http://yte.educ.ubc.ca/oct-21-spirals-of-inquiry Monday, October 21 12:00 – 1:00 pm Scarfe 310 Dr. Judy Halbert & Dr. Linda Kaser How can a spiral of inquiry approach be useful in teacher education and in ongoing professional learning? How is inquiry shifting practices through networks and through the use of a research-­-informed spiral of inquiry strategy? How are BC […]

Date:            Friday, Oct 4th 2013 Venue:         Scarfe Room 1214 Time:            12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Title:             Nonviolent Engagements with Difference: Transforming Relational Dynamics in Education Speaker:       Professor Hongyu Wang, Oklahoma State University Based upon a life history, qualitative study of Chinese professors’ and American professors’ mutual engagement with the counterpart thought, […]

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Reminder to send your Welcome Back Barbecue RSVP to kalie.fong@ubc.ca by Friday October 7th, 2013! Also, please let her know if you are vegetarian. This is a great opportunity to meet the EDCP faculty and your fellow students.

As part of Celebrate Learning Week and Year of Teacher Education Join us for Celebrate Science 2013  Making Science Fun! at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. October 26, 2013 9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. For teachers, librarians, writers, parents and teens. Come hear Dr. Andrew Trites, UBC scientist who was part of the team that brought the […]

You are cordially invited to a Welcome Back Barbecue on Thursday, October 17th, 2013 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.  Venue is the garden at the west entrance of the Scarfe Building. For catering purposes, please RSVP to Kalie at kalie.fong@ubc.ca  by Friday, October 7th, 2013. We hope to see you all on October 17th, 2013!

Friday, 25 October 2013 Last day for final master’s theses and doctoral dissertations to be accepted by the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for November graduation.  Must be approved and accepted by 4:00 pm. Last day for graduate programs to notify the Faculty of Graduate Studies that all requirements (including major papers) have been met for […]

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This is just a brief note to introduce Prof Lynn Mario de Souza from the University of Sao Paulo (USP), who will visit UBC from 3 to 7 May. I have had the pleasure of working in collaboration with Prof de Souza for the past 12 years, researching, teaching, learning, and publishing together internationally. One […]

Research Ethics Deadline **For more info visit UBC Research Ethics. April 26 for May 19 meeting May 10 for May 23 meeting May 31 for June 13 meeting June 14 for June 27 meeting   Academic Deadlines **Deadlines culled from the UBC Online Calendar.     TODAY, Friday, 19 April 2013 Graduate Studies: Last day […]

Research Ethics Deadline  **For more info visit UBC Research Ethics. April 12 for April 25 meeting April 26 for May 19 meeting May 10 for May 23 meeting May 31 for June 13 meeting June 14 for June 27 meeting   Academic Deadlines **Deadlines culled from the UBC Online Calendar.   Today, Friday, 5 April […]

The session is an orientation to Connect so the hands-on assistance will be provided only to those who are interested in starting/experimenting right away. Those need to bring their own laptops. Furthermore, the facilitators will stay for additional 30 minutes after each scheduled session. Even though the sessions are organized for each department, they are […]

Are you teaching or a student in a course in the BEd program? Have you noticed how schools throughout the lower mainland and around the world are re-creating their schoolyards as outdoor classrooms? Are you wondering how to integrate gardens into your curriculum & pedagogy? Well, spring has arrived, and it’s time to come to […]

  Investigating Our Practices 2013 16th Annual Conference Saturday, May 11, 2013   8:30am – 1:30pm Neville Scarfe Building, UBC   Please join us for IOP 2013, co-sponsored by the Faculty of Education and the BC Teachers’ Federation.  Practicing teachers, graduate and undergraduate students, and university educators from different educational contexts will convene in the Scarfe Building […]