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New Book Roundup
Highlighting a few new books at the Education Library…
“This dual language book gives us an in-depth look at what is happening in diverse classrooms in Canada, and how teachers are making a difference in their students lives. More than thirty powerful vignettes take us into the hearts and minds of exemplary educators, as they share their values, convictions, wisdom and knowledge in the classroom and beyond. Truly refreshing in scope, Teachers at their Best/ Les enseignants leur meilleur is inspirational to anyone who is an educator, student or parent committed to diversity in Canada. Dr. Valles work encourages people to think outside the box – and challenge the status quo.” Google Books
“Using examples from both adults and children, the authors explain and describe the complex integrated network of strategies that takes place in the minds of proficient readers, strategies that struggling readers have to learn in order to construct their own reading processes. The examples and scenarios of teacher/ student interactions in this book provide a sense of how it looks and what is sounds like to teach strategic actions to struggling readers.–[book cover]” Google Books
“Preventing Death by Lecture” shows you how to turn your listeners into learners by involving them in activities that take from 30 seconds to 5 minutes – short, easy, fun ways to make sure your learners not only HEAR your lecture, but LEARN, REMEMBER, and USE the information you give them.” Amazon.com
“Now in its second edition, Nature and Young Children promotes the holistic development of children by connecting them with nature. It offers advice and guidance on how to set up indoor and outdoor nature play spaces as well as encouraging environmentally responsible attitudes, values and behaviour in your early childhood setting.
Covering topics as diverse as gardening with young children, creating an accessible nature program for children with special needs and addressing cultural differences in connecting children with nature, this book reveals how important nature play can be in the development of young children.” Google Books
Vancouver School Board looking to find approval for student school trustees
A recent article in 24 Hours Vancouver reports that Vancouver is considering having student school trustees who could bring motions forward and actually vote on them. Student trustees have been in Ontario school systems since 1997.
From the article: “Students should have the ability to introduce policy in B.C. school districts, according to Vancouver School Board chairwoman Patti Bacchus. The idea came from students initially, said Bacchus, but will need approval from the province to become reality.
The VSB is expected to submit the motion to the B.C. School Trustees Association by Feb. 22.”
Read the entire story in 24 Hours Vancouver
Three upcoming FIRE Talks that may be of interest to graduate students
Last fall UBC Library – in partnership with the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology – initiated FIRE Talks: Facilitated Interdisciplinary Research Exchange. FIRE Talks are intended to provide graduate students with an opportunity to present their research to an audience of their peers and then engage in an interdisciplinary discussion related to a central theme. Students benefit from this in any number of ways, including: learning to present the salient details of their research in five minutes; finding opportunities to meet and potentially collaborate with other grad students in diverse disciplines; and thinking about their own research from new perspectives.
There are three upcoming FIRE Talks that may be of interest to graduate students in your classes and/or department:
Applied Academia (28 Feb)
Ethics (14 March)
Research Dissemination (27 March)
Proposals are being accepted for all three of these talks. The deadline for Applied Academia is coming up on the 20th of February.
If you have any classes or students who you think may be interested, or who may want to practice for the 3 minute thesis or their dissertation defense, please forward this invitation to them. Presentations can be parts of a dissertation, a research paper, or even questions and ideas students wish to explore. The aim is to inspire interdisciplinary discussion among a broad group of graduate students and provide a venue for connection and discussion.
You can find out more about the FIRE Talks here: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/fire-talks/
Students can submit their proposals here: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/fire-talks/proposal-submission-form/
Students can also attend the talks as part of the audience, which also allows them to engage in the discussion portion of the event. Registration links are provided on the individual FIRE Talk webpages, accessed through the first link above.
Picture book maker and artist Oliver Jeffers talks about being influenced by Maurice Sendak
There is an interesting blog in The Guardian by Award winning author Oliver Jeffers and how much he was influenced by Maurice Sendak.
“There is a reason the character of the Boy in my first picture books wears a red and white stripy jumper, and that reason is Maurice Sendak. Or, more specifically, that reason is an homage to my favorite monster in Sendak’s most famous picture book, Where the Wild Things Are.”
FEB 12 Grad Workshop: Introduction to PsycINFO
Introduction to PsycINFO
- Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 at 11:00AM – 12:00PM
- Type: Workshop
- Series: Sciences Workshop Series
Graduate Student Workshop Series - Location: Woodward Library Computer Lab – Room B25
- Woodward Library – Event Facilities & Labs
- Point Grey Campus
- Description: An introduction to searching PsycINFO. PsycINFO contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books,technical reports, and dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines – medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, sport, business, and law. Nearly 500 new references are added each month.
Click here to register: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3930