EDCP End of Term Winter Solstice Potluck
Please RSVP to Nhi Dang at nhi.dang@ubc.ca by November 26, 2014.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Presentation by Michelle Tan, special hire candidate
Exploring teachers’ conceptions and experiences of curriculum and professional development: Implications for policy making Dr. Michelle Tan Research Fellow, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Date: May 13, 2014 Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm Venue: Scarfe room 1107 Abstract: This presentation focuses on research studies I have undertaken over the last two years, […]
Some Questions Concerning Ethics
Dr. William E. Doll, Jr. | Visiting Professor at UBC, Emeritus Professor at Louisiana State University April 11th, 2014 | 12:30-2:00pm | Scarfe 1107 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: The literature on Ethics is vast, well beyond the bounds of this paper, or my skills as a curriculum/complexity theorist. My focus then in this talk will […]
The First Annual EDCP Graduate Student Conference
Research Presentations, Art Installations, Roundtables, Workshops, Posters. Free admission including special farm to fork catering from Agora Cafe. Please RSVP by March 15, 2014.
UBC Physics Olympics 2014
Date: Saturday March 8, 2014 Time: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Venue: Department of Physics and Astronomy The UBC Physics Olympics is organized jointly by the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education, and the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver […]
Hannah Arendt’s Political Ethics and the Question of Totalitarianism
Dr. Hanah Spector | Pennsylvania State University March 14th, 2014 | 12:30-2:00pm | Scarfe 1107 View the Seminar Poster No recording permission Abstract: This paper considers the ways in which Hannah Arendt’s writings on totalitarianism acts as a warning sign for current political and miseducational circumstances in the United States. Because the term totalitarianism has […]
Aboriginal Math Symposium March 7th 2014
The 4th Aboriginal Math K-12 Symposium is an opportunity for teachers, administrators, Ministry representatives, community members, and academics to connect, explore, imagine and share new ideas, resources and research on Aboriginal mathematics education from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
The Otherness of Speech in Sex Education: Understanding Free Association as the Eros of Inquiry
Dr. Brian Casemore, George Washington University Date: February 14, 2014 Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm Venue: Scarfe room 1107 Light lunch served at 12 noon in Scarfe 1223. Lecture starts at 12:30 pm in Scarfe 1107. See poster. Abstract: Based on a study of the way adolescents, teachers, and peer sex educators negotiate the emotional […]
Curriculum Reform in China: Historic Legacy, Current Debate, and Future Directions
The ongoing curriculum reform in China was formally initiated in 2001, echoing the requirements of knowledge-based economy and the intrinsic calling of educational democracy …
Research Presentation by Dr. Kerry Renwick
Research Presentation by Home Economics Education Search Candidate Title: “21st Century Home Economics: critical Southern thinking” Speaker: Dr. Kerry Renwick, Victoria University, Australia Date: Tue, January 28, 2014 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am Venue: Scarfe room 1107
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
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 […]
Reflections and questions on the faculty summer visit to Dadaab Refugee camp in North-Eastern Kenya
Drs. Samson Nashon, George Belliveau, Elizabeth Jordan, Joanne Melville, Lisa Loutzenheiser, Karen Meyer, Marina Milner-Bolotin & Cynthia Nicol Thursday, Sept. 29th, 12:30 – 2:00 | 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Scarfe Rm. 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: In the summer of 2011, a group of eight faculty members from the Faculty of Education at […]
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 […]
Is there an historical mission for teacher education? Or is it too late?
Dr. Hans Smits | University of Calgary Thursday, March 1st | 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster No Recording Permission Abstract: The topic of the presentation is whether teacher education can be understood to have an “historical” mission. By that I mean whether it has, as a university-based discipline and […]
Social and Epistemological Dimensions of a Social Justice Approach to Teacher Education
Dr. K. Zeichner | University of Washington – Seattle Thursday, March 15th | 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster No Recording Permission Abstract: This talk will explore the different dimensions that make up a social justice approach to teacher education with a particular focus on knowledge and power relations. The […]
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 […]
Standpoints, Ways of Knowing and Other Dangerous Things:A Panel Discussion of Levisohn & Phillip’s “Charting the Reefs: A Map of Multicultural Epistemology*.”
Speakers Peter Cole, Curriculum and Pedagogy, UBC Claudia Ruitenberg, Educational Studies, UBC Peter Seixas, Curriculum and Pedagogy, UBC Janice Stewart, Women’s Studies, UBC Wednesday, February 8th | 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.| Scarfe 310 View the Seminar Poster No Recording Permission * Please find copy of Levisohn, J. A. & Phillips, D.C. (2012). Charting the reefs: […]
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 […]
Professional Autonomy: Discrertion and Responsibility in K–12 Public Education
A Panel Discussion Speakers Sue Ferguson | Senior Labour Relations Consultant, British Columbia Public School Employers (BCPSE) Charlie Naylor | Senior Researcher, British Columbia Teachers Federation (BCTF) Pam Essex | Elementary School Principal, Richmond School District, British Columbia Brigitte Patenaude | Teacher, Prince of Wales Secondary School, Vancouver School District Thursday, January 12th | 12:30 […]
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 […]
Think & Eat Green @ School
Dr. Alejandro Rojas | Land & Food Systems, UBC Thursday, April 28, 2011 | 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. (PST) | Scarfe, Room 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: The seminar will provide a narrative of the process of formation, accomplishments and challenges of Think &Eat Green @ School, a SSHRC- supported community-university research alliance aiming […]
Arithmetic, population and energy; sustainability 101
Dr. Albert A. Bartlett | University of Colorado at Boulder Thursday, May 19, 2011 | 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. (PST) | Scarfe, Room 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: The first time many students see the exponential function is in the examination of the charge remaining on a charged capacitor as a function of time […]
Amelie: “Call me Peter!” Participant representation in research projects
Beatrice Partel | Visiting Scholar from the University of Innsbruck, Austria Thursday, March 10 | 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. (PST) | Scarfe, Room 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: In the course of research representation of participants often takes place within a limited space of possibilities. In particular the use of pseudonyms, gendered pronouns and identity […]
Five years’ Struggle to Teach Science to Students with Disabilities
Dr. Daniel J. Cha | Daegu University, South Korea Thursday, May 12, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. (PST) | Scarfe, Room 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: In spite of long history of special education, very little attention has been paid to teaching particular subject matter, especially science, to students with disabilities. Furthermore, science […]
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 […]
Methodologies: Truth, Lies and Indeterminacies (and Everything Else)
Panel discussion with Mary Bryson, Peter Cole, Kadriye Ercikan, Taylor Webb, Bruno Zumbo Thursday, Feb 10, 2011 | 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. (PST) | Scarfe, Room 310 View the Seminar Poster
Exploring the Educational Determinants of Human Ingenuity
Dr. Ronald Hansen | University of Western Ontario Tuesday, December 7, 2010 | 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. (PST) | Scarfe, Room 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: Recent field work at a teacher education institution in Norway will be the focus of Dr. Hansen’s seminar. The results of a pilot study (2008) involving six inventors in southern […]
Motivation for Learning
Dr. David Palmer | University of Newcastle, Australia Thursday, September 23, 2010 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (PST) | Scarfe, Room 310 View the Seminar Poster Abstract: This is a position paper that is intended to describe motivation for learning. Although motivation is generally agreed to be the phenomenon that causes behaviour, there is a […]
Whatever happened to curriculum theory in teacher education
Teacher Education Research Seminars | Co-hosted by CSTE and EDCP 11/03/2010 Whatever happened to curriculum theory in teacher educationIntroduction: Dr. Anne Phelan (UBC) Seminar Recording 11/03/2010 Whatever happened to curriculum theory in teacher educationKeynote Address: Dr. Janet Miller (Columbia University, New York) Seminar Recording 11/03/2010 Whatever happened to curriculum theory in teacher educationPanel Presentation: Dr. Peter Grimmett (SFU) […]