Faculty of Education News Archive
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Indigenous
Integrating Indigenous stories into the classroom
December 6, 2017 —
'Within the moccasin is a story about life, and a story that can be dated back all the way to the beginning of time'
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Faculty of Education
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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Faculty of Education
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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Faculty of Education
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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Faculty of Education
Your attention, please!
November 15, 2017 —
Dr. Virginia Tze hopes this story seizes your attention and holds it to the last word. But if your interest drifts into flights of fancy, she might be interested to know why.
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Faculty of Education
Research-based theatre’s healing power
November 14, 2017 —
As principal writer, Lea scripted the experiences of military veterans who shared their experiences, and then performed them onstage as a part of Contact! Unload, a research-based theatre project where the play becomes a catalyst for veterans who publicly interpret their struggles and experiences of transitioning to civilian life from military service in order to build resilience.
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Faculty of Education
S. Korea study opportunity
November 2, 2017 —
Whether you believe that travel is the best teacher, the classroom is the best place to learn or that life experience is the path to growth, teacher candidates can have it all in May 2018.
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Faculty of Education
Helping youth to grow into resilience
November 1, 2017 —
Having experienced first-hand the trauma associated with homophobia growing up, Dr. Andre Grace felt obligated to give back to make life better for the LGBTQ community
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Faculty of Education
Elementary school students get taste of university
October 26, 2017 —
From meeting the Blue Bombers on the stadium field, to learning about a lighting project for growing vegetables and fruits in the North at the Engineering Building, and touring the geology exhibits at Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie, some 120 wide-eyed elementary school students got a taste of university student life this fall.
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Faculty of Education
Dr. Young conferred prof. emeritus
October 20, 2017 —
If you’ll pardon the cliché, being conferred the honour of professor emeritus was humbling, says Jon Young, who retired in 2016 as professor at the Faculty of Education. Even after receiving an honour shared by only nine other accomplished professors, each an academic giant in their field, Young could scarcely contain his characteristic modesty.