Do you want to increase your awareness about what to expect when teaching in another country? If so, why not join university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, principals and other educators who are interested in learning more about teaching abroad by enrolling in the Preparing to Teach Internationally Program. Offered over five days this spring, Preparing […]
Cultures meet here in Canada, says Agnès Whitfield. Literary translation is an essential means of sharing heritages, yet it is a field too often overlooked and undervalued. That situation is about to improve with the launch of the first volume in a new series called Vita Traductiva. A joint initiative of the Research Group on […]
In her new book Freud and Education, author Deborah Britzman follows the threads of the concept of education – its dangers and promises and its illusions and revelations – throughout Sigmund Freud’s body of work. Britzman, a Distinguished Research Professor in York’s Faculty of Education, defines how fundamental Freudian concepts such as the psychical apparatus, the […]
Ron Owston, professor of education, director of the Institute for Research on Learning Technologies (IRLT), and co-director of the Technology Enhanced Learning Institute (TELi), spoke to teachers last week about his research in education, professional learning, and technology. Owston’s presentation was part of a leadership symposium hosted by Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL), which supports […]