Whether you’re new to Western or new to leading a team, participants in the university’s latest cohort of the Excellence in Leadership training program agree there’s much to be gained from learning together. “Every course is like a pearl you t …
Education
Research making math add up for kids
George Gadanidis isn’t just helping elementary school students learn math; he’s helping them enjoy the process.
Bazely and Paulson: Finding valuable skills outside the classroom
It was a hot Thursday afternoon in Laredo, Texas. The build site had been transformed from a concrete pad to a framed house in three days, and the only remaining step was to get the roof trusses in place. It was close to 100 degrees, and the group was beginning to feel the effects of working in desert-like conditions.
Press finds small but mighty place on shelf
Althouse Press – celebrating its 35th anniversary this year – is still going strong, despite turbulent economic times, the rise of e-readers and a modest operating budget.
Despite numbers, non-traditional options abound
In the latest issue of Professionally Speaking, the magazine of the Ontario College of Teachers, Frank McIntyre explores the options – or perhaps, a lack thereof – available to new and recent graduates of Ontario’s teacher education programs.
Expansion good news for teachers
Consider, for a moment, Ontario’s newly certified teachers and, if you don’t already, you’ll soon realize there’s an imbalance in the system.
Campus Digest, March 15
Arts, Ed and FIMS plan Research Day 2012 Three Western faculties – Arts and Humanities, Education and Information and Media Studies – will come together next week for one celebration of their collective work at Research Day 2012, scheduled for 3-5:30 p.m. Monday,...
Teacher-student conversation key to classroom behaviour
To Alan Edmunds, classroom management can be a bit of a carnival game.
Miss Canada turns spotlight on abuse
For years, Jaclyn Miles was afraid to share her story. But today, the Faculty of Education student is using her new role as Miss Canada to speak out against abuse – in all its forms.
Professor’s donation reaches ‘East’ to help
Marianne Larsen admits she gets ‘that feeling’ when she knows something is right. And it was ‘that feeling’ which stirred the emotions in the Faculty of Education professor to make a make a $1.06 million donation to Western Heads East.
Campus Digest, Dec. 8
Western News deadlines for 2012 Today’s Western News edition represents the semester’s final. We’ll return on Thursday, Jan. 5. Coming events and advertising deadline for that edition, the first of 2012, is noon Thursday, Dec. 15. UWOFA announces scholarship winners...
Addressing mental health in the classroom
Thanks to a donation from former University of Western Ontario graduate student and elementary teacher Walter M. Lobb, the Faculty of Education begins a crucial step in developing a new mental health program and scholarship fund to address the needs of teachers who deal with students’ mental health issues every day.
Attawapiskat crisis offers a teaching moment
While media and government officials have been drawing attention to the state of Attawapiskat, it’s almost impossible for a resident of southwestern Ontario to understand the issues at hand, say two graduate students at The University of Western Ontario.
Research making math add up for kids
George Gadanidis isn’t just helping elementary school students learn math; he’s helping them enjoy the process.
Bazely and Paulson: Finding valuable skills outside the classroom
It was a hot Thursday afternoon in Laredo, Texas. The build site had been transformed from a concrete pad to a framed house in three days, and the only remaining step was to get the roof trusses in place. It was close to 100 degrees, and the group was beginning to feel the effects of working in desert-like conditions.
Press finds small but mighty place on shelf
Althouse Press – celebrating its 35th anniversary this year – is still going strong, despite turbulent economic times, the rise of e-readers and a modest operating budget.
Despite numbers, non-traditional options abound
In the latest issue of Professionally Speaking, the magazine of the Ontario College of Teachers, Frank McIntyre explores the options – or perhaps, a lack thereof – available to new and recent graduates of Ontario’s teacher education programs.
Expansion good news for teachers
Consider, for a moment, Ontario’s newly certified teachers and, if you don’t already, you’ll soon realize there’s an imbalance in the system.
Campus Digest, March 15
Arts, Ed and FIMS plan Research Day 2012 Three Western faculties – Arts and Humanities, Education and Information and Media Studies – will come together next week for one celebration of their collective work at Research Day 2012, scheduled for 3-5:30 p.m. Monday,...
Teacher-student conversation key to classroom behaviour
To Alan Edmunds, classroom management can be a bit of a carnival game.
Miss Canada turns spotlight on abuse
For years, Jaclyn Miles was afraid to share her story. But today, the Faculty of Education student is using her new role as Miss Canada to speak out against abuse – in all its forms.
Professor’s donation reaches ‘East’ to help
Marianne Larsen admits she gets ‘that feeling’ when she knows something is right. And it was ‘that feeling’ which stirred the emotions in the Faculty of Education professor to make a make a $1.06 million donation to Western Heads East.
Campus Digest, Dec. 8
Western News deadlines for 2012 Today’s Western News edition represents the semester’s final. We’ll return on Thursday, Jan. 5. Coming events and advertising deadline for that edition, the first of 2012, is noon Thursday, Dec. 15. UWOFA announces scholarship winners...
Addressing mental health in the classroom
Thanks to a donation from former University of Western Ontario graduate student and elementary teacher Walter M. Lobb, the Faculty of Education begins a crucial step in developing a new mental health program and scholarship fund to address the needs of teachers who deal with students’ mental health issues every day.
Attawapiskat crisis offers a teaching moment
While media and government officials have been drawing attention to the state of Attawapiskat, it’s almost impossible for a resident of southwestern Ontario to understand the issues at hand, say two graduate students at The University of Western Ontario.