Faculty of Education News Archive
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Faculty of Education News
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.
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.
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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.
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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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
February 13, 2018 —
Presentations range from polar bears to hoarders to antimicrobial resistance and more
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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.
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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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.
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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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
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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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
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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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.
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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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.
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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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.
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.