Coders needed for Code Create_ on Jan. 23
Volunteers are needed for Code Create_, a province-wide half-day event being held on January 23.
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Bachelor of Education elementary students present their Guided Reflective Inquiry Projects
On Friday, April 17, 50 students in the Faculty of Education’s Guided Reflective Inquiry Project (GRIP) will be presenting their finished work.
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Faculty of Education Celebrate Research Week Seminar
Prof. Cherkowski presents Positive organisational research in schools Why do some teachers thrive, feel engaged and energized through their work? And how do school settings influence this sense of flourishing in the work of teaching, leading, and learning? UBC Assist. Prof. Sabre Cherkowski has been awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant to […]
Faculty invites you to join Working Paper Series
Learn about the interesting research underway in the Faculty of Education. Roundtable Wednesday, January 14th, 2015 12:00pm-1:00pm, EME 1123 Dr. Stephen Berg Playground Design in Preschool Settings: Effects on Children’s Activity Levels The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the findings from a case study on the physical activity levels of preschool children in […]
UBC professor heads back to school to see how well-being influences the work of teaching and learning.
Funding helps with research on organizational well-being in school settings Why do some teachers thrive, feel engaged and energized through their work? And how do school settings influence this sense of flourishing in the work of teaching, leading, and learning? A UBC professor has been awarded a $185, 872 Social Science and Humanities grant to […]
Interdisciplinary research team explores ethical use of digital media in flexible learning study
How should we act when we are online?
UBC students help commit Ghana folktales to print for the very first time
Team of teacher candidates helps Ghana folktales come to life in print Education students Jessica Bens, Holly Corbett, Meghan Epp, Alisha Hoy, Dorothy Marcy, Stephen MacInnis and Sara Pereira, worked with local junior high school students in Ghana to choose, illustrate, and write, the folklore for seven storybooks—committing traditional stories to print for the very […]
Mindfulness and gym class: What’s the connection?
Faculty of Education professor presents paper with international colleague at Oxford University Dr. Christopher Martin, in collaboration with Dr. Oren Ergas of Hebrew University and Haifa University, presented their recent work exploring the educational value behind the concept of mindfulness. Their joint paper, On the justification of physical education: Body-based mindfulness and R.S. Peters’ cognitive […]