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Presentations and Papers

by tmcalder posted 2006-12-10 22:00



Presentations and Papers

1. Presentations to General or Academic Audience or to Policymakers

 

Date

Event

Audience (size)

Presenters

Title or content

July 13, 2004

1st LUCID Research and Policy Forum, SFU Vancouver

Invited reps from school districts, provincial organizations

Mark Fettes, Susan Crowley, Vonnie Hutchinson, Brenda Point

Description of objectives and design of project; discussion of how to make it useful for districts

Dec. 8, 2004

President’s Faculty Lecture, SFU Burnaby

Faculty, staff, students at SFU (60)

Mark Fettes

“Indigenizing Schools in the 21st Century”

Feb. 24, 2005

2nd LUCID Research and Policy Forum, SFU Burnaby

Invited reps from school districts, provincial organizations; SFU faculty and students

Mark Fettes, Linda Kaser

Description of objectives and design of project; initial work by teachers

Feb. 28, 2005

Visit by Tom Christensen, B.C. Minister of Education, SFU Burnaby

Minister’s entourage plus senior faculty

Mark Fettes

Presentation as part of small faculty group

May 6, 2005

Visit by Philip Steenkamp, B.C. Deputy Minister of Advanced Education, SFU Burnaby

Deputy Minister plus invited faculty and students (15)

Mark Fettes

Presentation as one of a group of selected research projects at SFU

May 28, 2005

Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, London, Ontario

University researchers (faculty and students) from across Canada (20)

Mark Fettes, Rod McKellar, Kym Stewart, Dawn Courage

Panel session (4 papers):

- Mark Fettes: “Imaginative Engagement in Culturally Diverse Classrooms Changing Teacher Thinking and Practice within a Community-University\ Research Alliance”
- Kym Stewart:  “Combating Sedentary Lifestyles through Imaginative Media Education” 

- R.J. McKellar : “Another Kind of Story Using the Techniques of Imaginative Education to Develop Literacy in the Elementary School Classroom”  

July 13, 2005

3rd LUCID Research and Policy Forum, SFU Vancouver

Invited reps from school districts, provincial and national organizations (10)

Mark Fettes, Susan Crowley, Vonnie Hutchingson, Brenda Point

Description of objectives and design of project; initial work by teachers; discussion of how to make it useful for districts

July 15, 2005

3rd International Conference on Imagination and Education, Vancouver, BC

Educators and researchers from twenty countries (300)

Mark Fettes

Keynote address: "Inclusion through Imagination: The LUCID Project" "Inclusion through Imagination: The LUCID Project"- abstract
PowerPoint Presentation

July 15, 2005

3rd International Conference on Imagination and Education, Vancouver, BC

Educators and researchers from various countries (40)

Brenda Point, Jim Edgcombe, Ian Herrin

Joint presentation:

"Imaginative Teaching in Culturally Diverse Classrooms - Chilliwack"

http://www3.educ.sfu.ca/ conferences/ ierg2005/ viewabstract.php?id=151

July 15, 2005

3rd International Conference on Imagination and Education, Vancouver, BC

Educators and researchers from various countries (40)

Vonnie Hutchingson, Craig Kestle, Leslie Puley, Donna Rhindress, Shannon Shields, Florence Lockyer, Vicki Ives

Joint presentation:

"Imaginative Teaching in Culturally Diverse Classrooms – Haida Gwaii"

http://www3.educ.sfu.ca/ conferences/ierg2005/ viewabstract.php?id=153

July 15, 2005

3rd International Conference on Imagination and Education, Vancouver, BC

Educators and researchers from various countries (40)

Susan Crowley, Debbie Leighton-Stephens, Andrew Bellis, Marilyn Bryant,   Penny Hasell, Colleen Pudsey

Joint presentation:

"Imaginative Teaching in Culturally Diverse Classrooms – Prince Rupert"

http://www3.educ.sfu.ca/ conferences/ierg2005/ viewabstract.php?id=152

July 15, 2005

3rd International Conference on Imagination and Education, Vancouver, BC

Educators and researchers from various countries (15)

Ann Harris

"Potent Recreation: A Cooperative Inquiry into Relationships Among Imaginative Education, Teacher Flourishing, and Cultural Inclusion"


July 15, 2005

3rd International Conference on Imagination and Education, Vancouver, BC

Educators and researchers from various countries (15)

Dawn Courage

"Inclusive imaginative education: Exploring how imaginative education can benefit struggling learners" 

July 15, 2005

3rd International Conference on Imagination and Education, Vancouver, BC

Educators and researchers from various countries (15)

Rod McKellar

"Literacy and the Imagination" 

Aug. 27, 2005

4th International Conference on Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, Victoria, BC

Educators and researchers from various countries (15)

Mark Fettes, Sean Blenkinsop

“Developing the Scientific Imagination: A Key to Sustainability?”

Nov. 18, 2005

One Vision—Many Voices, Cross-Cultural/Anti-Racism Education Conference, Edmonton, Alberta

Faculty and students from Western Canada (25)

Rod McKellar, Kym Stewart, Dawn Courage

Panel session (3 papers): “Combating Sedentary Lifestyles through Imaginative Media Education,” “Another Kind of Story: Using the Techniques of Imaginative Education to Develop Literacy in the Elementary

Classroom,” “A Need for Imagination? Seeking Engagement in the Inclusive Classroom”

Nov. 19, 2006

One Vision—Many Voices, Cross-Cultural/Anti-Racism Education Conference, Edmonton, Alberta

Faculty and students from Western Canada (25)

Mark Fettes

“Changing Teacher Thinking and Practice within a Community-University Research Alliance”

Feb. 16, 2006

WestCAST (Western Canada Teacher Education Conference), Vancouver, BC

Faculty and students from Western Canada (25)

Mark Fettes, Anne Chodakowski, Susan Crowley, Leslie Kestle

Joint presentation: “Teachers’ Engagement with Imaginative Education in Culturally Diverse Classrooms”

Feb. 18, 2006

Conference of the First Nations Education Association (Provincial Specialist Association, BC Teachers’ Federation), Chilliwack, BC

Teachers of Aboriginal students from B.C. (15)

Rod McKellar

Workshop: “Using imagination to engage First Nations learners with literacy development”

Mar. 3, 2006

International Conference on Teacher Development, Vancouver, BC

Faculty and students from Western Canada and the U.S. (25)

Mark Fettes, Anne Chodakowski, Susan Crowley

Joint presentation: “Inclusive Teaching through Imagination: Pathways of Teacher Development”

 

2. Presentations to District Educators, Other Professional Audiences, or Parents

 

Date

Event

Audience (size)

Presenters

Title or content

Sept. 22, 2006

Bernard Elementary School Professional Development

(Chilliwack)

Teachers and Administration

(2 sessions – Primary/Intermediate) (20)

Tannis Calder, Kym Stewart

Description of objectives and design of project; Overview of Imaginative Education with a focus on the Mythic Framework and Cognitive Tools.

Oct. 2, 2006

Chilliwack Professional Development Choices

Interested Teachers and LUCID Affiliates  in the District  (~15)

Tannis Calder, Brenda Point

LUCID Research Learning Team Meeting – Overview of Imaginative Education and the Lucid Program, Focus on the Romantic Cognitive Tools

Nov. 6, 2006

Chilliwack Professional Development Choices

Interested Teachers and LUCID Affiliates  in the District  (~15)

Grace Jones, Steve Ball, Tannis Calder

LUCID Project in Practice; A Colaboritive Unit using the Romantic Framework (Topic: The Pacific Rim)

Nov. 10, 2006

Sm’algyax Teachers Workshop

(Prince Rupert)

Sm’algyax Teachers and Aboriginal Education Leaders (13)

Tannis Calder, Debbie Layton- Stevens

Description of objectives and design of project; Overview of Imaginative Education with a focus on the Somatic Tools; discussion of how to use the approach in Language Teaching; Collaboration and Development of a framework for a unit (Topic: Searching for Bigfoot)

Jan. 15 2007
Chilliwack Professional Development Choices
Interested Teachers and LUCID Affiliates  in the District  (~15)Tannis Calder
LUCID Project in Practice; A Colaboritive Unit using the Mythic Framework (Topic: Comunity - A primary Unit)

 

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3. Written Reports and Publications

Blenkinsop, Sean, and Mark Fettes. 2006. “A river ran wild: Imagination and sustainability in a grade 4 science classroom.” In D. Zandvliet (ed.), Sustainable Environments, Sustainable Communities, Sense Publishers (in press).

Chodakowski, Anne, Susan Crowley, and Mark Fettes. 2006. “Inclusive teaching through imagination: Pathways of teacher development.” To appear in the proceedings of the International Conference on Teacher Development, Vancouver, Mar. 2-4, 2006.

Chodakowski, Anne, Susan Crowley, Leslie Kestle, and Mark Fettes. 2006. “Teachers’ engagement with imaginative education in culturally diverse classrooms.” To appear in the proceedings of WestCAST, Vancouver, Feb. 15-18, 2006.

Courage, Dawn, and Mark Fettes. 2005. “Inclusion and empowerment in imaginative classrooms.” Paper presented at One Vision – Many Voices: Cross-Cultural & Anti-Racism Education Conference, November 17-19, 2005, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Published on CD-ROM.

Fettes, Mark. 2005. “Imaginative engagement in culturally diverse classrooms: Changing teacher thinking and practice within a Community-University Research Alliance.” In V. Stead (Ed.), International Education Dynamics - Their Influence and Dynamics within the Canadian Academy. Toronto: Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Available at http://www.csse.ca/CCSE/CCSEProceedings11Fettes.pdf .

Fettes, Mark. 2005. “Imagination, Community, Possibility: Transforming Classrooms within a Community-University Research Alliance.” Paper presented at One Vision – Many Voices: Cross-Cultural & Anti-Racism Education Conference, November 17-19/2005, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Published on CD-ROM.

Harris, Ann. 2006. Potent Recreation: The Relationships between Teacher Flourishing and Imaginative Education. MA thesis (under review by committee). Simon Fraser University.

Imaginative Education Research Group (K.Egan, M. Fettes, A. Chodakowski). A Guide to Imaginative Education. Vancouver: IERG, 2004 (2nd ed.).

McKellar, R.J. 2005. Another Kind of Story: Using the Techniques of Imaginative Education to Develop Literacy in the Elementary School Classroom. In V. Stead (Ed.), International Education Dynamics - Their Influence and Dynamics within the Canadian Academy. Toronto: Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Available at http://www.csse.ca/CCSE/CCSEProceedings9McKellar.pdf .

McKellar, R.J. 2005. “The art of the storyteller: Liberating literacy through imagination.” Paper presented at One Vision – Many Voices: Cross-Cultural & Anti-Racism Education Conference, November 17-19/2005, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Published on CD-ROM.

McKellar, R.J. 2006. Opening the Doors to Dreamland: Developing Literacy and Engagement through Imaginative Education. PhD thesis (under review by committee). Simon Fraser University.

Stewart, Kym. 2005. Combating Sedentary Lifestyles through Imaginative Media Education. In V. Stead (Ed.), International Education Dynamics - Their Influence and Dynamics within the Canadian Academy. Toronto: Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Available at http://www.csse.ca/CCSE/CCSEProceedings12Stewart.pdf .

Stewart, Kym. 2005. “Combating stereotypes through imaginative media education.” Paper presented at One Vision – Many Voices: Cross-Cultural & Anti-Racism Education Conference, November 17-19/2005, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Published on CD-ROM.