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Neufeld

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What a wonderful world it would be

February 16, 2018 — 
Falling literacy rates across Western countries. An increasing number of students becoming unteachable. Focusing on top-down curriculum and pedagogical approaches, educational reforms demand evidence-based practice. To developmental psychologist and best-selling author Gordon Neufeld, all of this points to something dreadfully amiss in education.

RISE progam

Faculty of Education News

Students’ progress biggest reward to resource teachers

February 14, 2018 — 
For Jennifer Soldier, a Sagkeeng First Nation high-school instructor, resource-teacher training is essential to improving the lives of students who need help the most.

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U of M President David Barnard with Rachel Nickel, winner of the 2017 3MT competition.

Faculty of Graduate Studies News

3MT – Broaden your knowledge in the time it takes to brew a cup of tea

February 13, 2018 — 
Presentations range from polar bears to hoarders to antimicrobial resistance and more

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Frank Deer

Faculty of Education News

Saving Indigenous languages

January 26, 2018 — 
Amid the buzz of revelry recognizing the University of Manitoba's two new Canada Research Chair (CRC) appointments, Dr. Frank Deer struck a somber note, underlining the urgency of his work as CRC in Indigenous education.

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Dr. Lee Airton

Faculty of Education News

Ready for uncertainty

January 8, 2018 — 
Growing up best friends with Miss Popular in elementary school, a young Lee Airton learned a defining lesson that would guide her career path as an academic focused on making schools welcoming places for gender and sexual diversity.

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Classroom chalkboard

Faculty of Education News

Welcoming gender diversity

January 3, 2018 — 
The 2018 Ed Talk Series kicks off Jan. 8, with Dr. Lee Airton, assistant professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education at Queen's University

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George Belliveau

Faculty of Education News

Acting up in class

November 29, 2017 — 
Dr. Alysha Farrell realized the power of theatre in the classroom when a student, acting out a scene, pulled a punch an inch from a classmate’s nose

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Arlo Kempf

Faculty of Education News

Changing nature of teaching

November 24, 2017 — 
Teachers are increasingly asked to do more in less time while increasingly being left out of decision-making that affects their work, says Arlo Kempf, assistant professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.

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Life writing dissertation

Faculty of Education News

Bouncing back

November 21, 2017 — 
Life was good. Life was going according to plan. Then sometimes, teaching gets messy, and life gets messy.

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Dr. Jennifer Brant

Faculty of Education News

Teachers have a powerful role to play

November 16, 2017 — 
When exploring with students the dark and emotionally charged subject of residential schools, Indigenous scholar Jennifer Brant focuses on the powerful role teachers play in enacting the Truth and Reconciliation’s (TRC) Calls to Action.

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