Events

Research Presenation by Dr. Jacqui Gingras

Research Presentation by Home Economics Education Search Candidate Title: “Encounters with Alterity in Health Profession Education” Speaker: Dr. Jacqui Gingras, Ryerson University Date: Fri, January 24, 2014 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am Venue: Scarfe room 1107

Research Presentation by Dr. Roula Hawa

Research Presentation by Home Economics Education Search Candidate Title:“Clearing Space for Multiple Voices: HIV Vulnerability amongst South Asian Immigrant Women in the Greater Toronto Area” Speaker: Dr. Roula Hawa, Queen’s University Date: Tue, January 21, 2014 Time: 10:30 – 12:00 noon Venue: Scarfe room 1107

Socially Responsible Approaches to Global Education Initiatives – First, Do No Harm

Dr. Shafik Dharamsi | UBC Faculty of Medicine January 10th, 2013 | 12-2pm | Scarfe 1107 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: Participation in global education and international engagement initiatives can provide students the opportunity to foster a sense of global citizenship, develop global fluency, and a sense of social responsibility to respond to global inequalities. […]

End of Term Winter Solstice Party

End of Term Winter Solstice Party

You’re invited to the EDCP End of Term Winter Solstice Party! Please RSVP to Kalie Fong at kalie.fong@ubc.ca by November 29, 2013.  

Nonviolent Engagements with Difference: Transforming Relational Dynamics in Education

Dr. Hongyu Wang, Oklahoma State University October 4th | 12:00-2:00 p.m. (PST) | Scarfe 1214 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: Based upon a life history, qualitative study of Chinese professors’ and American professors’ mutual engagement with the counterpart thought, culture, and education, this presentation discusses the central thread of nonviolence and portrays important elements of […]

Historizing Pedagogy

Gert Biesta | University of Luxembourg Jan 10th, 2012 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster The six part Theorizing Pedagogy Seminar Series will explore ‘pedagogy’ as it has been understood historically and as it is lived presently within educational institutions and beyond. Drawing on the thought of curriculum thinkers, indigenous scholars, educational philosophers […]

Disciplining Pedagogies: A Conversation

Dr. Scott Goble, Dr. Samia Khan, & Dr. Donal O’Donoghue | EDCP February 14, 2013 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster No recording permission The six part Theorizing Pedagogy Seminar Series will explore ‘pedagogy’ as it has been understood historically and as it is lived presently within educational institutions and beyond. Drawing on […]

Thoughts on Indigenous Pedagogies

Dr. Bryan Brayboy | Arizona State University March 14, 2013 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Scare 310 View the Seminar Poster The six part Theorizing Pedagogy Seminar Series will explore ‘pedagogy’ as it has been understood historically and as it is lived presently within educational institutions and beyond. Drawing on the thought of curriculum thinkers, indigenous scholars, educational […]

The Pedagogical Folds of NIAL-A-PEND-DE-QUACY-IN

Dr. Taylor Webb | Department of Educational Studies, UBC Dr. Lisa Loutzenheiser | Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, UBC April 11, 2013 | 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster No recording permission The six part Theorizing Pedagogy Seminar Series will explore ‘pedagogy’ as it has been understood historically and as it is […]

Curriculum Studies in China

Dr. William Pinar | Professor and Canada Research Chair September 13th, 2013 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: After briefly discussing the lecture series title, Pinar will discuss his study of curriculum studies in China, involving interviews as well online discussions among the scholar-participants in China and an International Panel […]

Epistemological Pluralism in Higher Education: Ethical and Epistemological Challenges

Dr. Cash Ahenakew | University of British ColumbiaDr. Vanessa Andreotti | University of Oulu (Finland) Nov 8th | 12:00-2:00 p.m. | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: In this seminar, we explore potential joys, difficulties and paradoxes of introducing epistemological pluralism as a viable curriculum strategy to connect with ways of knowing that have […]

Welcome Back Barbecue

You are cordially invited to a Welcome Back Barbecue on Thursday, October 17th, 2013 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

The Worldliness of Jane Addams’ Cosmopolitan Education

Dr. William Pinar | Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Education, UBC January 13, 2010 | 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. | Green College, UBC View the Seminar Poster No recording permission Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education (CCFI) COSMO/POLITICS NOTED SCHOLARS LECTURE SERIES CO-SPONSORED BY: College for Interdisciplinary Studies (CFIS), Critical Studies in Sexuality,Department of Curriculum […]

Promoting Active and Healthy Lifestyle through the Constructivist Approach: A Hong Kong Experience

Dr. Amy Ha (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Co-hosted by KIN and EDCP December 12, 2012 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Scare 1214 View the Seminar Poster No recording available Abstract: This presentation based on research conducted on school children and teacher development in Hong Kong, discusses the local Physical Education curriculum reform in order to […]

Launching the 2012-2013 Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy Seminar Series: Theorizing Pedagogy

Drs. L. Farr Darling, K. Meyer and J. Butler November 14, 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 historically and as it is lived presently within educational institutions and beyond. Drawing on the thought of curriculum […]

Tracing Lines of Flights: Flows and Intensities of Children Drawing

Dr. Christine Marmé Thompson | School of Visual Arts, The Pennsylvania State University October 29, 2012 | 4:30 p.m. | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster No recording available Abstract: For young children, drawing is a performance: the marks they make are accompanied by gestures, sound effects, narratives, and movements that attract the attention of […]

Reform of Physical Education in China

Dr. Xiaozan Wang | East China Normal University September 27, 2012 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Scare 2125 View the Seminar Poster No recording available Abstract: Dr. Wang’s areas of specialization include Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching Reform; Evaluation of Learning in Physical Education; Physical Education Teacher Education; Physique Monitoring and Management of Adolescents; Motor skill […]

Student teachers’ practical knowledge: how to approach the study of mentoring conversations

Dr. Juan-José Mena Marcos | University of Salamanca May 17th, 2012 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster No Recording Permission Abstract: In the last two decades mentoring has been advocated as a genuine way to foster pre-service teachers’ development since it allows them to practice teaching under the supervision of their […]

Science Student Teachers’ Struggles with and Learning about ClassroomAction Research during Their Field Experiences

Dr. Chatree Faikhamta | Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand April 4th, 2012 | 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster No Recording Permission Abstract: A key element in teacher education programs, action research is a learning process in which pre-service teachers inquire, reflect on and improve their teaching practices. This qualitative […]

Pinar Seminar Series 8 | 2011-2012

Curricula in their Historical Context: Curriculum Studies in Canada Pinar Seminar Series 8 William Doll, Jr., Donna Trueit, William Pinar | “Pragmatism, Post-Modernism, Complexity Theory: The Collected Works of William E. Doll, Jr.” Abstract: The seminars in Canadian curriculum history, politics, and theory are created to showcase the latest work of Dr. William Pinar as […]

Pinar Seminar Series 7 | 2011-2012

Curricula in their Historical Context: Curriculum Studies in Canada Pinar Seminar Series 7 William Pinar | “Multiculturalism, Nationality, Cosmopolitanism.” Abstract: The seminars in Canadian curriculum history, politics, and theory are created to showcase the latest work of Dr. William Pinar as a world-renowned scholar in our midst, together with visiting lectures given by leading curriculum […]

Pinar Seminar Series 6 | 2011-2012

Curricula in their Historical Context: Curriculum Studies in Canada Pinar Seminar Series 6 Teresa Strong-Wilson, McGill University | “Phantom Traces: The Implications of W.G. Sebald’s ‘Coincidences’ for Memory, Autobiography and Currere in Canadian Curriculum Studies.” Abstract: The seminars in Canadian curriculum history, politics, and theory are created to showcase the latest work of Dr. William […]

Pinar Seminar Series 5 | 2011-2012

Curricula in their Historical Context: Curriculum Studies in Canada Pinar Seminar Series 5 Theodore Christou, University of New Brunswick | “Does It Still Illuminate? Progressive Abstract: The seminars in Canadian curriculum history, politics, and theory are created to showcase the latest work of Dr. William Pinar as a world-renowned scholar in our midst, together with […]

Pinar Seminar Series 4 | 2011-2012

Curricula in their Historical Context: Curriculum Studies in Canada Pinar Seminar Series 4 Dr. William Pinar | “Allegories of the Present: Curriculum Development in a Culture of Narcissism and Presentism” Abstract: The seminars in Canadian curriculum history, politics, and theory are created to showcase the latest work of Dr. William Pinar as a world-renowned scholar […]

Pinar Seminar Series 3 | 2011-2012

Curricula in their Historical Context: Curriculum Studies in Canada Pinar Seminar Series 3 Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, University of Ottawa | “Questioning Canadian Curriculum Theory: Currere, Denkbild, and Aesthetics” Abstract: The seminars in Canadian curriculum history, politics, and theory are created to showcase the latest work of Dr. William Pinar as a world-renowned scholar in our […]

Pinar Seminar Series 2 | 2011-2012

Curricula in their Historical Context: Curriculum Studies in Canada Pinar Seminar Series 2 Dr. William Pinar | Nationalism, Anti-Americanism, Canadian Identity: Two Moments in Canadian Curriculum Studies Abstract: The seminars in Canadian curriculum history, politics, and theory are created to showcase the latest work of Dr. William Pinar as a world-renowned scholar in our midst, […]

Pinar Seminar Series 1 | 2011-2012

Curricula in their Historical Context: Curriculum Studies in Canada Pinar Seminar Series 1 Dr. William Pinar | “Disciplinarity and the Internationalization of Curriculum Studies” Abstract: The seminars in Canadian curriculum history, politics, and theory are created to showcase the latest work of Dr. William Pinar as a world-renowned scholar in our midst, together with visiting […]

Pinar Seminar Series 9 | 2011-2012

Curricula in their Historical Context: Curriculum Studies in Canada Pinar Seminar Series 9 Cynthia Chambers, University of Lethbridge | “Curriculum as Wayfinding.” Seminar Cancelled Abstract: The seminars in Canadian curriculum history, politics, and theory are created to showcase the latest work of Dr. William Pinar as a world-renowned scholar in our midst, together with visiting […]