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Visiting Scholar Lecture “Historical Thinking for Effective Citizenship”

The Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness 
Visiting Scholars Program

Dr. Christian Laville
Professor Emeritus, Laval University, Quebec

“Historical Thinking for Effective Citizenship:

A Perspective on the Concept of Perspective”

Monday 4 November 2013, 4:30-6:00 p.m.
UBC, Scarfe building, room 310

Nietzsche has written: “A concept is an invention to which nothing exactly corresponds, but which many things resemble” (Posthumous Fragments). Thus the meaning of a concept is neither absolute nor univocal.  It varies according to culture, context, personal experience and other factors. From this situation comes the importance of assuring understandings, and, insofar as possible, avoiding ambiguities, if not misunderstandings, among different people discussing the same realities.
In 2012, Peter Seixas and Tom Morton published The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts / Les six concepts de la pensée historique.  Their overarching goal was to clarify basic elements of historical thinking, in order to inform the teaching and learning of history.  But the problem is complex.  This presentation will draw attention to the variety of meanings emerging from some of the historical thinking concepts found in The Big Six, in order to deepen and clarify our comprehension of the nature and learning of historical thinking.
Christian Laville is Professor Emeritus of Université Laval. His research has focused on the social function of history education, on the theory and practice of history textbooks, and on the obstacles to learning how to think historically. Professor Laville was a major contributor to recent, controversial revisions of the Quebec history curriculum, and is author or co-author of numerous publications, including textbooks on the history of Quebec and Canada, Western and World history, and on research methodologies in the social sciences.
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No RSVP necessary.
 
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Oct 17 – GSS Weekly Newsletter

Dear Graduate students,

You are not under the gun. There is no gun. Not in this newsletter anyway. Read it, it will make you feel better. So, there are multiple ways to do Halloween this year, and GSS is written all over at least half. It will be reward for hard work. If you deserve reward sooner, Koerner’s Pub is Officially Open!

– Our GSS Halloween party is on November 1st. Volunteer! Get Tickets! Also are you anAwesome DJ? We need to talk.

– Coffee’ll Fix it! – Meet your Department Representative!

– Wanna Go Bowling on Halloween?

– Interested in Exploring Vancouver? Come, let’s talk

– Play Whodunit with us on Halloween!

– Last Chance to become a GSS Advocacy Officer (deadline extended!)

– You Can Still Sign Up for Our GSS Art Class

– You can still learn Mandarin too!

Thinking about life after UBC? Consider this:
1. Today Oct 17th: Can I do this for a Living? A panel that explores careers in community service
2. Oct 22nd:  Interactive case studies about community grant projects over brunch

There are a few other events around campus that we think might interest you:
– Today Oct 17th: Elizabeth May of the Green Party speaks at Green College
– FireTalk: Indegenizing the Academy is Oct. 23rd
– Lecture: The Enigma of Galileo
– Performance and Lecture on Embodying loss
– Lecture: The Universe – its Structure and its Support of Life

You are now more relaxed. You can go back to work.

Ngwatilo

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Service Opportunities

Nov 5 – CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

The Department of Physical Therapy at UBC is in need of patient model volunteers for an upcoming practical exam:

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 from approximately 7:30am to 6:00pm.

This is a great way to find out more about physiotherapy!  Lunch, snacks, and refreshments will be provided on the day, and volunteers will also receive a Chapters gift card as a small token of our appreciation.

Please review the attached volunteer requirements and contact me by reply email at cailen.ogley@ubc.ca by no later than October 27, 2013 if you are interested in this opportunity.

Please include:

·                     Confirmation that you are available from 7:30am to 6:00pm on Tuesday, November 5, 2013.

·                     Any physical limitations you may have (i.e. back/knee problems)

***NOTE: Please carefully consider your availability on this date before responding***

Further details will be provided to those interested.

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Oct 21 UBC Straker Lecture–Barbara Herrnstein Smith

Dear Members of the UBC Community,

On Monday, October 21, we will be fortunate to have Barbara Herrnstein Smith on campus to deliver the Seventh Annual Stephen M. Straker Memorial Lecture, on “Dis/Integration: On the New Interdisciplinarity” (4:00-5:30, Buchanan A104)

Professor Smith (Duke University) is a leading literary theorist and critic, and also a major contributor to Science and Technology Studies, bringing together insights from literary and critical theory with those from history and philosophy of science. Among her honours are visiting appointments at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, the Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the US National Humanities Center, and the Rockefeller Foundation Center at Bellagio. She is also the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts.

She gave the 2006 Terry Lectures at Yale, published in 2009 as Natural Reflections: Human Cognition at the Nexus of Science and Religion. Here is an informative passage from Stanley Fish’s review of the book:

“The assumption [Smith] challenges—or, rather, says we can do without—is that underlying it all is some foundation or nodal point or central truth or master procedure that, if identified, allows us to distinguish among ways of knowing and anoint one as the lodestar of inquiry. The desire, she explains, is to sift through the claims of those perspectives and methods that vie for ‘underneath-it-all status’ (a wonderful phrase) and validate one of them so that we can proceed in the confidence that our measures, protocols, techniques and procedures are in harmony with the universe and perhaps with God.”

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TLEF Showcase and Poster Display‏

Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic would like to invite all faculty and students to the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund events that will take place during Celebrate Learning Week 2013.  The annual TLEF Showcase will be held on Monday, October 21st, 2013, 12:00-1:30pm on the fourth floor of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (Golden Jubilee Room).  Everyone is welcome to attend and hear several TLEF funding recipients describe progress on their grants and how these initiatives are impacting student learning at UBC.  Following the presentations there will be an opportunity to converse with the presenters and ask questions or share comments and ideas over light refreshments.  The Showcase also launches the fifth annual TLEF Poster Display, available for viewing Monday-Friday, Oct. 21st – 25th on the second floor of the IKBLC.

 

The TLEF Showcase and Poster Display are designed to share, inspire and inform.  If you are planning to apply for 2014-15 TLEF funding, we hope that both events will be of assistance in demonstrating the type of initiative that the TLEF has supported.

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External Scholarship Opportunity – IODE War Memorial Doctoral Scholarship

IODE War Memorial Doctoral Scholarships

The National Chapter of Canada IODE initiated War Memorial Doctoral Scholarships in 1918 to commemorate Canadians who sacrificed their lives for peace and freedom. Initially, bursaries were granted to children of men and women who lost their lives or who were permanently disabled while fighting for Canada. Today, applicants are judged on academic excellence and potential. Candidates must be Canadian citizens and in at least their second year of doctoral program at a Canadian or Commonwealth university.

Annual Value: $15,000

Deadline: Sunday, December 1, 2013

Eligibility:

Applicants must:

  • be  Canadian Citizens
  • hold a first degree from a Canadian  university
  • be enrolled in at least the second year of a doctoral program

More information may be found on the Graduate awards website (https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/iode-war-memorial-scholarship) or on the IODE website (http://www.iode.ca/iode-war-memorial-doctoral-scholarship-2014.html).

Please note that this is an external competition, and applications are submitted directly to IODE. Questions should be directed to:  WarMemorial@IODE.ca

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IODE War Memorial Doctoral Scholarships

IODE War Memorial Doctoral Scholarships

The National Chapter of Canada IODE initiated War Memorial Doctoral Scholarships in 1918 to commemorate Canadians who sacrificed their lives for peace and freedom. Initially, bursaries were granted to children of men and women who lost their lives or who were permanently disabled while fighting for Canada. Today, applicants are judged on academic excellence and potential. Candidates must be Canadian citizens and in at least their second year of doctoral program at a Canadian or Commonwealth university.

Annual Value: $15,000

Deadline: Sunday, December 1, 2013

Eligibility:

Applicants must:

  • be  Canadian Citizens
  • hold a first degree from a Canadian  university
  • be enrolled in at least the second year of a doctoral program

More information may be found on the Graduate awards website (https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/iode-war-memorial-scholarship) or on the IODE website (http://www.iode.ca/iode-war-memorial-doctoral-scholarship-2014.html).

Please note that this is an external competition, and applications are submitted directly to IODE. Questions should be directed to:  WarMemorial@IODE.ca

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Nov 13 – Faculty of Education 2013 United Way BBQ

Mark your Calendars!
2013 Faculty of Education United Way BBQ 
Wednesday, November 13
11:30-1:30pm
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Deadline for November 2013 Graduation

Please be aware of the following deadline for November 2013 Graduation

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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 non-thesis master’s degrees for November graduation.

Last day for late applications for Graduation.  Forms must be received by Enrolment Services before 4:00 pm.

The late application form is available on our website at the following link:

https://www.grad.ubc.ca/forms/late-application-graduation-november-2013

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GPS workshops: Thesis Planning + Project Management‏

Voting for the U21 3MT Global competition is underway Oct 11 – 25th.  Help UBC’s Serbulent Turan win the People’s Choice award by voting at

http://vimeo.com/channels/u213mt2013/page:4 .

 

Registration is now open for:

Getting on Track with your Thesis

Tuesday, Oct 22nd, 2013, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

For a complete session description, please visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10417-gps-workshop-getting-track-your-thesis

To register, see  http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2c07

 

Foundations of Project Management I (offered with the Mitacs Step program)

Thursday, Oct 24th and Friday, October 25th, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (students must attend both days).

For a complete session description, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/9905-gpsmitacs-event-foundations-project-management-i-team-based-approach-2-days

To register, see http://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2c7e

 

Space is still available in this week’s GPS/CSI&C  Job Search Strategies workshop, Thursday, October 17, 2013 – 1:30pm – 3:15pm; Registration is open at:  http://bit.ly/1hwTyGD .

 

For upcoming GPS workshops, visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/gps-workshops-events

For CTLT, Library and Career Services workshops, visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/ubc-graduate-student-events .

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Oct 21 Resistance to Norms: Listening to Youth Indigenous Voices

Social Justice @UBC Lecture Event: Indigenous Pedagogies Social Justice
Monday October 21, 1-2:30 pm - Snacks provided!
First Nations Longhouse, UBC
1895 West Mall

Resistance to Norms: Listening to Youth Indigenous Voices Jessica Danforth Founder & Executive Director Native Youth Sexual Health 
Network The NYSHN is an organization for and by indigenous youth that works across issues of sexual and reproductive health, 
rights, and justice throughout the United States and Canada. NYSHN are resistors of violence from the state, violence on the land
and violence on bodies. Restoration of knowledge, justice, and ways to be safer in communities is critical to their work.

And yes, resistance is sexy!
 
Ronnie Dean Harris
Ronnie is a St?:lo/St'=E1t'imc multimedia artist based in Vancouver, B.C. In the past years he's worked along side many amazing 
people on equally amazing projects. Most prominently as an actor and composer for APTN/Showcase dramatic series Moccasin Flats. 
Ron has performed in numerous festivals and has opened for acts including Guru, K'naan, Abstract Rude and Snoop Dogg to name a 
few. In the last 10 years Ronnie has also been active in facilitating and crating workshop programs for youth empowerment in 
media arts and hip-hop.
 
Jerilyn Webster
Jerilyn is a Vancouver based female hip-hop artist, beat-boxer, performing artist, aboriginal educator, single mother, award-
winning actor, and member of the Nuxalk and Cayauga Nations who is using [her] words to go upwards/not backwards. She is an Idle 
No More organizer.
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Oct 28 – Upcoming CILS event

Seminar Presentation on 'Dizionario delle Collocazioni' or how words combine in Italian. Lessons for Language Teachers
When: Monday, October 28, from 4:30 to 6 pm
Where: Italian Cultural centre click on link for details on directions http://italianculturalcentre.ca/
 
 
Il dizionario delle collocazioni
Le combinazioni delle parole in italiano
 
In linguistics the term 'collocation' is used to mean a combination of lexical items that regularly or habitually occurs together, 
and sounds natural, in speech or writing. The way words combine in a language is not determined by rules of  syntax or grammar but 
is instead established through repeated context-dependent use within the language community.
 
The Dizionario delle collocazioni is specifically designed to help choose t= he right words to express ideas in an effective way. 
With a selection of about 200,000 collocations it is a useful tool to develop an increased range of vocabulary and facility of 
expression in idiomatic Italian.
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Funding and Awards

Upcoming External Award Competitions

Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation are offered by The Simons Foundation and The International Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP) of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD). The primary objective of the Graduate Research Awards is to enhance Canadian graduate level scholarship on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation issues.

Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/graduate-research-awards-disarmament-arms-control-non-proliferation

 

 

Northern Scientific Training Program

The Northern Scientific Training Program supports student research in the North by supplying supplementary funds to offset the additional costs of Northern research.

Deadline: Friday, November 15, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/northern-scientific-training-program

 

 

IODE War Memorial Scholarship

The National Chapter of Canada IODE initiated War Memorial Doctoral Scholarships in 1918 to commemorate Canadians who sacrificed their lives for peace and freedom. Initially, bursaries were granted to children of men and women who lost their lives or who were permanently disabled while fighting for Canada. Today, applicants are judged on academic excellence and potential. Candidates must be Canadian citizens and in at least their second year of doctoral program at a Canadian or Commonwealth university.

Deadline: Sunday, December 1, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/iode-war-memorial-scholarship

 

These awards are externally reviewed. Please contact the awarding agencies with any questions.

 

POGO Research Fellowship Program

The PhD/Post Doctoral Fellowship will be awarded to either an applicant working toward a PhD or to a post doctoral research candidate, with a background in any of the relevant disciplines including medicine and nursing. While applicants may have training and/or experience in areas not directly related to POGO activities, they will be required to demonstrate relevance to pediatric oncology. The award includes a yearly salary of $45,000 and the ability to apply for $5,000 in project-specific one-time operating support.

Deadline: Registration emails must be received by October 15; completed applications must be received by Nov 25, 2013

More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/pogo-research-fellowship-program

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NewsFlash #642, October 11, 2013‏

For more information on any of the items below or copies of previous NewsFlashes, please e-mail: educ.ogpr@ubc.ca, or call: 604-822-5512, Fax: 604-822-8971.  The NewsFlash is also posted online at http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/newsflash. For UBC-wide events, please visit Live @ UBC: http://www.liveat.ubc.ca.

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Oct 22 Invitation to a Mock Defense

YOU ARE INVITED

To attend a mock PhD defence and discussion next Wednesday afternoon 16th October in room 2108 from 3:00 pm-4:15pm with:

 

Pamela Hagen

PhD Candidate

EDCP

 

RSVP (pamelahagen@elus.net)

 

(The actual defence is on Tuesday 22nd October at 9:00 am in FoGs 203).

Listening to Students’  – An Examination of Elementary Students’ Engagement in Mathematics Through the Lens of Imaginative Education

 

Abstract

This dissertation investigates the problem of student engagement in elementary mathematics with a particular theoretical framework of imaginative education (IE) (Egan, 1997, 2005).  The question at the centre of this study is what the use of imaginative education and imaginative lesson planning frameworks means to children and for their engagement in elementary mathematics.

 

For this study, five intermediate aged elementary students were tracked through a unit of shape and space (geometry).  The unit framed with the binary opposites of vision and blindness asked students how they might come to understand shape and space as a sighted and visually impaired person.  Thus a humanized perspective was brought to learning of mathematics.  After the unit five focus students took part in an individual and a whole group semi-structured interview with the teacher/researcher.

 

Using qualitative instrumental case study methods, data sources included students’ mathematics journals, activity pages, transcripts of audio and videotaped semi-structured individual and group interviews, a teacher/researcher diary and a detailed unit overview and lesson plans.  The study gathered rich descriptive data focused on bringing out the students’ perspective of their experience.

 

Results indicate the students’ demonstrated positive engagement with mathematics and that use of the IE theory utilizing the students’ imagination and affective responses allowed multiple access points to connect with the mathematical concepts.  Three conclusions of the study were that the students expanded their mathematical awareness through making a variety of connections, they were able to develop self-confidence in their learning of mathematics through using emotions and imagination, and they were able to use cognitive tools, particularly a sense of wonder, to engage with mathematics.  The dissertation concludes with a discussion of implications and recommendations in four areas.  This includes further research in different contexts, in the interaction of imagination and affective responses, and into characteristics of mathematical engagement such as self-confidence.

Recommendations for how future pedagogical practice might include use of the IE theory and how expansion of student’s perspectives in classroom practice could be embraced bring the dissertation to a close.

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