In the past year, Curriculum Theorizing has become a PhD field of study at the Faculty of Education and has drawn graduate students from Canada and abroad. Curriculum Theorizing involves asking questions about teaching and learning across contexts while considering social, historical and contextual facets of curriculum spaces. More recently, the Faculty launched a new research group, the Curriculum Inquiry Research Group (CInRG), for focused studies in curriculum.

PhD candidate Jia Ma has recently received two international grants to support her doctoral research entitled Chinese Students’ Journey to Success on High-stakes English Language Tests: Nature, Effects and Values of Their Test Preparation.

Alumna Katy Paton (Ed’14) has received the Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario Galbraith Preservice Teacher Award of Excellence. Katy was nominated by her elementary science curriculum professor, Diane Lawrence. Congratulations Katy!

Dr. Rena Upitis has received an Ontario Research Fund Small Infrastructure Award for her Leaders Opportunity Fund Project, "Digital Tools in Music Education."

This award provides funding for infrastructure and support of a five-year research project investigating current and potential uses of digital tools in the teaching and learning practices found in independent music studios. The project findings will be shared with the academic community, musicians, teachers and the general public.

Congratulations Rena!

Dr. Nancy Hutchinson has received the 2014 School of Graduate Studies Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision, which will be presented to her Fall Convocation.