Academic Coursework and Certifications
I currently hold a Bachelor of Education Degree (BEd), with a specialization in Elementary Education, from the University of Victoria, BC, Canada. I am a certified Professional Teacher with the British Columbia College of Teachers, and have been certified since April 2008.
During my Bachelor of Education Degree I took courses on a range of topics from diverse disciplines including:
- Indigenous Studies
- Child and Youth Care
- Counselling
- Canadian History
I also completed three teaching practicums during my degree. They include:
- Grade 2 classroom at Saanichton Elementary School (Victoria, BC)
- Grade 4/5 split classroom, Grade 6 English, Grade 7 French, at Bloom Public School (New Delhi, India)
- Grade 6/7 split classroom at Colquitz Middle School (Victoria, BC)
For a complete listing of courses that I took during my Bachelor of Education degree, please click on Courses Taken in Bachelor of Education Degree.
I am currently completing my Master of Arts Degree in Society, Culture, and Politics in Education, from the Department of Educational Studies, at the Univeristy of British Columbia, BC, Canada.
During my Master of Arts degree I took the following courses:
- EDUC 500: Research Methodology in Education
- EDST 577: Social Context of Educational Policy
- EDST 578: Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism in Canada
- EDST 509: Constructing Citizens, Canada and the Educational Past
- CUST 570: Arts-Based Educational Research: A/r/tography
- EDUC 503A: Ethnography and Education
- ARTE 565A: Special Topics in Art Education: Encountering the Visual as Research (Audited)
- EDST 580: Directed Study (on Community-Based Research)
- EDUC 504: Qualitative Data Analysis (Audited)