Carl Leggo
Literacy education; Curriculum studies; Teacher education; Creative writing; Art-based research; Poetic inquiry; Life writing; Spirituality and education.
Dr. Leggo is a poet, educator, and scholar who promotes poetry and creative writing, and especially ways to support educational research, theory, and practice by attending to issues of poetic discourse and poetic knowing. In his teaching, researching, and writing, he promotes the significant value of attending to language from creative perspectives. He writes in diverse discourses that challenge the conventions of standard academic writing in order to investigate innovative ways of using language.
Daniel Cox
Social support; Mental health; Suicide; Program evaluation; Military and veteran populations; Trauma, stress, and coping; Career-related decision making; Help seeking; Quantitative methodology.
His current research focuses on how social support influences psychological distress. He also examines how social support and other psychological constructs predict suicide, with particular emphasis on military and veteran populations. Further, how these variables influence help seeking. Finally, Dr. Cox investigates career-related decision making.
Marina Milner-Bolotin
Physics education; Science education; Technology use in mathematics and science education; Teacher education.
Dr. Milner-Bolotin’s research focuses on the potential benefits of educational technologies in science and mathematics teaching and learning. She also looks at how educational technologies can be incorporated in science and mathematics teacher education. Her scholarship has contributed to and has had a major impact on the preparation of future mathematics and science teachers, on in-service teacher professional development and on the effective use of technology in secondary mathematics and science classrooms.
Gerald Fallon
Leadership; Policy; School law; Aboriginal education; Education and development.
Part of Dr. Fallon’s research focuses on the emergence of market-driven funding mechanisms in public education. His research has extended our understanding of the effects of entrepreneurial financing policies on issues of social justice. In Aboriginal education, his research provided a critical and comprehensive analysis of educational policy. His research provided scholars with a framework for analyzing current policies while suggesting a policy path toward Aboriginal self-governance in education.
Dr. James Turk Interview
Dr. James L. Turk, Executive Director, Canadian Association of University Teachers interviewed by CHET’s Dr. Don Fisher on February 25, 2014. Video is now available online.
GPS/Mitacs Step Workshop: Essentials of Productive Teams (formerly Managing Projects)
Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 9:00am – 5:00 pm Location: Graduate Student Centre For a session description, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/11539-gpsmitacs-step-event-essentials-productive-teams To register, see: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g3660