By alex smiciklas
Sessional and Lecturer Faculty Teaching Prize 2018-19
The Faculty of Education has a long-standing commitment to excellence in teaching. In recognition of the significant contribution that Sessional and Lecturer faculty members make to our programs, the Faculty of Education offers a Sessional and Lecturer Faculty Teaching Prize to outstanding educators. The prize includes both a plaque and $1000 and is awarded at the year-end Faculty meeting in May.
1. Eligibility
The award is open to any individual holding an appointment as a Sessional, Lecturer or Adjunct Teaching Professor (seconded teacher) during the current academic year. While previous award winners are not eligible, previous nominees are encouraged to reapply.
2. Criteria
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 courses, lectures, online courses, tutorials, labs, practica and clinical placements (including samples of recent Course Evaluations – not a summary, but a selection of actual complete copies),
- Teaching performance in informal settings such as but not exclusive to student supervision, advising, consultation, etc.,
- Innovation in curricula and pedagogies, teaching methodologies, materials, delivery formats, etc.,
- Community engagement with educational institutions and other groups, e.g., regionally, nationally, internationally, that impacts teaching and learning.
3. 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 clearly address the 4 criteria outlined above with specific examples for each, using the template provided. 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 (maximum of two pages each) may be included in the nomination package (PDF). These letters should represent the diversity of the nominee’s teaching responsibilities.
- The nominee should include a one-page teaching philosophy statement as well as a CV.
- The nomination package must be sent electronically to the Department Head or Director by February 8, 2019:
ECPS: Dr. Shelley Hymel shelley.hymel@ubc.ca
EDCP: Dr. Samson Nashon (samson.nashon@ubc.ca)
EDST: Dr. Mona Gleason (mona.gleason@ubc.ca)
KIN: Dr. Robert Boushel (robert.boushel@ubc.ca)
LLED: Dr. Anthony Paré (anthony.pare@ubc.ca)
EDUC: Dr. Marianne McTavish (marianne.mctavish@ubc.ca)
4. Nomination Process: Faculty Deadline
- Each department/school will follow its own internal review processes and may choose to submit more than one nomination to the Faculty level committee.
- The Department Head/Director will submit the nomination packages along with a cover letter that includes a longitudinal review of the nominee’s teaching performance (using course evaluation information) and any other pertinent information to the Chair of the Sessional and Lecturer Faculty Teaching Prize Committee, Marianne McTavish, Associate Dean, Teacher Education Office by February 22, 2019.
By alex smiciklas
SARAH MCCABE, MASTER OF ARTS, ADULT LEARNING AND EDUCATION
EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS OF MENSTRUATION AMONG WOMEN LIVING IN CENTRAL UGANDA
Supervisor(s): Dr. Shauna Buttterwick, EDST, UBC; Dr. Jude Walker, EDST, UBC
Friday, December 14, 2018 | 1:30pm | Ponderosa Commons Oak House, Multipurpose Room (PCOH 2012)
ABSTRACT
This research amplifies the voices of ten Ugandan women as they speak to their experiences of menstruation and menstruation education. This study involved the use of a feminist standpoint lens to analyze interviews undertaken with ten Ugandan women. Through the use of an asset-based approach to the data analysis revealed the strategies, complexities and challenges the research participants have encountered in relation to their experiences of menstruation. This study revealed that the participants’ knowledge of menstruation when they were girls exists along a spectrum and that that their knowledge and understanding about menstruation varied from person to person. Among these ten women, the study also found a spectrum of experiences in relation to their feeling prepared. Interestingly, some of the participants, while having some knowledge of menstruation, still felt unprepared when the event occurred for the first time. Relationships between menstruation and its effects on everyday life were also explored. A key finding in this study was that the impact of menstruation on their daily lives included being unprepared, dealing with pain, teasing and bullying, and having assumptions made about their sexual activity. However, menstruation was not a key factor that led to them missing school; this finding stands in contrast to other studies pointing to how most young women miss school because of menstruation. What were influential factors on school attainment, for the research participants, included pregnancy and insufficient funds to pay school fees. In relation to menstruation education, this study found that these young women learned from many sources including family, friends, peers and teachers. This information can inform future research and educational programs pertaining to menstrual health in Uganda that preserves the dignity and diversity of Ugandan women and girls. A key recommendation is to ensure menstruation education in schools is timely and grounded in an approach that enables girls to learn about menstruation holistically.
By alex smiciklas
November 29, 2018
The Faculty of Education would like to congratulate all of the our Fall 2018 education graduates. We would also like to wish you all luck as you move into your new careers and for some, the next step in your academic life as you move into your Masters and PhDs.
Keep an eye on the UBC Flickr account and the Faculty of Education Alumni Flickr pages in the next couple weeks to see pictures from this exciting and truly memorable day.
Congratulations again!
By alex smiciklas
UBC G+PS
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November 27, 2018
How can we use literature as a vehicle for having tough conversations? Amber Moore, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education, is researching how to help teachers teach trauma literature to adolescent learners. She is a recipient of the 2018 Killam Doctoral Scholarship.
Learn more about the reward here.
Watch the full video here:
Link to full text.
By alex smiciklas
November 28, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Kedrick James on winning the 2018 Murray Elliott Service Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Teacher Education Program.
Hurrah, Kedrick!
To learn more about the award, please visit teach.educ.ubc.ca/2018murrayelliotserviceaward
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By natalie hawryshkewich
November 14, 2018
UBC’s Sustainability Initiative is proud to release the Annual Sustainability Report 2017-18.
Across both campuses last year, UBC focused on enhancing human and ecological health together, addressing affordability pressures and improving accessibility, enabling students, faculty and staff to make powerful contributions to sustainability, and increasing collaboration on sustainability issues by expanding local, regional, and international community engagement.
Find out how UBC is putting sustainability at the heart of teaching, learning and research, operations and infrastructure, and community. Download the report, and connect with us for future opportunities to work together.
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By alex smiciklas
November 27, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Annette Henry for being presented on November 24th the 2018 Equity Award from the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). The Award was established “to recognize post-secondary academic staff who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to challenging exclusionary behaviours and practices such as racism and homophobia and by so doing have made post-secondary education in Canada more inclusive.”
Click here to read the CAUT Equity Award Biography for Dr. Henry.
Learn more about the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) on their website here.
Prof. Annette Henry holds the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education and is a Professor in the Dept of Lang
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By alex smiciklas
The Provost Office is happy to announce a new fund to support the publishing and dissemination of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning work. The funds are managed and adjudicated by the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) and the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISoTL). The Dissemination Fund supports activities such as journal processing feedback, conference registration, and travel costs. All full time faculty at UBC-V are eligible to apply.
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By alex smiciklas
The UBC Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISoTL) and the Centre for Teaching, Learning, & Technology offer a support program for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). The SoTL Seed Program provides graduate research assistants, collegial support, and complementary funding for projects that seek to research and evaluate impactful pedagogies. Selected projects broaden our understanding of teaching and learning in higher education and show a potential for significant contributions to the UBC community and beyond. Projects are strategically selected to reflect the breadth of work at UBC in terms of disciplines, scholarly approaches, and expertise.
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