http://educ.queensu.ca Faculty of Education RSS Feed Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:42:10 EST news Default description. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/iscorewhig.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/iscorewhig.html Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:52:11 EST news Congratulations to King Luu, winner of the 2011 Robert J. Wilson Thesis/Dissertation Development Award from the Assessment and Evaluation Group. More info: www.educ.queensu.ca/news http://educ.queensu.ca/news/LuuAward.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/LuuAward.html Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:57:04 EST news Default description. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Chengnews.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Chengnews.html Thu, 2 Feb 2012 02:56:54 EST news The winner of the first Faculty of Education Photo of the Month Contest was Jeff Woodrow, current teacher candidate in the Technological Education Program. The runners up were Paul Vernon, current teacher candidate in the Artist in the Community Program and Megan Bond, current student in the Master of Education Program. http://educ.queensu.ca/community/photocontest/January2012.html http://educ.queensu.ca/community/photocontest/January2012.html Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:49:48 EST news There is a new entrance award for the Consecutive Education Bachelor of Education program. Awarded on the basis of academic excellence, the J. Bolton and Kathleen Slack Scholarship is valued at approximately $2500. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/SlackAward.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/SlackAward.html Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:27:58 EST news The Faculty of Education was abuzz with the excitement of new opportunities on January 10th as Duncan McArthur Hall opened its doors to welcome Canadian school boards and international organizations as part of OPTIONS 2012. See our news story: www.educ.queensu.ca/careers/options http://educ.queensu.ca/careers/options.html http://educ.queensu.ca/careers/options.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:25:14 EST news The spotlight has been on the Faculty of Education this week with Dean Stephen Elliott and Alumna Julia Brook interviewed by CKWS Television News about iSCORE, a new online music tool developed by Dr. Rena Upitis and her project partners, and with Dr. Don Klinger interviewed by University Affairs on the challenges universities face in assessing applicants. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/iSCOREnews.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/iSCOREnews.html Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:20:43 EST news Queen’s Faculty of Education has approved changes to the structure and content of the Queen’s and Queen’s-Trent Concurrent Education programs in years 1-3. More info: www.educ.queensu.ca http://educ.queensu.ca/teachereducation/current/concurrent/coqcotprogramchanges2012.html http://educ.queensu.ca/teachereducation/current/concurrent/coqcotprogramchanges2012.html Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:09:19 EST news Rena Upitis is lead developer of unique online instruction tool that encourages student creativity. More info: www.educ.queensu.ca http://educ.queensu.ca/news/iSCORE.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/iSCORE.html Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:00:30 EST news The 12th annual Rosa Bruno-Jofré Symposium in Education will take place at the Faculty of Education on Friday, March 30, 2012. Graduate students are invited to submit proposals for paper presentations or roundtable sessions. For more info: www.educ.queensu.ca http://educ.queensu.ca/news/symposium.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/symposium.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:00:47 EST news Catherine Donnelly has received one of the top CIHR Interdisciplinary Research Fellowships to support her PhD dissertation. The Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research– Primary Health Care (TUTOR_PHC) Fellowship is valued at $33,000. More information: www.educ.queensu.ca/news/donnelly http://educ.queensu.ca/news/donnelly.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/donnelly.html Tue, 3 Jan 2012 08:59:56 EST news An art exhibition featuring teacher candidate and graduate student artwork will take place from January 3 - January 13. The Artists' Reception will take place from 3:00 pm -6:00 pm on January 11th. For more info: www.educ.queensu.ca/events/exhibition http://educ.queensu.ca/events/exhibition.html http://educ.queensu.ca/events/exhibition.html Tue, 3 Jan 2012 08:51:36 EST news Rosa Bruno-Jofré Appointed Member of International Jury by the Agence National de la Recherche de France. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Rosa.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Rosa.html Fri, 9 Dec 2011 01:47:11 EST news Don Klinger commented on the results of the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program's 2010 assessment that shows that girls have surpassed boys in science and are on par with boys in math. More info: www.educ.queensu.ca http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Klinger.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Klinger.html Mon, 5 Dec 2011 02:19:31 EST news Congratulations to Mandy Lam for publishing an article in Interactions, the Ontario Journal of Environmental Education, to CJ Dalton for being awarded the Thesis in Education Prize and to Anna Peterson for being awarded a 2011 CGS Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/studentachievements.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/studentachievements.html Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:36:21 EST news Resolution drafted by Larry O’Farrell Adopted by UNESCO http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Resolution.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Resolution.html Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:19:36 EST news Default description. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Yina.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Yina.html Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:50:18 EST news Marie Myers Receives Award at International Conference on Education & Educational Psychology http://educ.queensu.ca/news/myers.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/myers.html Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:37:23 EST news Default description. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Roulet.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Roulet.html Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:26:59 EST news Default description. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/aboriginalvoices.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/aboriginalvoices.html Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:27:47 EST news Default description. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/soccer.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/soccer.html Tue, 8 Nov 2011 09:33:40 EST news Default description. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/clothingsale.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/clothingsale.html Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:47:06 EDT news Default description. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/dewar.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/dewar.html Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:44:40 EDT news Lynda Colgan's Book "Mathemagic" Nominated for Silver Birch Award http://educ.queensu.ca/news/ColganAward.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/ColganAward.html Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:54:43 EDT news Liying Cheng in the News: "Federal government supports collaborative research partnerships" http://educ.queensu.ca/news/LiyingCheng.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/LiyingCheng.html Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:42:07 EDT news Default description. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/RenaUpitis.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/RenaUpitis.html Tue, 6 Sep 2011 09:56:15 EDT news Default description. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Colgan.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Colgan.html Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:30:34 EDT news Debra Pepler (Arts/PHE ’73, Ed ’74) will receive the Alumni Humanitarian Award on Saturday, October 15th at the Gala Awards Dinner in Kingston. The event will be held in Grant Hall as a part of the 2011 Alumni Volunteer Summit, presented by the QUAA. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/DebraPepler.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/DebraPepler.html Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:02:42 EDT news Tanzania Schools Project in the News: "Teacher reaches new heights in fundraiser" in the Kingston Whig Standard http://educ.queensu.ca/news/TanzaniaSchoolsProject.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/TanzaniaSchoolsProject.html Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:00:13 EDT news Lynda Colgan’s children’s non-fiction book, Mathemagic has been selected by the American-based Junior Library Guild as one of the “best of the best” publications for 2011. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Mathemagic.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/Mathemagic.html Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:44:33 EDT news Nancy Dalgarno (PhD Ed '09) , Educational Researcher at the Faculty of Education Community Outreach Centre, Loretta Walz (MEd '08), and Lindsay Davidson of Queen's UGME, won the International Award for Excellence in the area of learning and education from Ubiquitous Learning. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/DalgarnoAward.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/DalgarnoAward.html Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:36:21 EDT news The American Alliance for Theatre and Education awarded the Campton Bell Lifetime Achievement Award (honouring an individual for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the field of theatre education) to Professor Larry O’Farrell. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/OFarrellLifetimeAchievementAward.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/OFarrellLifetimeAchievementAward.html Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:26:20 EDT news The Imperial Oil Foundation continues their support of the Faculty of Education Community Outreach Centre with the 2011 installment of $120,000 on their $600,000 pledge http://educ.queensu.ca/news/ImperialOilFoundationSupport.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/ImperialOilFoundationSupport.html Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:14:04 EDT news Larry O'Farrell Works with UNESCO to Encourage Global Arts Education http://educ.queensu.ca/news/UNESCO.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/UNESCO.html Mon, 4 Jul 2011 02:47:17 EDT news, AWIES, Aboriginal, Aboriginal Education, Indigenous Aboriginal and World Indigenous Educational Studies Program Opening Ceremony on July 4th http://educ.queensu.ca/news/AWIESOpeningCeremony.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/AWIESOpeningCeremony.html Mon, 6 Jun 2011 09:51:05 EDT news Recent graduate Dr. Christopher DeLuca won the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (CACS) Outstanding Dissertation Award for excellence in curriculum studies at the doctoral level. His dissertation was entitled "Constructing a Framework for the Validation of Complex Program Aims". http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/CACSAward.html http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/CACSAward.html Tue, 24 May 2011 09:03:43 EDT news Liying Cheng (Principal Investigator) (Queen’s), Hong Want (Mount Saint Vincent) and Lynette May (Queensland University of Technology) and Shahrzad Saif (Universté Laval) have been awarded a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant ($200,000, 2011-14) for their project entitled "Test Preparation: Does It Enhance Test Performance and English Language Proficiency." http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/LiyingChenggrant.html http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/LiyingChenggrant.html Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:19:03 EDT news The Tricolour Award and induction in the Tricolour Society is the highest tribute that can be paid to a student for valuable and distinguished service to the University in non-athletic, extra-curricular activities. Such service may have been confined to a single field, or it may have taken the form of a significant contribution over a wide range of activities. http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/SearleTricolour.html http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/SearleTricolour.html Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:45:46 EDT news Tom Russell, Andrea Martin and Project Partners have been awarded a SSHRC Standard Research Grant for their project entitled "Improving the Quality of Practicum Learning: Case Studies of Four Canadian Teacher Education Programs." http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/tomrussellandreamartinaward.html http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/tomrussellandreamartinaward.html Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:23:39 EDT news Sixty-five Bangladeshi math teacher educators and government officials will visit Queen’s for professional development programs starting in May, the fourth delegation to participate in the Faculty’s programs http://educ.queensu.ca/news/programimpactsteachinginbangledesh.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/programimpactsteachinginbangledesh.html Thu, 3 Feb 2011 02:02:30 EST news Rena Upitis and project partners have been awarded a one-year contract with Canadian Heritage for their project entitled "Enhancing Music Teaching and Learning Through a Web-based Portfolio." http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/upitisproject.html http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/upitisproject.html Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:30:30 EST news Malcolm Welch wins the International Development and Support of Design and Technology Award for his outstanding commitment to promoting the subject. http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/MalcolmWelch.html http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/MalcolmWelch.html Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:20:54 EDT news Students using the old-fashioned style of hands-on activities in science class do better than students who are taught using the current trend of asking questions to learn for themselves, according to a Queen’s University study. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/hands-on-science.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/hands-on-science.html Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:07:37 EDT news Brenda Reed, the Learning and Research Services Librarian at the Education Library, will be the inaugural recipient of the newly created Liz Fox Distinguished Service Award. http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/brenda-reed.html http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/brenda-reed.html Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:36:15 EDT news Mathematics Courses For Parents, taught by Dr. Lynda Colgan, are intended to help parents understand the Ontario Mathematics Curriculum at the elementary school level. http://educ.queensu.ca/news/courses-for-parents.html http://educ.queensu.ca/news/courses-for-parents.html Tue, 8 Jun 2010 01:53:35 EDT news Ben Kutsyuruba wins New Scholar Fellowship Award at the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education for his paper "Teacher Collaboration in Times of Uncertainty and Radical Societal Change: Post-Soviet Context". http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/kutsyuruba.html http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/kutsyuruba.html Tue, 8 Jun 2010 01:37:14 EDT news At the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Dr. Nancy Hutchinson was presented with the Carol Crealock Award for her outstanding contributions to education across Canada. http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/hutchinson.html http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/hutchinson.html Tue, 18 May 2010 10:43:35 EDT news Heather Wilcox wins 2010 Dr. David Suzuki Fellowship. The fellowships are awarded to teacher candidates who are graduating from accredited Ontario Faculty of Education programs and have demonstrated commitment to the environmental education of elementary school children. http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/wilcox.html http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/wilcox.html Tue, 4 May 2010 02:40:57 EDT news Sheryl (Geen) Parker (ConEd’86) won the Sir Mackenzie Bowell Award for Educator of the Year, given by the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board. http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/sheryl-parker.html http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/sheryl-parker.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:53:47 EST news Emily Rankin (B.Ed. '10) awarded a $5,000 scholarship by United World College of South East Asia. http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/rankin.html http://educ.queensu.ca/achievements/rankin.html