Michael Connelly of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and UWindsor professor Shijing Xu delivered a keynote at the fifth annual conference in Changchun, China.
Organizers called for papers for the International Conference on West-East Reciprocal Learning in Education at the University of Windsor in October.
Arts professor Jennifer Willet has been awarded a Canada Research Chair in Art, Science and Ecology. photo by Josh Babcock
University of Windsor professors Jennifer Willet and Oliver Love have been awarded Canada Research Chairs.
Talbot Trail Public School Principal Chris Mills and University of Windsor's Shijing Xu participate in a Skype call with Ren He Jei Primary School in Chongqing, China.
On a rainy Tuesday evening, educators at Talbot Trail Public School sat in a semi-circle and fixed their gaze on a screen in the library.
Seven geometric shapes of various colours lay scattered in front of each person while on the other side of the world, educators in Chongqing, China began a lesson on Grade 2 arithmetic.
“This has been a life-changing experience for us,” said Talbot Trail principal Chris Mills.
“We are able to learn what works over there and they are learning what works over here.”
Education professor Shijing Xu (right) poses with teacher candidate Mary Mettilin Mariyathas, one of the participants in this year’s Reciprocal Learning trip to Southwest University in Chongqing, China.
UWindsor professor Shijing Xu has been named Canada Research Chair in International and Intercultural Reciprocal Learning in Education.
Educators from Canada and China gathered on the UWindsor campus this week to explore reciprocal learning between the two countries.
Educators from Canada and China gathered on the UWindsor campus this week to explore reciprocal learning between the two countries.
Nesreen Elkord wants to make life a little simpler for young Arabs who are new to Canada.
“It’s really my passion to try to make the experiences of these kids easier than it was for me,” says Elkord, a PhD student in the Faculty of Education who studies under the tutelage of professor Shi Jing Xu. “I know I can’t do that all by myself, but I do feel that I have a duty to do this work.”
A project that places teacher candidates from China in Windsor schools has won recognition from two international development agencies.
Casa Canadiense and Pueblito Canada made the Great Essex County District School Board an inaugural recipient of the Global Education Award, which recognizes exemplary school-based projects, for its contribution to the partnership in the teacher education Reciprocal Learning Program between the University of Windsor and Southwest University China.
Feminists criticize the extent to which logic and other models for argumentation eliminate important contextual elements and force specific interpretations as if they were neutral, says philosophy professor Catherine Hundleby.
She will explore the subject in a free public lecture entitled "Feminism and Argumentation" on Thursday, September 8, at 3 p.m. in the seminar room of Parker House, 105 Sunset Avenue.
