Education students host health fair at Kelowna primary school
UBC Okanagan teacher candidates recently introduced healthy living activities at Quigley Elementary school Child health is a growing concern for parents of young kids. That’s why on Nov. 25 UBC Okanagan students addressed that concern—and they did it in a fun, interactive way. Elementary education teacher candidates created a health fair at Quigley Elementary school, […]
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Innovative Learning Centre hosts Kelowna’s second Design Jam
Innovative Learning Centre and Industry Training Authority bring Maker Days to BC schools
Get ready to roll-up your sleeves – Maker Day is coming to BC elementary and high schools. The Industry Training Authority (ITA), in partnership with UBC, is piloting ‘Maker Days’ as a way of introducing trades and technology and experiential learning opportunities from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Maker Day is an approach pioneered by the […]
Education professor releases new book in the Continuum Library of Educational Thought series
Dr. Christopher Martin, assistant professor in the Faculty of Education, collaborates with Dr. Stefaan E. Cuypers in release of their new book R. S. Peters. R. S. Peters undertakes the first systematic account of the major themes of the late Richard Stanley Peters —described as an indisputable major thinker in the philosophy of education and […]