Category Archives: Students

Graduate Symposium on Creating Space to Conceptualize Different Families

Matthew Isherwood and Naoki Takemura organized an extremely dynamic Symposium on Creating Space to Conceptualize Different Families last week. I really appreciated the depth of presentations and challenges to consider and celebrate different families & ways of conceptualizing mothers and fathers. As well, the audience members all deserve a raucous round of applause! Special thanks for arranging with Dr. Kedrick James to attend,  speak, and interact with us throughout!

601 Graduate Symposium, Wed Oct 25, 1:00

601 Graduate Symposium, Wed Oct 25, 1:00

Creating Space to Conceptualize Different Families

Panelists: Matthew Isherwood and Naoki Takemura with Special Guest Dr. Kedrick James

Program

  • 1:00-1:10 Introduction to topic and objectives
  • 1:10-1:50 Dr. Kedrick James w/ Q&A
  • 1:50-2:10 Break
  • 2:10-2:50 Matthew w/ Q&A
  • 2:50-3:30 Naoki w/ Q&A
  • 3:30-4:00 Discussion

Readings

  1. Sedgwick, E. K. (1994). Chapter 1: Queer and now. In Tendencies (pp. 1-20). London, UK: Routledge.
  2. Pinar, W. F., Reynolds, W. M., Slattery, P., & Taubman, P. M. (1995). Chapter 7: Understanding curriculum as gender text. In Understanding curriculum (pp. 358-403). New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Resource

  1. Ueno, C. (2009). The modern family in Japan: Its rise and fall. Melbourne, Vic: Trans Pacific Press.

Graduate Symposium on Re-Engaging the Method of Currere: Teachers’ Perspectives

Kiera Brant-Birioukova, Emmanuel Amoah & Scott Robertson organized a productive Symposium on Re-engaging Currere last week. I really appreciated the range of presentations and articulation of various facets of the topic. As well, the discussion was superb! Special thanks for arranging with Dr. William F. Pinar and Anton Birioukova to attend and speak.

601 Graduate Symposium, Wed Oct 4, 1:00

CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY WORKS
(doctoral student symposium)

Wednesday, November 4, 2017
1:00-4:00         Scarfe 1209

Re-signifying Curriculum Studies from Indigeneity in the Mexican and Kenyan Contexts

Panelists: Maria Jose Athie-Martinez & Philip Kimani Karangu with Special Guest Dr. Samson Nashon

Program

  • 13:00-13:10 Introduction and program
  • 13:10-14:00 Re-signifying Curriculum through Culturally Responsive Education on Indigenous Context in Canada and Mexico (Athie-Martinez)
  • 14:00-14:30 Two Small Group Discussion activities about readings and relation to students’ PhD thesis
  • 14:30-14:45 Break
  • 14:45-15:45 Re-signifying through Social Constructivism the Curriculum in Refugee camps in Kenya  (guest speaker Dr. Samson Nashon from 15:00-15:30) (Karangu)
  • 15:45-16:00 Class Discussion activity as closing and concluding symposium

Readings 

Furlan, A. (2011) “Curriculum studies in Mexico: Key scholars”. In W. Pinar (Ed.), Curriculum studies in Mexico: intellectual histories, present circumstances (pp. 111-136). New York, NY, Palgrave.

Dei, G. J. S. (2000). African development: The relevance and implications of ‘Ìndigenousness’. In G. J. S Dei, B. L. Hall & D. G. Rosenberg (Eds.), Indigenous knowledge in global contexts: Multiple readings of our world (pp. 70-86). Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.

Additional readings or resources:

Athie-Martinez, M.J. (2010). Learning from inside: The perspective of Elders, teachers, math educators and mathematicians in the process of developing culturally responsive education (Unpublished MA Thesis). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

Karangu, P. (2017). Hidden curriculum Revealed: A case study of Dadaab refugee camps schools (Unpublished MA Thesis). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

601 Graduate Symposium, Wed Nov 9, 1:00

CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY WORKS
(IN PROGRESS)

Wednesday, November 9, 2016
1:00-4:00         Scarfe 1214

Turning Spaces into Places of Learning

Panelists:
Amanda Fritzlan, Ildiko Kovaks, Kari Marken, Matthew Yanko

* You are invited to a conversation that explores the thinking/being/doing of turning traditional and nontraditional spaces into learning places. Dress for all weather. Bring your student card. Wear comfortable clothing for movement.

Readings

Gandini., L. (2012). Connecting through caring and learning spaces. In C.P. Edwards, L. Gandini & G.E. Forman (Eds.), The hundred languages of children: The Reggio Emilia experience in transformation (3rd ed.) (pp. 317-341). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

Garoian, C. (2001). Performing the museum. Studies in Art Education, 42(3), 234-248.

Hart, R. (1997). The development of children’s environmental knowledge, concern, and action. In Chapter 1, Children’s participation. The theory and practice of involving young citizens in community development and environmental care ( pp. 17-22). New York, NY: Unicef.

Sobel, D. (2005). Reconceptualising environmental education. In Place-based education: Connection classrooms and communities (pp. 9-12). Great Barringtom, MA: Orion Society.

Yeager, D.S. and Walton, G.M. (2011). Social-psychological interventions in education: They’re not magic. Review of Educational Research, 81(2), pp. 267–301.

Recommended 

Derr, V., Chawla, L., Mintzer, M., Flanders Cushing, D., & Van Vliet, W. (2013). A city for all citizens: Integrating children and youth from marginalized populations into city planning. Buildings, 3(3), 482-505.

Foucault, M. & Miskowiec, J. (1986). Of other spaces. Diacritics. 16(1), 22-27. Gruenewald, D. A. (2003b). The best of both worlds: A critical pedagogy of place. Educational Researcher, 82(4), pp.3-12.

601 Graduate Symposium, Wed Oct 26, 1:00

CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY WORKS
(IN PROGRESS)

Wednesday, October 26, 2016
1:00-4:00         Scarfe 1214

Exploring Curriculum-as-plan and Curriculum-as-lived in Science and Math Education

Guest Speaker
Dr. Keith Taber (via Skype)
(On Science and Math Education)
Professor of Science Education Chair of Science, Technology & Mathematics Education Academic Group University of Cambridge

Guest Speaker
Dr. Anne Phelan Professor
(On Aoki and Curriculum)
Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy University of British Columbia

Panelists:
Alexis Gonzalez, Gerald Tembrevilla, Tsubasa Saito, (Elise) Ling-Hui Chu

Readings

Taber, K. S., Ruthven, K., Mercer, N., Riga, F., Luthman, S., & Hofmann, R. (2016). Developing teaching with an explicit focus on scientific thinking. SSR, 97(361), 75-85.

Shulman, L. (1986). Those who understand: Knowledge growth in teaching. Educational Researcher, 15(2), 4-14.

Aoki, T. T. (2004). Legitimating lived curriculum: Toward a curricular landscape of multiplicity. In W. F. Pinar & R. L. Irwin (Eds.), Curriculum in a new key: The collected works of Ted T. Aoki (pp. 199-215). New York, NY: Routledge. (Original work published 1993)

References

Aoki, T. T. (2004). Teaching as indwelling between two curriculum worlds. In W. F. Pinar & R. L. Irwin (Eds.), Curriculum in a new key: The collected works of Ted T. Aoki (pp. 159- 165). New York, NY: Routledge. (Original work published 1986)

Fatah, A., Suryadi, D., Sabandar, J., & Turmudi, T. (2016). Open-ended approach: An effort in cultivating students’ mathematical creative thinking ability and self-esteem in mathematics. Journal on Mathematics Education, 7(01), 11-20.

Graduate symposium on ethics in education

Bruce Moghtader, Phuong Huynh, Kshamta Hunter and  Lesley Liu organized an excellent, engaging symposium on Ethics and Education last week. I really liked the scope of the engagement, from ancient history and theory, Buddhist, Confucian, Greek & Taoist, to experimental pedagogy to ethnographic reports of affinity space designs for youth peer relations.

I am grateful for the insightful participation of the 601 PhD students! Special thanks to Professor Samson Nashon for helping us work through ethical questions and dilemmas related to research!

Graduate symposium on Queer Theory in Education

Hector Gomez, Joanne Ursino, Kevin Day, Nicole Lee, and Xinyan Fan designed, hosted, and presented a superb symposium on Queer Theory in Education this week. In all dimensions, from queering the Scarfe 310 space to the exhibition of artifacts and texts to reflective analyses to an extreme engaging dialogue with Professor Pinar and all the participants the symposium was superb.

I am grateful for the insightful participation of the 601 PhD students and visitors, including the 601 students from 2015! Special thanks to Professor William F. Pinar for helping us work through analytical questions of LGBTQ and queer history and theory, and for the generous interaction for the entire symposium!

Congratulations to 601 students, Elise and Lesley

Congratulations to 601 students, Elise and Lesley, for the successful defence of their MA Thesis in September:

(Elise) Ling-Hui Chu

Exploring Curriculum as an Experience of Consciousness Transformation

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Lesley Liu

Tweens, Teens, and Digital Texts:
Designing Affinity Spaces to Understand Cyberbullying

601 Graduate Symposium, Wed Oct 5, 1:00

CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY WORKS
(IN PROGRESS)

Wednesday, October 5, 2016
1:00-4:00         Scarfe 310

Lost in Queer
A Symposium on Queer Theory in Education: Pedagogy, Curriculum and Visual Art

Guest Speaker: Dr. William F. Pinar

Panelists:
Hector Gomez, Joanne Ursino, Kevin Day, Nicole Lee, Xinyan Fan

Readings

  1. King, T. L. (2016). Post-indentitarian and post-intersectional anxiety in the neoliberal corporate university. Feminist Formations, 27(3), 114-138.
  2. Luhman, S. (1998). Queering/queering pedagogy? Or, pedagogy is a pretty queer thing. In Pinar, W (Ed.). Queer theory in education (pp. 141-155). New York, NY: Routledge.
  3. Muñoz, J. (1995). The autoethnographic performance: Reading Richard Fung’s queer hybridity. Screen, 36(2), 83-99.
  4. Pinar, W. F. (2015). Queer theory. Unpublished Work.
  5. Popkewitz, T. S. (1997). The production of reason and power: Curriculum history and intellectual traditions. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 29(2), 131-164.

Resource

  1. Chang, D. (2016, Winter). Shout, shout let it all out. C Magazine, 128, 34–37.
  2. Kher, B. (2016). Matter. Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Art Gallery. (Exhibit, July 9 – October, 10, 2016). Retrieved from: https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_kher.html