Dr. Martin’s German Research Fellowship – Post 1: Philosophy and Pretzels
Eichstätt Arrival After a lengthy international flight, we arrived at Munich International Airport. It turns out that between the airport and the Munchen Train Station, Munich is a major transportation hub for much of Europe. Eichstatt is about an hour’s train ride North of Munich. The town is beautiful. You can’t throw a rock without […]
Philosopher in Education asks the question, “What does it mean to be a person in the role of teacher today?”
Columbia University’s David Hansen visits UBC’s Faculty of Education, Okanagan Campus When you can learn anything by looking it up online, what does it mean to be a person in the role of teacher today? For Dr. David Hansen, that’s the question that informed his “Person in the World” project. David Hansen is the Wineberg […]
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 […]