Category: Office of Graduate Programs – FoE
UBC Faculty of Education NewsFlash for Graduate Students #664
April 11, 2014
The Office of Graduate Programs and Research | Faculty of Education | UBC Vancouver
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Hi Education Graduate Students! Ready, set, present! Would you like an opportunity to present your research questions? Can you present your findings in 3 minutes or less? On May 14th, as part of the Office of Graduate Programs and Research's "Research Week 2014", you are invited to submit proposals to present your work in 3 minutes or less. Guidelines: * Target should be an educated but non-specialist audience * A single, static PowerPoint slide is permitted * No animations, movement, audio, video, laser pointers, costumes, laboratory equipment, musical instruments, etc. Just YOU! * Presentations are limited to 3 minutes maximum Audience members will vote for their favourite presentation, along with a jury of three Faculty of Education community members (who will assess for comprehension, engagement and communication). The decision of the adjudicating panel is final and faculty members' presentations will not be eligible for either people's or jury's choice awards. The Call for Presentations is now open. Please submit proposals to Adriana Briseno- Garzon (adriana.briseno@ubc.ca) by April 18th, 2014, 4:00pm. Please use the attached Call for Presentation form. I've been dusting off my presentations skills and I hope you will join me on May 14! Sincerely, Laura Teichert LLED PhD student Research Week Planning Team
UBC Faculty of Education NewsFlash for Graduate Students #662
March 28, 2014
The Office of Graduate Programs and Research | Faculty of Education | UBC Vancouver
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UBC Faculty of Education NewsFlash for Graduate Students #661
March 21, 2014
The Office of Graduate Programs and Research | Faculty of Education | UBC Vancouver
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Presented by the Office of Graduate Programs and Research in collaboration with the Graduate Student Council of the Faculty of Education, and the Teacher Education Office.
This is a Year of Teacher Education event.
May 13th
1:00 p.m. – Opening Remarks and Opening Address “Involving Teachers in Education Research” (Anthony Clarke, EDCP)
2:00 p.m. – Research Clinics
Join interactive sessions led by faculty members and discuss different aspects of doing research in education.
| 2:00-2:20 p.m. | A. Getting Your Research on Paper: Where to Begin and How to Get it Published? (Teresa Dobson, LLED)
B. Maximizing your Graduate Experience to Build a Research Career (Deb Butler, ECPS) |
| 2:25-2:45 p.m. | A. What Produces Trustworthy Research? (Kadriye Ercikan, ECPS)
B. Presenting Your Research to Diverse Audiences: Conferences, Communities, Research Committees (Jason Ellis, EDST) |
| 2:50-3:10 p.m. | A. Ethics in Education Research: Anticipating Dilemmas and Negotiating Access (Cay Holbrook, ECPS)
B. International Data Collection for Dissertation Research: Tips and Troubles (Maureen Kendrick, LLED) |
May 14th
10:00 a.m. – Your Research Matters
A session planned to encourage reflection around critical research problems and their implications for practice and policy. Participants will go straight to the heart of their research presenting important research questions and findings in 3 minutes or less.
May 15th
4:30 p.m. – “Education Research and Teacher Practice: Inspiring Educators Series” Panel with Canada Research Chairs from across disciplines
Join the conversation and become inspired by the amazing research that is taking place in our Faculty of Education and beyond. In this discussion panel, current Canada Research Chairs will share how their research is informing current teacher education practices in British Columbia and elsewhere. Featuring the following panelists:
Dr. Carla Hudson Kam, Canada Research Char in First and Second Language Acquisition
Dr. Peter C. Seixas, Canada Research Chair in Historical Consciousness
Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change (TBA)
Chair: Dr. Wendy Carr, Director, Teacher Education
A celebration with some refreshments will follow.
RSVP to come. Contact Adriana Briseno-Garzon (adriana.briseno@ubc.ca)
Education Research and Teacher Practice: Inspiring Educators Series
When: Thursday, March 13, 2014 | Time: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Where: Neville Scarfe Building, Room 310
Sponsored by the OGPR as part of the Year of Teacher Education.
Join the conversation and become inspired by the amazing research that is taking place in our Faculty of Education. Open to interested graduate students, BEd students, sessionals, and faculty members.
Light refreshments will be served. RSVP
Panelists:
Dr. Jan Hare, Professorship in Indigenous Education for Teacher Education
Dr. Lynn Miller, Myrne B. Nevison Professorship in Counselling Psychology
Dr. Nancy Perry, Professorship in Struggling Youth
Dr. Jordan Tinney, Superintendent of Schools/CEO of Surrey School District
Contact: Adriana Briseno-Garzon (adriana.briseno@ubc.ca).
UBC Faculty of Education NewsFlash for Graduate Students #658
February 28, 2014
The Office of Graduate Programs and Research | Faculty of Education | UBC Vancouver
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To: Students in the Faculty of Education
The Faculty of Education has developed a proposal that will permit students who complete a graduate certificate to “ladder” a portion of those fees toward a subsequent, related master’s degree. The anticipated savings in master’s tuition for laddered certificates is approximately 30%.
We are seeking your feedback on this tuition fee proposal, in accordance with the recent UBC Board of Governors’ requirement that new tuition fees be presented to the student body for consultation before they are brought to the Board of Governors for approval. Below you will find a description of a proposed process for laddering graduate certificate tuition into related master’s degrees, and the rationale for this laddering process. If you could please take a moment to consider the proposal and respond to the short survey by Friday, February 28th, it would be greatly appreciated:
http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/2014/02/19/student-consultation-fee-laddering-proposal/
Thank you for your interest and assistance,
Beth Haverkamp
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UBC Faculty of Education NewsFlash for Graduate Students #655
February 7, 2014
The Office of Graduate Programs and Research | Faculty of Education | UBC Vancouver
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Are you an Education graduate student who is applying for the 2013-2014 FoE Graduate Student Research Grant? If so, the following information session will be of interest to you:
“How to Prepare a Strong Research Proposal”
A strong research proposal is critical to a successful grant application. But writing a convincing and compelling proposal is not easy.
Learn tips and strategies for preparing a well argued, well organized and well written research proposal.
The information session will be facilitated by Beth Haverkamp, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Research, Robert Olaj and Heather Frost, Research Facilitators in the Office of Graduate Programs and Research.
This event will be held on Monday, February 3 from 12:00-1:00pm in Scarfe Room 310.
Please R.S.V.P. to lisa.altan@ubc.ca by Noon, Friday, January 31 to reserve your space.
Do you believe that research makes a difference?
Are you interested in learning about the broad spectrum of research conducted by members of the Faculty of Education?
Would you like to use your writing, research and creative skills to showcase the impact of that research to broader audiences?
If you answer those three questions with an enthusiastic ‘YES!’ then apply to join the OGPR team for a 2-month research and communication project.
The goal of the project is to gather data about the impact of Faculty of Education research projects funded by SSHRC, CIHR and NSERC, help organize it for easy searching, and prepare the data for communication through various print and electronic media (such as written stories, the web, social media, video, posters, brochures and reports).
What’s required?
The Graduate Academic Assistants hired for this project must:
– Be a current graduate student in the Faculty of Education (ECPS, EDCP, EDST, LLED, and KIN)
– Be available 8-12 hours/week in February and March, and participate in regular meetings (can join remotely)
– Be curious about education research in a wide range of topic areas
– Have strong interviewing skills, with an ear for good stories
– Write clearly, in a way that appeals to non-specialized audiences
– Enjoy working with a team, brainstorm ideas, and receive and provide constructive feedback
Students with some experience with journalism, video, or graphic design are particularly encouraged to apply.
Salary
$22.34/h for Master’s students; $23.21/h for doctoral students.
How to apply?
Email Brigitte Gemme your c.v. and a brief statement (150 words max) explaining why you would like to participate in this project, and what you have to contribute to the team. If you have a relevant sample of your work (writing, video, or other creative way of representing ideas), please send it along (optional). Apply as soon as possible and before January 31st, 2014. Three positions are available.
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