two recently published books, featuring contributions by faculty of education members dr. michael hoechsmann, dr. ellen field, dr. connie russell, and dr. gerald walton have won 2022 american educational studies association (aesa) critics’ choice awards.

the three-volume, 125-chapter book, the sage handbook of critical pedagogies (s. steinberg & b. down, editors) features a chapter by connie russell ("fat pedagogy and the disruption of weight-based oppression: toward the flourishing of all bodies") and a chapter by gerald walton ("in a rape culture, can boys actually be boys?"). michael hoechsmann edited the 10-chapter section on "communication and media." for more information on this book, see this link.

education for democracy 2.0: changing frames of media literacy, co-edited by dr. michael hoechsmann, gina thésée (université du québec à montréal), and paul r. carr (université du québec en outaouais) has also won an aesa critics' choice award. the book features a chapter by ellen field ("is it all just emojis and lol, or can social media foster environmental literacy and activism?"). for more information on this book, see this link.

the faculty of education's september 2022 education exchange newsletter is now published.

this issue features articles on the "operation happy to be here" research project, the digitization of program archives from the native and indigenous language instructors' programs, faculty news, alumni profiles, and more.

to access the education exchange newsletter, click here.

dr. ruth beatty (associate professor, orillia) and colinda clyne (coordinating principal of indigenous education, upper grand district school board) have been awarded a sshrc partnership engage grant for their research project, titled “researching a comprehensive culturally responsive indigenous mathematics program.”

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there are three main goals of their research:

(a) to work with community partners to establish protocols for engagement that brings together community members and classroom educators to create respectful, reciprocal relationships;

(b) to study the effects of integrating cultural knowledge, values, and perspectives on participating 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 ’ cultural knowledge and mathematical achievement; and

(c) to assess levels of teacher confidence in co-planning and co-teaching with indigenous community partners to incorporate holistic approaches of indigenous pedagogy in mathematics education.

ruth has been working with indigenous artists and indigenous and non-indigenous educators in the upper grand district school board (ugdsb) for the past four years, exploring short-term, culturally based mathematics investigations in classrooms. the shhrc partnership engage award enables this work to continue in further depth through the implementation of year-long investigations in four participating ugdsb classrooms.

in 2021/22, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 received nearly $2 million in assistance from the research support fund to support the indirect costs of research, which includes costs for supporting the management of intellectual property, research and administration, ethics and regulatory compliance, research resources, and research facilities.

pictured below: colinda clyne (left) and ruth beatty (right)

dr. gary pluim (assistant professor, orillia), has received an international research partnership award from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 for his research project, “enhancing international research networks in malta and southern africa.” this vpri (vice-president, research and innovation) award supports research that promotes increased engagement with international partners to address global challenges and issues.

gary’s research focuses on the transfer of educational curriculum between commonwealth countries in the caribbean, south pacific, eurasia, and sub-saharan africa. his work examines not just the challenges and opportunities with curriculum lending and borrowing, but also the cultural consequences of education transfer in post-colonial settings. the international research partnership award will allow him to advance this research by formalizing agreements with institutions in eurasia and south africa. previous partnerships from the project have been established with the university of the south pacific and the bahamas technical and vocational institute; this funding will enable him to pursue prospective mous with organizations in lesotho, botswana, eswatini, and south africa.

“this award will assist in the development of sustainable research collaborations by deepening relations with potential partners in southern africa,” gary explains. “connecting with organizations directly will allow us to explore the viability of the project in these regions while enabling a greater understanding of the culture and contexts of our research. we will also look at the possibility of drafting collaborative funding proposals for research in which our interests might align.”

having established relations with international partners in malta and cyprus this year, gary is currently preparing for a field visit to southern africa later this year or early 2023. this trip is scheduled to begin in johannesburg and pretoria (south africa), and continue to gaborone (botswana), maseru (lesotho), and mbabane (eswatini), with presentations, meetings, and tours scheduled at each location.