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Date: Friday, Sept 12th 2014
Venue: Scarfe Room 310
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Title: Curriculum Studies in India
Speaker: Dr. William Pinar, Professor and CRC Chair in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy
To study the state of curriculum studies in India, Pinar worked with five scholars there asking about the intellectual life history and present circumstances of the field in India. Three members of an international panel also participated. Pinar will discuss the project and provide a summary of what he learned.
Peer Advisor Positions/EDCP Graduate Students
Advising Team
Advising Team
The Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy (EDCP) has opportunities for Graduate Academic Assistant positions (PhD Peer Advisor and Masters Peer Advisor) beginning September 2014:
PhD Peer Advisor
The Peer Academic Advisor at the Doctoral level is a significant source of information and support for incoming Ph.D. students. His or her role as a community builder is unparalleled in the Department. The Peer Academic Advisor is able to offer advice and access to resources to incoming doctoral students as well as enhance her/his own academic growth through lively, collegial exchanges with students from many countries and backgrounds. See below for details of roles and responsibilities (September 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015 salary = $3,992.50 @ approximately 5 hrs/wk).
Masters Peer Advisor
This GAA is devoted to attending to the concerns and questions central to the experiences of Masters’ students in EDCP. This position will also offer the Advisor the opportunity to contribute to the life and well-being of a large graduate community. She/he will benefit by gaining first hand knowledge of what goes into building and sustaining collegial relations amongst diverse participants in the Department, thus preparing for collaborative working arrangements in the future (September 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015 salary = $3,842 @ approximately 5 hrs/wk).
Applicants for the PhD Peer Advisor must be a PhD student in EDCP, and applicants for the Masters Peer Advisor must be a full-time masters students in EDCP. Applicants must be at least in their 2nd year of studies as of September 2014. Applicants should be familiar with EDCP, the Faculty of Education, and the UBC system in general. In addition to the attached, duties include holding regular office hours, coordinating and attending various meetings and functions, as well as follow-up appointments, and working closely with the EDCP Graduate Programs Assistant and Graduate Coordinator. UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply.
Eligibility: full-time graduate students in EDCP.
Letters of application should include a:
- statement articulating your experience, expertise and reasons for why you feel you are a strong candidate for this position
- current resume or CV
Submit your application package by e-mail to Basia at edcp.grad@ubc.ca by NOON Friday, April 11, 2014.
| Dr. Samson Nashon, Graduate Advisor
c/o Basia Zurek, Graduate Programs Assistant
University of British Columbia
Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
2125 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
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P.S. If you’ve applied for the 2014 Summer position and want to reuse your letter and CV please let Basia know.
Date: Friday, April 11th 2014
Venue: Scarfe Room 1107
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Title: Some Questions Concerning Ethics
Speaker: Dr. Bill Doll, Visiting Professor UBC, Emeritus Professor, LSU
Light lunch served at noon in Scarfe 1223. The Lecture commences at 12:30 pm in Scarfe 1107.
There is no need to RSVP.
Abstract:
The literature on Ethics is vast, well beyond the bounds of this paper, or my skills as a curriculum/complexity theorist. My focus then in this talk will be on the relation between ethics and morality: particularly whether a code of ethics helps or hinders one in making a moral choice. In common parlance, ethics and morality are synonymous – one is ethical when one is moral and one is moral when one is ethical.
In contradistinction to the above traditional view, Michael Serres, always problematic says, “ Morality is rational and universal, whereas perhaps ethics depend on cultures and are relative, like customs” (in Conversations, 192). Morality according to Serres is part of being human, and therefore can be studied scientifically as an IS; Ethics, bound to a culture, “is aligned with an ideology.” Paul Cilliers, a complexity theorist not fond of chaoticians – a title Serres adopts – takes a different but complementary view. He says that one of modernism’s missions was to establish a universal set of rules able to regulate our behavior in every circumstance. But can behavior in accordance with an abstract, universal of rules be called ‘ethical’ at all? What kind of human being would act like this? Clearly some kind of automaton. (1998, 137). To these two holding a non-traditional view of the relation between ethics and morality, I have added a third, Francisco Varela with his comments on ethics and practice. This paper will look at the comments of these three: a French chaotician, a South African complexity theorist, and a Chilean cognitive science who in later years turned to Buddhism.
Bio:
Bill Doll is a Visiting Professor at UBC and Emeritus Professor at Louisiana State University. He began his teaching career in 1953. Between then and now Bill has combined work in public and private schools, having taught school grades, K – 12, as well as university teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has been a school administrator, department chair and Director of Teacher Education, as well as school board member.
Bill’s international interests have taken him to five continents. In China he is part of the current curriculum reform movement. The title of his most recent book, a collection of writings over four decades, puts forth his main curriculum and pedagogic interests: Pragmatism, Post-Modernism, and Complexity Theory (edited by Donna Trueit).
1. Please remember that if you want to be considered for the GTA/GRA/GAA position, you MUST apply for it EVERY YEAR (see attached application). This is available ONLY to Full-Time students. Applications MUST be submitted by August 15, 2014.
Graduate student service application
2. Please remember that if you want to use the desk either in the Palace or the Den, you MUST apply every year (see attached application). This is available only to full-time students. Applications MUST be submitted by August 15, 2014.
3. Please remember that you MUST submit your Annual Academic Progress Report (AAPR) by May 31 EVERY YEAR (please make sure that you use degree appropriate form – see attached) (MMEd students please pick MA/MEd form).
Form – Progress Report – MA-PhD Form – Progress Report – MEd
4. Please remember that every student MUST have an approved Program of Studies on her/his file (see attached: Program Planning Form – PhD for doctoral, Program Planning Form – Masters for MA/MEd/MMEd, and Program Planning Form – CULE for MEd in CULE).
Program Planning Form – PhD Program Planning Form – Masters Program Planning Form – CULE
5. This is to remind you that you need to:
MAINTAIN CONTINUOUS REGISTRATION and the GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING
All graduate students admitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies must register when they begin their studies. Students must remain continuously registered until the degree is completed, except for periods of time for which the student is away on an approved leave of absence. Failure to register for two consecutive terms may result in the student being required to withdraw.
Please keep in mind that it would be advantageous to the student to maintain continuous registration from the income tax point of view. Revenue Canada’s educational allowance (Tuition and education amounts of the General Tax Return) is to help students reduce their income taxes by taking into account tuition fees for certain types of education, and education amounts. For other Topics/services specifically for students, please visit the Revenue Canada web site. “Income Tax for Students”
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/sgmnts/stdnts/menu-eng.html.
Once you are registered, go to your record on the Student Information System (SIS) to check when is your deadline to pay the summer or/and winter tuition and students fees (most likely it’s going to be the first or the second day of the summer term, early September, and early January).
6. EDCP TRAVEL Awards*:
As you know, the Department encourages graduate students to present at conferences, and tries to provide awards to reimburse expenses. This year, we are able to offer limited (approximately $200 each) awards to offset some of the costs associated with conference travel, registration, or accommodation.
Your application package must be submitted to my office no later than April 17, 2014. These should be submitted by e-mail or personally. If by email please use the phrase “EDCP Travel Awards” inserted on the subject line. EDCP Grad Student Travel Award
Preference will be given to those students who have papers accepted for presentations at a conference. However, alternative requests for funding (e.g., invited addresses, etc.) will also be considered. Please make sure you include pertinent details in your request for funding.
We will do our best to let you know about these awards before April 30, 2014.
Please be advised that if your application is successful, in order to claim these awards you need to present Scott Cartmill with the ORIGINAL receipts**.
*Please remember that there are also opportunities for Conference Travel Awards adjudicated and distributed by the OGPR and FOGS. You can receive travel funds from each of these agencies once per degree. The OGPR allocates funding “to reimburse Education graduate students up to $750 for costs incurred in presenting a first-authored paper, poster session, or workshop at a local, national or international conference.” See http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/grad/funding/opportunities/. Each year, FOGS allocates funding for the “Graduate Student Travel Fund at a maximum value of $400.” See http://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/index.asp?menu=008,000,000,000.
**Student must submit original, itemized, and dated receipts for all expenses claimed. Credit card receipts that are not itemized are not acceptable for reimbursement. For air travel, original ticket with passenger itinerary/receipt is required. A passenger itinerary/receipt is required for e-tickets.
Date: Friday, March 14th 2014
Venue: Scarfe Room 1107
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Title: Hannah Arendt’s Political Ethics and the Question of Totalitarianism
Speaker: Dr. Hannah Spector, Pennsylvania State University
Light lunch served at noon in Scarfe 1223. The Lecture commences at 12:30 pm in Scarfe 1107. There is no need to RSVP.
Abstract:
This paper considers the ways in which Hannah Arendt’s writings on totalitarianism acts as a warning sign for current political and miseducational circumstances in the United States. Because the term totalitarianism has been used imprudently (largely in the mass media) to express repressive conditions in so-called models of democracy, this paper seeks to both clarify and raise questions concerning its meaning as a form of nation-state sanctioned power and/or economic-technological force. This analysis draws largely from Arendt’s definition of totalitarianism expressed as an antipolitical phenomenon characterized by terror-ruled ideological indoctrination which destroys both the public realm and private identities. I contend that analyses of twentieth century totalitarianism are significant to today’s unprecedented questions and circumstances germinating in and having significance beyond the United States. I also describe the difficulty of action under extreme conditions. In the last analysis, I deliberate on the site of education as a totalitarian coercion.
Bio:
Hannah Spector is an Assistant Professor of Education at Pennsylvania State University, Capital College. She teaches courses in curriculum foundations and social and cultural factors in education. Drawing largely from the writings of Hannah Arendt, her primary research interest involves the interplay between politics, ethics, and education.
Date: Friday, March 14th 2014
Venue: Scarfe Room 1107
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Title: Hannah Arendt’s Political Ethics and the Question of Totalitarianism
Speaker: Dr. Hannah Spector, Pennsylvania State University
Light lunch served at noon in Scarfe 1223. The Lecture commences at 12:30 pm in Scarfe 1107.
There is no need to RSVP.
Abstract:
This paper considers the ways in which Hannah Arendt’s writings on totalitarianism acts as a warning sign for current political and miseducational circumstances in the United States. Because the term totalitarianism has been used imprudently (largely in the mass media) to express repressive conditions in so-called models of democracy, this paper seeks to both clarify and raise questions concerning its meaning as a form of nation-state sanctioned power and/or economic-technological force. This analysis draws largely from Arendt’s definition of totalitarianism expressed as an antipolitical phenomenon characterized by terror-ruled ideological indoctrination which destroys both the public realm and private identities. I contend that analyses of twentieth century totalitarianism are significant to today’s unprecedented questions and circumstances germinating in and having significance beyond the United States. I also describe the difficulty of action under extreme conditions. In the last analysis, I deliberate on the site of education as a totalitarian coercion.
Bio:
Hannah Spector is an Assistant Professor of Education at Pennsylvania State University, Capital College. She teaches courses in curriculum foundations and social and cultural factors in education. Drawing largely from the writings of Hannah Arendt, her primary research interest involves the interplay between politics, ethics, and education.
Curriculum Reform in China: Historic Legacy, Current Debate, and Future Directions
Professor Zhang Hua, Hangzhou Normal University, China
Date: Wed, Feb 12, 2014
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Venue: Scarfe 1107
A light lunch will be served at noon in Scarfe 1223. The lecture commences at 12:30 pm in 1107.
Abstract:
The ongoing curriculum reform in China was formally initiated in 2001, echoing the requirements of knowledge-based economy and the intrinsic calling of educational democracy in the whole society. In one decade of practical and theoretical effort, nearly all the school teachers know the ideas and ideals of “New Curriculum Reform”. That’s the main achievements of this event. From 2004 on, New Curriculum Reform has been giving rise the biggest theoretical debate in educational field in China, which is commonly called “Wang-Zhong Debate”. This debate has greatly promoted the understanding of curriculum and pedagogy in China. Where is New Curriculum Reform going? It will honestly respond the realistic claiming of educational practice, pick up the long valuable wisdom tradition (for example, Confucianism), and recover the modern tradition of educational democratization in the first part of 20th century. If so, the future of New Curriculum Reform is bright.
Bio:
Zhang Hua, professor and dean in Graduate School of Educational Studies at Hangzhou Normal University; former professor and deputy director in the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction at East China Normal University. He has been the president of International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (IAACS) from 2007 to 2013. He also serves National Educational Ministry in China, as the main expert for National Curriculum Reform. He is sitting at the editorial board of the journal Global Education and the journal of IAACS Transnational Curriculum Inquiry. As a Fulbright Scholar, he did Fulbright Program in Graduate School of Education at Harvard University during 2002-2003 school year. Prior to undertaking an academic career, he taught for four years in a rural middle school in China.
Zhang Hua’s research interests include curriculum studies, curriculum history, wisdom traditions (Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism), internationalization of curriculum studies, curriculum reform, teacher education, restructuring classroom teaching, philosophy of education, and moral education. He teaches courses in the above fields like curriculum studies, curriculum reform, research-based pedagogy, teacher research and development, and so on. He has published 9 books and more than 130 papers in academic journals.
Please note that three Home Economics Education scholars will be visiting the Department for interviews in late January. The Search Committee encourages faculty members and students to attend their presentations and share your thoughts on the candidates. Here are the candidates and the dates, times and venue for their presentations and meetings:
Roula Hawa
Tue, Jan 21st
Presentation
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon Scarfe room 1107
“Clearing Space for Multiple Voices: HIV Vulnerability amongst South Asian Immigrant Women in the Greater Toronto Area”
Informal gathering with the EDCP Community & graduate students
12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Scarfe room 1107
Jacqui Gingras
Fri, Jan 24th
Presentation
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 pm Scarfe room 1107
“Encounters with Alterity in Health Profession Education”
Informal gathering with the EDCP Community & graduate students
11:30 – 12:00 noon Scarfe room 1107
Kerry Renwick
Tue, Jan 28th
Presentation
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 pm Scarfe room 1107
“21st Century Home Economics: critical Southern thinking”
Informal gathering with the EDCP Community & graduate students
11:30 – 12:00 noon Scarfe room 1107
Please book some time into your busy schedules to attend these presentations and meetings. If you would like to review the candidates’ applications, please see Anna Ip in Scarfe room 2203.
Your feedback on these candidates is essential to the search committee’s task and we invite each and every one of you to play an active role in this hiring. Members of the committee include: Penney Clark, Mary-Leah DeZwart, Jolie Mayer-Smith, Samson Nashon, Linda Peterat, Gale Smith, Andrea Webb and Peter Grimmett (chair). Feedback forms will be distributed at each presentation and the deadline to return them to Anna is Jan 28th at 3:30 p.m.
A Dialogue with Jan Hare, Professor in Indigenous Education for Teacher Education
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
4:30 – 6:30 pm
First Nations House of Learning (Sty-Wet-Tan Hall)
1985 West Mall
The Faculty of Education and Dr. Jan Hare invite members of the community to a dialogue about the vision and plans for the Professorship in Indigenous Education for Teacher Education, and the needs of the community. Dr. Hare has been appointed to this new Professorship, a key legacy project arising from the Year of Indigenous Education. The goals of the new Professorship are to:
– enrich teacher education with Indigenous perspectives, histories and pedagogies to help prepare teacher candidates,
– engage in the professional development of practicing teachers and faculty to strengthen Indigenous education identity and approaches in current teaching.
Dr. Jan Hare, Associate Professor in Language and Literacy Education, is an Anishinaabe scholar and educator from the M’Chigeeng First Nation, located on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario. Through her teaching and research in BC and across the country, she has sought to transform education in ways that are more inclusive of Indigenous ways of knowing and approaches to learning. Dr. Hare’s program of research extends from early childhood education to higher education and is engaged in several curriculum projects supporting the professional development of in‑service and pre‑service educators.
This includes the development of a new MOOC (massive open online course) titled, “Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education.”
More information: Joanne O’Connor joanne.oconnor@ubc.ca
Date: Friday, Jan 10th 2014
Venue: Scarfe Room 1107
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Title: Socially Responsible Approaches to Global Education Initiatives – First, Do No Harm
Speaker: Dr. Shafik Dharamsi, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Abstract:
Participation in global education and international engagement initiatives can provide students the opportunity to foster a sense of global citizenship, develop global fluency, and a sense of social responsibility to respond to global inequalities. Many opportunities are often set in socioeconomically vulnerable communities in resource-poor settings. In the health and human service disciplines, there is growing concern that international engagement opportunities are frequently used by students as opportunities to practise clinical skills, enhance one’s résumé, and travel to ‘far-away and exotic’ places. Sometimes referred to pejoratively as ‘voluntourism’, international engagement efforts can result in vulnerable communities serving as a means to fulfil the students’ or the university’s own ends instead of first serving the global community. Rigorous and thoughtful pre-departure preparation can help students consider and avoid the potential for harm and exploitation that can result from their participation in global education programs.
UBC Faculty of Education NewsFlash for Graduate Students #651
December 13, 2013
The Office of Graduate Programs and Research | Faculty of Education | UBC Vancouver
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Established in 1994, CILS is a cross-campus centre for research, outreach, and collaboration on issues broadly connected to language, culture, and education. CILS is sponsored by the Faculty of Education, Faculty of Arts, and Continuing Studies.
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/CILS-20thAnniversaryEvents
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Room 182
1961 East Mall
Anniversary Lecture by Dr. Joerg Roche, Professor, Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet, Munich, Germany
“Intercultural Language Studies: Looking Back, Looking Forward.”
Featuring a screening of the CILS Twentieth Anniversary multimedia presentation, and refreshments.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Dodson Room
1961 East Mall
Anniversary Roundtable Discussion moderated by Alden Habacon, Director of Intercultural Understanding Strategy Development, UBC.
“The Future of Intercultural Engagement in Canadian Higher Education.”
Event details can be found on the CILS website in the NEAR future: http://cils.educ.ubc.ca/
More information contact: ken.reeder@ubc.ca
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 awards up to two prizes of $5000, a plaque and recognition at convocation each year to full-time tenure track faculty members.
1. Eligibility
All Faculty members who hold a full-time tenured or tenure-track appointment are eligible for a Killam Faculty Teaching Prize. While previous award winners are not eligible, previous nominees are encouraged to reapply. These prizes are based on teaching broadly defined over time and not solely on current classroom teaching. Consideration should be given to:
• Teaching performance in formal settings such as lectures (large and small), tutorials, laboratories, practica and clinical placements;
• Teaching performance in informal settings such as graduate student supervision, practicum supervision, office consultation, counseling;
• Innovation in curricula, course content and teaching methodology informed by research;
• Development of courses, programs and course materials; and
• Continuing Professional Education activities.
2. Nomination Process: Department/School Deadline
• One letter of nomination indicating the case for awarding a teaching prize to the nominee should be sent to the Department Head/Director. The letter should address the five criteria listed under eligibility. Faculty and students wishing to nominate a faculty member are encouraged to start early and consult with their Department Head/Director as the nomination process proceeds.
• Up to six support letters may be attached to the nomination letter. These letters should represent the diversity of the person’s teaching responsibilities and be limited to 1-2 pages each.
• The nominee should include a one page teaching philosophy statement.
• The nominee should provide a CV.
• The above constitutes the nomination package that must reach the Department Head/Director by January 10, 2014.
EDCP courses: Dr. Peter Grimmett (peter.grimmett@ubc.ca)
EDST courses: Dr. Pam Ratner (pam.ratner@ubc.ca)
EPSE courses: Dr. Bill Borgen (william.a.borgen@ubc.ca)
LLED courses: Dr. Lee Gunderson (lee.gunderson@ubc.ca)
HKIN courses: Dr. Robert Sparks (robert.sparks@ubc.ca)
For other acronyms, please ask the instructor for their department home.
3. Nomination Process: Faculty Deadline
• Departments and the School will follow their own internal review processes and choose one nomination to forward the Faculty level committee.
• Departments will refine the nomination package so it adheres to the number and length of letters, length of teaching philosophy, etc.
• The Department Head/Director will submit the nomination package along with a cover letter that includes a longitudinal review of the nominees teaching performance (using SCETS and course evaluation information) and any other pertinent information to the Chair of the Killam Faculty Teaching Prize Committee, Dr. Rita Irwin, Associate Dean, Teacher Education Office by February 28, 2014.
You’re invited to the End of Term Winter Solstice Party!!
Please RSVP to Kalie Fong at kalie.fong@ubc.ca by November 29,2013.
Regards,
EDCP, Faculty of Education, UBC