

Formulating a vision

Clark, P., & Case, R. 2025. In R. Case & P. Clark (Eds.). Learning to inquire in history, geography, and social studies: An anthology for secondary teachers (5th ed.) (pp. 27-38). The Critical Thinking Consortium.

Student agency

Clark, P. 2025. In R. Case & P. Clark (Eds.). Learning to inquire in history, geography, and social studies: An anthology for secondary teachers (5th ed.) (pp. 142-152). The Critical Thinking Consortium.

Supporting independent inquiry

Clark, P. 2025. Learning to inquire in history, geography, and social studies: An anthology for secondary teachers (5th ed.) (pp. 229-238). The Critical Thinking Consortium.

Visual resources

Clark, P. 2025. In R. Case & P. Clark (Eds.). Learning to inquire in history, geography, and social studies: An anthology for secondary teachers (5th ed.) (pp. 430-442). The Critical Thinking Consortium.

Realistic fiction

Clark, P. 2025. Learning to inquire in history, geography, and social studies: An anthology for secondary teachers (5th ed.) (pp. 453-461). The Critical Thinking Consortium.

People and places

Clark, P. 2025. Learning to inquire in history, geography, and social studies: An anthology for secondary teachers (5th ed.) (pp. 472-481). The Critical Thinking Consortium.

Science teacher’s assessment of their students’ models

Gonzalez-Donoso, A., Khan, S., & Stewart, J. (2025) International Journal of Science Education, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2025.2517889

In Memoriam, Dr. Donald C. Wilson, Associate Professor Emeritus (EDCP)

Message on behalf of Dr. Jan Hare, Dean and Professor Dear Colleagues, It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of Dr. Donald C. Wilson, Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP). A thoughtful and dedicated educator, Dr. Wilson helped shape social studies education and international curriculum development over […]

Musical Dialogues: The realization of freedom with others in public spaces

Dr. David Lines | Professor of Music Education, University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand Tuesday, July 8, 2025 | 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. (PST) | Hybrid | Scarfe, Room 1209 *Note: this seminar is Hybrid (attend via Zoom, or join us in Scarfe 1209) For Zoom details, please email edcp.educ@ubc.ca View the Seminar Poster Host | Dr. […]

World Refugee Day Symposium 2025

Friday, June 20, 2025 | 8:30 A.M – 2:30 P.M.Irving K. Barber Learning CentreDodson Room (302) In recognition of World Refugee Day, this symposium centers the experiences of Afghan women shaped by forced displacement, political upheaval, and gendered exclusion. We aim to explore the complex constructs of “Afghan Women” nationally and internationally, focusing on how […]

Where Embodied Cognition Fits in a Broader Theory of Science Concept Learning

Dr. Tamer Amin | Associate Professor, American University of Beirut Friday, June 20, 2025 | 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. (PST) | Via Zoom * for Zoom details, please email edcp.educ@ubc.ca View the Seminar Poster Host | Dr. Samia Khan Abstract: The perspective of embodied cognition has inspired new ways of thinking about how we learn […]

Dr. Marzieh Mosavarzadeh (EDCP PhD graduate) receives ARTS SIG Dissertation Award

Congratulations to Dr. Marzieh Mosavarzadeh, a 2024 PhD graduate in art education in EDCP, has just won the ARTS SIG Dissertation Award at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE). Marzieh Mosavarzadeh Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum Studies (Art Education) October | 2024 Dissertation title | Making–place a/r/tographically: invitations to framing and […]

Learning with the Land Symposium

Please join us for the Learning with the Land Symposium Saturday, June 14, 2025 | UBC Vancouver Campus, Scarfe Room 1128 Hosted as part of the SSHRC-funded Learning with the Land international research partnership, this one-day free public symposium brings together artists, educators, and researchers exploring how art education can respond to the climate crisis and support decolonial […]

The entangled learner: Critical agency for the postdigital era

Code, J. 2025. Postdigital Science and Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-025-00544-1 [23 pages] (FA). Read more

Teaching and AI in the postdigital age: Learning from teachers’ perspectives

Moylan, R., Code, J., & O’Brien, H. 2025. Teaching and Teacher Education, 153, 104851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104851 (CA) [10 pages]. Read more

The illusions of democracy

Ross, E. W. In R. Case & P. Clark (Eds.). 2025. Learning to inquire in history, geography, and social studies: An anthology for secondary teachers (5th Ed., pp. 118-123). Critical Thinking Consortium.

Interview with Professor E. Wayne Ross

Ross, E. W., Cerri, L. F., Lima, M. A., & Andrade, J. Revista Docentes , 10 (35), 99-111. https://periodicos.seduc.ce.gov.br/revistadocentes/article/view/1474

Museum Education in China: My Personal and Cultural Story

Dr. Jiao Ji | Visiting Scholar, Central South University, China Friday, May 23, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (PST) | Via Zoom * for Zoom details, please email edcp.educ@ubc.ca View the Seminar Poster Host | Dr. David Anderson Abstract: China boasts a civilization that spans thousands of years, rich with countless cultural heritages […]

2025 Indigenous Math Education K-12 Symposium

FROM STARS ABOVE TO WATER BELOW: Indigenous Stories of STEM Education for Mathematical Flourishing May 13 and May 20, 2025 | Virtual * Note: Limited free student registration is now closed. Please register using the payment link The skies hold stories, the Elders say. Looking up, maybe you’ve experienced the Northern Lights as Spirits dancing across […]

Seminar | Curriculum: living and Indigenous

Abstract: This seminar by Drs. Bronwyn Frederick and Tracey Bunda is framed as a conversation with and for the intent of reconciliation. This conversation is centered around Indigenous knowledges embodied in Drs. Frederick and Bunda’s experiences and insghts as champions for the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice Referendum and their critical theoretical approaches around race and […]

CACS Publication Award 2024

Congratulations to EDCP PhD candidate Nicole Rallis, Prof. Rita Irwin and Dr. Shannon Leddy who have won the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (CACS) ARTS SIG Publication Award 2024! They will be sharing the award with another winner. Rallis, N., Leddy, S., & Irwin, R. L. (2024). Braiding a/r/tography & métissage: Thinking together on the work of Sonny Assu. Canadian […]

Congratulations to EDCP PhD student – Rachel Moylan

Rachel Moylan (Supervisor: Dr. Jillianne Code) has received a UBC Public Scholars Initiative Award (PSI). This award intends to build connections, community, and capacity for doctoral students who are interested in explicitly linking their doctoral work to an arena of public benefit and integrating broader and more career-relevant forms of scholarship into their doctoral education process. Learn more […]

Congratulations to Dr. Sofia Noori, recipient of the 2024-25 Killam Teaching Prize

Dr. Sofia Noori has received the 2024–25 Killam Teaching Prize, an honour awarded annually from the Killam General Endowment fund to faculty members nominated by students, colleagues, and alumni for teaching excellence. Dr. Noori is widely recognized for her outstanding contributions to education, research, and community engagement. Her work focuses on refugee youth who arrive in […]

The ghosts in The Teachers’ Lounge: Conjuring the event in schools

Nelson, P. M., & Durham, B. S. (in press). In B. Varga (Ed.), Hauntological Social Studies: More-Than-Human Deviances, Imbrications, and Proliferations of Possibility. Springer.

Teacher Education and its Discontents: Knowledge, Ethics and Politics

Magnússon, G., Phelan, A. M., Heimans, S. & Unsworth, R. (Eds) 2025. Routledge. Read more

Visual Culture in Art Education: Pedagogical Approaches and Practices in Turkey

Dr. Nuray Mamur | Visiting Professor, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey Friday, April 25, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (PST) | Hybrid | Scarfe, Room 1328 *Note: this seminar is Hybrid (attend via Zoom, or join us in Scarfe 1328) For Zoom details, please email edcp.educ@ubc.ca View the Seminar Poster Host | Dr. Anita Sinner […]

Congratulations to Aimee Lutrin

It gives me great pleasure to share the exciting news that EDCP graduate student Aimee Lutrin has been selected as the recipient of the Faculty of Education MA Thesis Prize. Faculty of Education MA Thesis Prize Recipient | Aimee Lutrin, MA in Media and Technology Studies Education candidate in Curriculum and Pedagogy Supervisor | Dr. […]

Learning from queer and trans youth in research

Dr. LJ Slovin | School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria Dr. Sam Stiegler | Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne Thursday, April 17, 2025 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (PST) | Hybrid | Scarfe, Room 1209 *Note: this seminar is Hybrid (attend via Zoom, or join us in Scarfe 1209) For Zoom […]

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Congratulations | 47th Annual UBC Physics Olympics

On Saturday, March 1st, 2025, a record-breaking 80 teams participated in the 47th Annual UBC Physics Olympics, making it the largest event ever! A total of 1,077 students from Grades 10-12 competed, representing schools from across British Columbia—Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, the Okanagan, and the Kootenays. The Physics Olympics is more than just a competition for our students […]

Mapping Stories Through Textile Cartographies

Join Us for the Opening of Mapping Stories Through Textile Cartographies Message sent on behalf of Dr. Elly Yazdanpanah, Post-Doctoral Fellow I am thrilled to invite you to the opening of “Mapping Stories Through Textile Cartographies,” an exhibition that intertwines cultural origins and reflections through the universal language of textile art. Presented by the Department of […]

Holding water: An index of affectual possibilities and “shuttling intensities” across the social studies

Nelson, P. M., & Varga, B. A. (2025). Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/15505170.2025.2482712

Research in teacher leadership in Canada: Transformative and contextualized agency

Smith, C. & Schnellert, L. 2025. In Smith, C. & Schnellert, L. (Eds.) Research in teacher leadership in Canada: Transformative and contextualized agency. (pp. 298-328). Canadian Association for Teacher Education. Read more https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/48117

Developing teacher leaders in rural and remote schools: Growing innovation in rural sites of learning

Schnellert, L., Kozak, D., Datoo, M., & Miller, M. 2025. Research in teacher leadership in Canada: Transformative and contextualized agency. (pp. 298-328). Canadian Association for Teacher Education. Read more https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/48117

Educational transformation and relational accountability in educational change

Schnellert, L., Davidson, S.F., & Donovan, B.L. (2025). Curriculum Inquiry 54(3), 231-252. https://doi.org/10.1080/03626784.2025.2458071.

The 12th Education Graduate Students (EGS) Conference

Theme: Cultivating Togetherness: Envisioning Transformative Pedagogy for a Shared Future Friday, March 21, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. onwards | Room 310, Scarfe Building Download a copy of the EGS 2025 poster The Education Graduate Students (EGS) Conference, an annual event organized by the students of the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, is set to take place […]

Congratulations to our Award Recipients!

It gives me great pleasure to share the exciting news that the following graduate students have won awards in external competitions. 2024 SSHRC – Doctoral Award Recipient: Lori Huston, PhD candidate in Curriculum and Pedagogy Supervisor: Dr. Cynthia Nicol, EDCP 2024 Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s Program (CGS M) Recipient: Serene Rodrigues, MA student in Science Education Program Supervisors: […]

In EDCP | Volume 6: Undisciplined Conversations

Disrupting Norms: Beyond Representation Wednesday, March 5th, 2025 | 12:00 p.m. | Room 310, Scarfe Building *If attending in person is not possible, you are welcome to join virtually. For the meeting link or any other inquiries, please email Elly at elly.yazdanpanah@ubc.ca Undisciplined Conversations, a dynamic space for transdisciplinary dialogues between the arts, education and […]

Thoughtful questioning and discussion

Nelson, P. M. 2025. In R. Case & P. Clark (Eds.), Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers (5th Edition).

Accommodating a diversity of world views

Nelson, P. M. 2025. In R. Case & P. Clark (Eds.), Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers (5th Edition).

An analysis of the Advanced Placement United States History Exam

Nelson, P. M., & Adams, T. L. (in press, 2025). In P. Gautschi, K. V. Nieuwenhuyse, J. Wojdon, & L. Gibson (Eds.), Working Title: An International Analysis of History Exams. Wochenschau Verlag.

Breaking silence on quiet spaces: Museum visitors’ and educators’ perceptions

Lucy, A., & Anderson, D. 2025. Visitor Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/10645578.2024.2435075 Read more

Adult family members’ roles in mediating children’s visits at a Chinese science museum

Ji, J., Anderson, D., & Rodewald, P. 2025. Museum Management and Curatorship. https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2025.2467705

A Collaborative Dialogue on Educational Justice with Dr. Özlem Sensoy

Dr. Özlem Sensoy | Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University Inaugural Director, Cassidy Centre for Educational JusticeAssociate Faculty, Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, SFUAssociate Faculty, Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, History Department, SFU Thursday, February 20, 2025 | 2:30-4:00 p.m. (PST) | Hybrid | Scarfe, Room 1209 *Note: this seminar is Hybrid (attend via […]

Contribution of an instructional module incorporating PhET simulations to Rwandan students’ knowledge of chemical reactions, acids, and bases through social interactions

Ndagijimana, J. B., Musengimana, J., Khan, S. & Lakin, E. 2025. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, online.

47th UBC Physics Olympics

The Physics Olympics is a high school physics competition held annually at UBC in Vancouver. This annual outreach event attracts over 600 high school students, competing in teams, and over 70 teachers/coaches from across the province. This competition, organized by the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at UBC. […]

18th Canadian Symposium

Home Economics | Family Studies | Human Ecology | Family & Consumer Science Education: Issues & Directions HYBRID SYMPOSIUM | FEBRUARY 28 – MARCH 2, 2025 | ONTARIO The Canadian Symposium on Home Economics Education has been held biennially since 1991 in various locations across Canada. It provides a forum for sharing information and research, […]

Bringing history to life: Teaching fact and fiction

Foreword. Clark, P., & Sears, A. 2025. In Éthier, M-A., & Lefrançois, D. (Eds.). Bringing history to life: Teaching fact and fiction (pp. xi-xvi).University of Ottawa Press. Read more

Contesting concepts, imagining new possibilities: David Graeber, democracy, and social studies curriculum

Nelson, P. M. 2025. Critical Education, 16(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.14288/ce.v16i1.186874 Read more.

In EDCP | Volume 5: Undisciplined Conversations

Translating Values in Knowledge, Research, and Archival Production To enthusiasts across all disciplines: Join us for “Undisciplined Conversations,” a dynamic space for transdisciplinary dialogues between the arts, education, and beyond. This event is organized by the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy in collaboration with UBC’s Asian Library. Monday, February 3rd, 2025 | Irving K. Barber […]

Towards an ideal model of education for critical citizenship. An analysis of the Spanish curricular change in social sciences

Navarro Medina, E , Ross, E. W. , Pérez-Rodríguez, N., & De Alba Fernandez, N. 2025. Journal of Education, 60(1), e70010. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.70010 Read more.

Congratulations to Drs. Shannon Leddy and Lorrie Miller

The Greater Good Science Center (GGSC) at the University of California, Berkeley has selected their publication Teaching Where You Are Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and Pedagogies as one of Greater Good’s Favorite Books for Educators of 2024!

$Beading + Story + Math = Community$

Beading + Story + Math = Community

Nico Williams Nico Williams, is Anishinaabe from Aamjiwnaang First Nation currently working in Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyang / Montreal where he just completed his MFA at Concordia University. Nico is an active member in the urban Indigenous Montreal Arts community, a board member for the Contemporary Native Art Biennial, and a member of the Contemporary Geometric […]

“Different spots in their learning journey”: Striving to develop equity-oriented teacher education pedagogy

Schnellert, L., Rajagopal, H., & Miller, M. (2024). In Burke, J., Cacciattolo, M., Toe, D. (eds) Inclusion and Social Justice in Teacher Education. (pp. 317-336). Springer.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67612-3_17

Decolonizing history curricula across Canada: Recommendations for (re)design

Karn, S., Llewellyn, K.R., & Clark, P. 2024. Canadian Journal of Education/ Revue d’études canadiennes, 47(4), 1090-1121. https://doi.org/10.53967/cje-rce.v47i4

Missing methods: A call for holistic analysis of history textbooks

Llewellyn, K., Clark, P., Capó Garcia, R., & Clifford, S. 2024. London Review of Education, 22(1), 30. https://doi.org/10.14324/LRE.22.1.30

Punctuating musical diacritics of water in cross-species contexts

Cole, P. 2024. In Education, 29(3), 117-131. Read more

Investigating pedagogical opportunities of educational technologies in developing countries: Physics Education Technology workshops for Bangladeshi science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachers

Toma, M. J., Tembrevilla, G., & Milner-Bolotin, M. 2024. Future in Education Research, 2(3), 1-19. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/fer3.51

Welcome to Dr. Dustin Garnet & Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm

Colleagues, Join me in welcoming the following two new faculty to the Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy: Once again, let us welcome Dustin and Julia to our EDCP community! Sincerely, Samson. Dr. Samson Nashon, EdDDepartment Head & Professor of Science Education

Reimagining micro-teaching through collaborative technology implementation: Supporting preservice STEM teachers as reflective practitioners

Tembrevilla, G., & Milner-Bolotin, M. 2024. In J. Pattison-Meek & C. Phillips (Eds.), Pedagogies of Practicum – Post-Pandemic Reflections on Innovation in Practice Teaching (pp. 267-286). Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.3726/b22164

Science Learning in YouTube Comments on Science Videos Embedding Movie References

Lee, C., Meyers, E., & Milner-Bolotin, M. 2024. Journal of College Science Teaching, February, 2024, 1-7.

Book Launch Event | Geographies of the Heart: Stories from Newcomers to Canada

You are cordially invited to attend the book launch of Geographies of the Heart: Stories from Newcomers to Canada (UBC Press, Purich Books, 2024) Thu, Nov 28, 2024 | 12:00 – 11:30 p.m. | West Mall Swing Space (SWNG) – 206, 2175 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 You are invited to a book launch to […]

Resonances and re-entanglements in an era of climate change: Performing reciprocity with the cosmos

Cole, P., & O’Riley, P. 2024. In N. Rallis, K. Morimoto, M. Sorensen, V. Triggs & R. L. Irwin (Eds.), Ecopedagogical and a/r/tographical walking: Kinship, nature, and relationality (pp. 189-198). Intellect. Read more

Myth, Manhood, and Curriculum: Towards Truth, Self-Cultivation, and Reparation

Dr. James P. Burns | College of Education and Human Sciences, University of New Mexico, USA Friday, November 29, 2024 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. (PST) | Via Zoom For Zoom details, please email edcp.educ@ubc.ca View the Seminar Poster Faculty Host: Dr. William Pinar Abstract: The current historical moment seems to have coalesced, in the US and […]

In EDCP | Volume 4: Undisciplined Conversations

To enthusiasts across all disciplines: Join us for “Undisciplined Conversations,” a dynamic space for transdisciplinary dialogues between the arts, education, and beyond. Wednesday, December 4th, 2024 | Multipurpose Room, Ponderosa Commons North, PCN 2012 | 2:00 P.M. Undisciplined Conversations is a dynamic space for transdisciplinary dialogues bridging the arts, education, and beyond, organized by the […]

Investigating Adolescent Psychological Well-being Using PISA 2018 Canada Data

Liu, Y., Maltais, N., Milner-Bolotin, M., & Chachashvili-Bolotin, S. 2024. Frontiers, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1416631

Sensorial A-r-tography: Walking with Public Art [Special issue]

Yazdanpanah, E., & Sinner, A. (Eds.) 2024. Sensorial A-r-tography: Walking with Public Art [Special issue]. International Visual Journal for Art Education, 3(17). doi:10.24981/2414-3332-17.2024 Read more

Decolonizing Pedagogies of Complacency

Dr. Hartej Gill | Educational Studies, UBC Dr. Michael Marker | Educational Studies and Director, T`’Skel Graduate Studies, UBC Dr. Özlem Sensoy | Faculty of Education, SFU December 13, 2012 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Scare 310 View the Seminar Poster No recording available Abstract: This seminar series will explore ‘pedagogy’ as it has been understood […]

Unleashing creativity in STEM teacher education through scripting task pedagogy

Milner-Bolotin, M. & Zazkis, R. 2024. Future in Education Research, 2(3), 1-15.

Congratulations to Estrella Blackstock Pedroso

Please join me in congratulating EDCP MEd (HEEL) student – Estrella Blackstock Pedroso for receiving the 2024 writing award in the Graduate Category of the Canadian Home Economics Foundation’s Dr. Elizabeth Feniak Award for Excellence in Research Communications. The title of her paper is “Decolonizing curriculum: Not as simple as we might think.” Congratulations Estrella! […]

Master of Education in Arts-Based Educational Research (ABER)

World-class teaching and hybrid learning designed for working professionals The Master of Education in Arts-Based Educational Research (ABER) is a unique program blending art, research, and teaching to meet contemporary educational needs. Develop expertise in the theories, methodologies, and practices of visual, literary, performative, and digital arts within educational research. Collaborate with World-Class Faculty Engage […]

The 2024-2025 Peer Advisors

We are pleased to announce the 2024-2025 Peer Advisor Team: Puti Hassanah MA Student August 2024 – April 2025 Hi there! I am Puti, and I am a second-year Master of Arts (MA) student in Health, Outdoor, and Physical Education. I have a deep love for sports and outdoor activities, which drive my academic and […]

Walking with Public Art: Immersive Learning as Public Scholars

This course is led by  Dr. Anita Sinner This Go Global Seminar offers an innovative approach to knowledge diplomacy, informed by the UN’s Global Citizenship framework, to bring trans-perspectives that advance transdisciplinary, transnational, translanguaging and transmedia approaches to 21st C learning in an experiential art as research learning opportunity. In May 2025, the Bogota Museum […]

Autoethnography: A reflexive research process

Gouzouasis, P. 2024. In P. Gouzouasis & C. Wiley (Eds.), The companion of music, autoethnography, and reflexivity. Routledge.

Music, autoethnography, and reflexivity: An introductory conversation

Gouzouasis, P., & Wiley, C. 2024. In P. Gouzouasis & C. Wiley (Eds.), The companion of music, autoethnography, and reflexivity. Routledge. (SA).

In EDCP | Volume 3: Undisciplined Conversations

To enthusiasts across all disciplines: Join us for “Undisciplined Conversations,” a dynamic space for transdisciplinary dialogues between the arts, education, and beyond. Thursday, October 24th | Scarfe Room 310 | 12:00 P.M. ‘Undisciplined Conversations,’ a dynamic space for transdisciplinary dialogues between the arts, education and beyond, will take place in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy. […]

Empowering Teachers through an Online Asynchronous Science Education Cohort Graduate Program

Saville, E., Milner-Bolotin, M., & Anderson, D. 2024. Journal of Science Teacher Education, Submitted November, 2023, 19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560X.2024.2404798

Expanding Teacher’s technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge with funds of knowledge: An exploratory STEM professional development model using video creation workshops

Tembrevilla, G., & Milner-Bolotin, M. 2024. Future in Educational Research, 1-19. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/fer3.67

Journeying through corn: Articulating a Haudenosaunee consciousness of renewal and curriculum

Dr. Kiera Brant-Birioukov | Faculty of Education, York University Friday, September 27, 2024 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. (PST) | Via Zoom View the Seminar Poster For Zoom details, please email edcp.educ@ubc.ca Faculty Host: Dr. William Pinar Abstract: For generations prior to European contact, the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) people of Turtle Island refined an ancient Indigenous knowledge […]

Taking up resources within teachers’ cycles of self-regulated learning and practice.

MacNeil, K., Schnellert, L., & Butler, D. 2024. Professional Development Today 23(3).

Outdoor play and learning in elementary schools: A critical participatory action research project

Zeni, M., Schnellert, L., & Brussoni, M. 2024. Canadian Journal of Action Research 24(3), 105-126. https://journals.nipissingu.ca/index.php /cjar/article/view/675

La pedagogía crítica no es una receta: Estrategias, desafíos y aportes en la enseñanza de los Estudios Sociales. Entrevista con el Dr. E. Wayne Ross

Ross, E. W. 2024. Revista Perspectivas: Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica, 29, 1-17. https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/ index.php/perspectivas/article/view/20334

Desafios e possibilidades para a educação histórica em um mundo neoliberal

Ross, E. W. 2024. In L. F. Cerri & Juliana A. (Eds.), Os presentes do Ensino de História: (re)construções em novas bases (pp. 13-32). ABEH–Associação Brasileira de Ensino História. Read more

Imagining possible futures in social studies education and beyond

Ross, E. W. 2024. In The theory-story reader for social studies (pp.216-222). Teachers College Press. Read more

Propositions for Museum Education: International Art Educators in Conversation

Sinner, A., Patricia Osler and Boyd White (Eds.) 2024. Intellect Books. Read more

Art Education in Canadian Museums: Practices in Action

Sinner, A., Patricia Osler and Boyd White (Eds.) 2024. Intellect Books. Read more

Congratulations to EDCP PhD student – Ian Alexander!

Ian Alexander (Supervisor: Dr. Penney Clark) has received a Visiting Doctoral Student Award from the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future SSHRC Partnership Grant funded project (Dr. Carla Peck, Director). He will spend two weeks at Queen’s University working with Dr. Heather McGregor (PhD, 2015), a former PhD student of Dr. Clark and Dr. Peter Seixas.

UBC HOPE PHE Canada Student Chapter – Call for Executive Members

The UBC HOPE PHE Canada Student Chapter is now recruiting Executive Members for the 2024-2025 academic year! In association with PHE Canada, we are seeking UBC students who are passionate about Physical and Health Education (PHE), healthy school communities, and those who want to build and enhance their leadership skills and professional portfolio within the […]

EDCP’s New Staff Member

Dear EDCP Community, It gives me great pleasure to ask you to join me in welcoming Ms. Gina Hiu Lam Wong as EDCP’s newest staff member. I am sure you have been receiving messages from Gina prior to this appointment. Gina can be reached at ginahiulam.wong@ubc.ca Gina, welcome, and the EDCP community looks forward to working with you! […]

Engaging with the past using historical thinking concepts

Clark, P. 2024. Teaching History, 58(4), 4-8.

Decolonizing history and social studies curricula has a long way to go in Canada

Clark, P. 2025. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/decolonizing-history-and-social-studies-curricula-has-a-long-way-to-go-in-Canada-253679.

Appointment and Promotions News

Colleagues please join me in congratulating the following faculty for being either appointed to Associate Professor or promoted to Professor: Hearty congratulations to all! Best, Samson. Dr. Samson Nashon, EdDDepartment Head & Professor of Science Education

2024 Indigenous Math Education K-12 Symposium

Clayton Gauthier | Sacred Salmon Journey Indigenous Community, Storytelling, and Mathematical Flourishing May 14 and May 21, 2024 | Virtual This powerful mural by artist Clayton Gauthier Cree/Dakelh tells the story of the salmon’s journey from mountain rivers to ocean and back again. It’s a story of risk and strength, of protection and ceremony. It’s a story of inter-relationships, […]