NEWS & EVENTS
OCTOber 2007
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DEAN'S MESSAGE: Welcome to the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Since 1907, our community of students, alumni, faculty, and staff has helped build the University of Toronto’s reputation as one the leading centres in the world for the study of education. This has taken many institutional forms at the University over the past century, including a Faculty of Education, a College of Education and an Institute of Education. Today OISE is a departmentalized division of the University that offers four different routes into the profession of teaching, as well as a diverse set of graduate programs in areas such as adult education, early childhood education, educational leadership, counselling psychology, curriculum studies, equity studies and applied psychology. ...More
JUST PUBLISHED: IN CANADA Schools, Poverty, & the Achievement Gap
Last June, representatives from more than 20 countries and several international agencies came together under the midnight sun in Trondheim, Norway, to discuss the challenge of creating greater equity in the outcomes of education. This meeting, sponsored by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Norwegian Ministry of Education, was the culmination of several Years of work on the theme of "equity in education." The OECD will shortly issue a report titled No More Failures, replete with analysis and recommendations on how to improve equity in educational outcomes... More...
Ben Levin writes a column appearing fives times a year in Phi Delta Kappan, a publication of Phi Delta Kappa. This article is from the September 2007 issue, Vol. 89, No. 01, pp. 75-76.
More recent OISE publications in Just published.
ISSUES THAT MATTER: School Funding
In the recent provincial election campaign there was focussed debate around issues of faith-based school funding. OISE researchers Sarfaroz Niyozov, Jim Cummins, Tonya Callaghan and Jeffrey White participated in the first Curriculum, Teaching and Learning symposium by sharing what their research has to say about the value of funding schools and programs based on religious, ethno-racial, language and LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) affiliations. TVO featured the symposium as one of the resources in a live chat on the TVO Parents' web site, TVOParents.com, on Wednesday, October 3. TVOParents.com is designed to assist parents looing for research expertis on school issues. View the CTL Research Symposium webcast.
Photo of Safaroz Niyozov
ISSUES THAT MATTER: Engaging Inner-City YouthMore issues ...
NORTHERN LIGHTS: OISE Staff Step Up for U of T Awards
Lara Cartmale, Wing Ng, Mary Stager and Ellen Rethore made a strong team showing for OISE staff in the "unsung heroes" category at the University's second annual Stepping Up Merit Awards in September. The Stepping UP Merit Awards were established as a special program in 2005-06 to recognize the contribution of administrative staff to U of T's Stepping UP goals. Through their hard work and dedication, these recipients have had a direct and positive impact on U of T and its community of students, staff and faculty More ...
Photo of Lara Cartmale, from May 5 Reunion
Stay tuned as OISE introduces its own staff awards this year to recognize employees who have demonstrated outstanding service and made significant contributions to the OISE community.
ALUMNI & FRIENDS: Barnabas Emenogu PDK Award
Barnabas Emenogu, OISE doctoral graduate, is the co-winner of the 2007 Doctoral Dissertation Award, presented by the Phi Delta Kappa University of Toronto Chapter. His thesis, “The Effect of Missing Data Treatment on Mantel-Haenszel DIF Detection,” looked at statistical assumptions when dealing with non-attempted items, and the differential response patterns of students in French and English large-scale testing such as EQAO. The Doctoral Dissertation Award is presented annually, and includes entry into the PDK International level competition. Founded in the United States in 1906, Phi Delta Kappa is an international association of educators dedicated to the promotion of quality public education.
Barnabas Emenogu, middle front, photo from U of T News
CENTENNIAL UPDATE: Centennial Celebration Events
Jackson Lecture: Professor Rosemary Tannock, Canada Research Chair in Special Education and Adaptive Technology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and the Hospital for Sick Children, will deliver the 2007 R.W.B. Jackson Lecture: Special Education: Past, Present, and Future Views on Wednesday, November 7, at 6:00 PM. Space is limited, so reserve your seat now!
Convocation: PhD, EdD MA, MEd, MT and BEd/Tech grads and their friends and families will be filling up Convocation Hall for graduation ceremonies on November 14. Seats are always limited, but now more friends and family can help celebrate your convocation via live webcast from U of T.
Centennial Birthday Party
OISE wraps up the Centennial year with the Centennial Birthday Party on Friday, November 16, 2007. Please help us celebrate 100 years of inspiring education.
IN THE MEDIA: Full-day Kindergarten
A three-year old pilot program of full-day senior kindergarten classes in the Toronto District Catholic School Board has virtually eliminated literacy problems in younger pupils and is so successful that Premier McGuinty pledged to offer similar programs by 2010 if his government got re-elected. Another option is the Toronto First Duty model, combining flexible child-care, parenting/literacy centres and social service referrals. At its Bruce Jr. Public School site, students in half-day programs who need child care stay in the same school, often the same room. Teachers work alongside early childhood educators. Jane Bertrand, director of the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, said the advantage to a full day is "a far more seamless environment for the child ... Read more in Full-day kindergarten gets top marks.
FACULTY IN EDUCATION PRINT MEDIA: Keith Stanovich
Topic: Print Exposure
Publication: Education Week
Article: It's not just the schools
Authors: Iyengar, S. & Bauerlein
Topic: Reasoning
Publication: Scientific American Mind
Article: Jumping to conclusions: Can people be counted on to make sound judgments?
Author: Kuhn, D.
News coverage on this and other topics in education In the Media.
TVO UPDATE: OISE Research and ExpertiseTVO and OISE partner to bring research expertise to a wider audience on TVOParents.com, where you will see OISE's presence through expert opinions and research summaries. Your Voice: Live Tuesdays at TVOParents.com, featured Doug McDougall in The New Math: Does it Add Up?, answering questions from how and why math has changed, to how kids learn math.
WHAT'S ON THIS MONTH: October 2007
They're civilians, yet the military runs their lives. By marrying a member of the Armed Forces, these women inherited a lifestyle they hadn't necessarily chosen. When her husband joined the Air Force, filmmaker Claire Corriveau discovered a singular world where everything was subordinate to the needs of the Canadian Forces. Her first film, Nomad's Land, powerfully depicts the hard existence of military wives. Join us for this explosive documentary on Wednesday October 17 at 7PM with director Claire Corriveau, Margrit Eichler & Deborah Harrison, and Rebecca Christie, St Lawrence College, at the National Film Board Mediatheque, 50 John Street at Richmond Street West.
Admission is FREE! More info: National Film Board.
Photo: National Film Board of Canada
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