EPSE 630: Advanced Seminar on Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood Course Specifics: Dr. Jenna Shapka (jennifer.shapka@ubc.ca) will be offering this course in Summer Term 1 (May to June, 2014) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30-4:30. Course Description: As children grow and interact with their environment, the processes underlying their development become increasingly complex. By adolescence, the […]

This is a reminder of the 2013 – 2014 Killam Faculty Teaching Prize.  Nomination letters must reach the Department Heads by January 10, 2014. Killam Faculty Teaching Prize 2013 – 2014 The Faculty of Education has a long history of interest in good teaching. To emphasize the importance of exceptional teaching the Faculty of Education […]

The Call for Proposals for the 17th Annual IOP Conference, hosted at UBC Faculty of Education, is now open. This one-day conference creates a space for practicing education professionals and students to come together to share their questions, investigations and understandings about their practice.

Dear Members,Members are invited to consider offering a general graduate student professional development session for the CCGSE/CCÉDÉ during the 2014 CSSE Conference (http://brocku.ca/congress2014/). Topics for these sessions might focus on, but are not limited to: Grant Writing for Graduate Students; Job Search for Graduate Students; Mentorship and the Graduate Student, and/or Publishing for Graduate Students. […]

Dear Graduate Students, Happy Almost-End-of-Term! Our GSS Food Bin is cold and hungry for some donations! Please plan to pass by with something to share this holiday season. We will offer your donations as some support to help families in need get through the winter holidays. Our bin is at the Graduate Student Centre (#225-6371 Crescent […]

CALL FOR PAPERS ­ STEM EDUCATION CONFERENCE Closes:  December 9, 2013 ———————————————————————————————— STEM 2014 Conference | July 12-15 The University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada stem2014.ubc.ca ————————————————————————————————   STEM Education and Our Planet: Making Connections Across Contexts   The International Conference of STEM in Education is an opportunity for educators and researchers from schools, universities, […]

To Graduate Program Staff and Graduate Advisors: From: Andrea Sollberger Student Services Coordinator [mailto:gradinfo@stat.ubc.ca] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 10:15 AM Subject: Free Statistical Analyses — UBC Department of Statistics Dear UBC Graduate Students, Research Staff and Faculty: As part of our ongoing efforts to bring current research into the classroom and promote interdisciplinary collaborations, […]

Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop January 25, 26, and February 1, 2014.  Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 24 hour workshop.  Please find attached the new policy for registration in the ISW. The Instructional Skills Workshop is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation.  It is […]

upcoming Library workshops geared toward graduate students. ___________________________________________________________________________ Tips and Tricks for Formatting Your Thesis: Little Things Mean A Lot! Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons […]

Dear Colleagues, We are very excited to announce the launch of a new Faculty of Education Community Engagement website. This site is intended as a place to record, share and celebrate the incredible work the Faculty of Education and community partners do together.  It is our hope that through storytelling we can communicate the value and depth […]

Dear Graduate Programs, We have just received confirmation from the Tri-Agencies that the deadline for the deadline for submitting applications for the Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s Program (CGS M) via the Research Portal has been extended to Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 2:00pm Vancouver time (5:00 pm Eastern Time). Please note applications already received by the […]

THE PROGRAM One of the most active topics of research at the moment, Digital Learning and Curriculum is spurred by the recent realization that, when it comes to technology, disciplinary knowledge (or content) of effective teachers is more a matter of understanding deep associations among familiar concepts than it is about taking more advanced courses […]