Bad weather did not deter hundreds of children and adults to participate in the Third Family Mathematics and Science Fair on Saturday, October 27, 2012. Science and math enthusiasts of all ages gathered at the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy for mathematics and science celebration. The event, UBC Mathematics and Science Fair at the Faculty of Education, became a tradition.
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The 2013 Peru Summer Institute: Ecology, Technology & Indigeneity in the High Amazon will take place at the Sachamama Center in Lamas, Peru.
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Contrary to popular belief, music is not a universal language. The Solesmes’ reasons for intoning Gregorian chants near Sablé sur Sarthe, France, have little in common with the Tuvans’ motivations for throat singing in Siberia. The Carnatic vocal music of southern India has scant relation to North American hip hop. Different musical practices reflect cultural differences throughout the world and within contemporary societies. In fact, different musics usually serve the people who engage with them as important means of psychological and social balancing relative to their culturally distinctive worldviews. As a performing musician, researcher, and teacher, Dr. Scott Goble seeks to understand the intentions and effects (personal, social, and […]
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Members of EDCP have just returned from Dadaab Refugee Camps in Northeast Kenya, the largest refugee camp in the world (close to 400,000 people). Dr. Samson Nashon, Dr. Karen Meyer, Dr. Lisa Loutzenheiser, Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin and Dr. Cynthia Nicol are working on an exciting project with teams from UBC’s Faculty of Education, Moi University in Kenya, Windle Trust-Kenya and teachers in Dadaab Refugee Camps to design and offer a two-year diploma program for refugee teachers. EDCP members were part of the team that travelled to Dadaab to meet with refugee teachers, students, administrators, parents, and community members before planning the […]
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