Welcome to the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
OISE is undergoing organizational change and is at a special moment in its history, setting new directions, positioning for the future with a new strategic plan, new leadership team, and transitioning to a new departmental structure. Guided by our commitment to equity and social justice, and mindful of our special responsibility to lead, we will enhance our impact as we continue to shape how the world thinks and goes about education.
April 26 OISE's great graduates: 2013 Cressy Student Leadership Award recipients
Congratulations to six outstanding 2013 OISE Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award recipients: Cristina Guerrero, Manaal Hussain (pictured left), Patricia Kmiec, Jeffrey Myers, William Noiles, and Gary Pluim...
April 25 New AERA Fellow Keith Stanovich to give Distinguished Scholar Symposium talk at AERA meeting
Keith Stanovich is one of 23 scholars selected by AERA as 2013 AERA Fellows, joining the ranks of 534 current AERA Fellows. The AERA conference starts April 27 in San Francisco and Keith Stanovich will give the Distinguished Scholar Symposium talk on 'The Assessment of Rational Thinking: IQ Does Not Equal RQ.'...
April 22 Dedication of teaching staff, students inspires David E. Hunt teaching award recipient
John Portelli isn't the kind of educator who strives for recognition but a major OISE teaching award has found him anyway. This year's recipient of the David E. Hunt Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, he's being honoured for his "many significant contributions to OISE teaching, supervision and scholarship"...
Time: Thursday, May 16 - 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Location: OISE Library | 252 Bloor W
OISE's Higher Education Group hosts a free, one-day symposium to address key policy research issues facing Ontario's post-secondary system including student mobility, institutional differentiation and learning outcomes. All are welcome. This event will be streamed live online on May 16 starting at 9:30 a.m.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
9:30-10am Welcome & Introduction
10-11:20am Panel 1: Student Mobility & Credit Transfer
11:401m-1pm Panel 2: Institutional Diversity & Differentiation in Ontario Higher Education
1-1:40pm Lunch (provided onsite)
1:40-3pm Panel 3: Learning Outcomes
3-3:30pm Concluding Remarks
This event is sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges & Universities; the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario; and the Higher Education Group at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Organizing Committee: Glen Jones (University of Toronto), Lucia Padure (MTCU), Richard Wiggars (HEQCO.
Register: https://surveys.oise.utoronto.ca/surveyviewer2/index.php?surveyID=R4WKX
Time: Saturday, June 1 - 9:00 - 10:30 AM
Location: OISE Library | 252 Bloor W
Join the OISE Alumni Association for a continental breakfast and presentation from this year's Alumni Leaders Series. Keynote by Dr. Suzanne Stewart on Indigenizing Education. This annual event brings together alumni from all years, this year honouring those who graduated in a year ending in 8 or 3. RSVP: http://uoft.me/oisepringreunion or 416.978.5047
Jean-Paul Restoule's online course, Aboriginal Worldviews and Education was shown on CBC's The National on May 1. The show looks at the MOOC, otherwise known as, the Massive Open Online Course.
Carol Campbell, LHAE
Mobilizing Evidence to Raise Achievement and Reduce Performance Gaps: Case Study of the Ontario Government as a Knowledge Mobilization Intermediary. In Session - Mobilizing Evidence to Tackle Educational Disadvantage: Intermediaries Connecting Research to Policy and Practice
Clare Brett, CTL
Identity, Self-Representation, and Learning in Online Learning Environments. In Session - Theorizing Digital Media in Curriculum:
Carl Corter, APHD
A Canadian School Disrupts Social Barriers. In Session – Innovative Programs and Perspectives With Low-Income Elementary Students
Jim Hewitt, CTL
Towards Understanding the Relationship Between Social Presence and Social Capital. In Session – New Perspectives on the Community of Inquiry Framework
Mary Kooy, CTL
Teacher Learning That Matters: Expanding a Longitudinal Study Into a Technology-Mediated Professional Community. In Session - Using Technology to Enhance Teacher Professional Development
Ben Levin, LHAE
Making Research Accessible and Useful for Educators: The Challenges of Developing an Online Database of Research Summaries. In Session - New Horizons in Scholarly Communication
Janette Pelletier, APHD
Leveling the Playing Field Through an Innovation in Full-Day Kindergarten. In Session - Effects of Early Childhood Interventions
Stephanie Springgay, HSSSJE
"How to Make a Classroom a Work of Art": Rethinking the "Artist-Teacher" From the Perspective of Social Practice. In Session - Critical Approaches in the Arts: Community and Classroom Perspectives
Dale Willows, APHD
Exploring Teacher Candidates' Use of the Internet as a Professional Resource During Literacy Lesson Preparation. In Session - Exploring Preservice Teachers' Understanding of Disciplinary Knowledge
Keith Stanovich, APHD
The Assessment of Rational Thinking: IQ ≠ RQ.: Distinguished Scholar Symposium in Honor of Keith E. Stanovich
Tricia Seifert, LHAE
The Influence of Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Programs on Learning Outcomes. In Session - Assessing Teaching Contexts, Strategies, and Outcomes
Megan Boler, HSSSJE
From Apathy to Occupy Wall Street to 4th Wave Feminism: Youth Practices of Social Media and Participatory Democracy. In Session - Do-It-Yourself Media and Youth Engagement: Repurposing Media
Roland Sintos-Coloma, HSSSJE
Filipina/os in Secondary History Textbooks. In Session - The “Other” Students: Filipino Americans, Education, and Power
George Dei, HSSSJE
Teaching and Learning African Proverbs as Indigenous Philosophies. In Session - Indigenous Education as Pedagogies for Change
Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández, CTL
For what purpose the arts? An analysis of the mission statements of urban arts high schools in Canada and the United States. In Session – Critical Approaches in the Arts: Community and Classroom Perspectives
Eunice Jang, APHD
Tracking the Developmental Patterns of ELLs’ Reading Skills by Length of Residence and Home Language Environment Using Cognitive Diagnosis Modeling. In Session - ELL Outcomes and Factors Affecting ELL Achievement
Kenneth Leithwood, LHAE
Mobilizing the Knowledge That Successful Principals Have About Closing Achievement Gaps. In Session - Improving Educational Outcomes: Leaders' Connections to Reform
Ann Lopez, LHAE
Social Justice, Teacher Leadership, and Curriculum Inquiry: What Can We Learn From the Curriculum Choices of Activist Teacher Leaders in Their Classrooms. In Session - How Leaders Can Do Justice to Matters of Social Justice and Equity
Lance McCready, CTL
Bullying, Intersectionality, and Queer Youth of Color. In Session - Rethinking Bullying and Recasting LGBTQ Youth: Race, Gender, Childhood, and Policy
James Slotta, CTL
Aggregate Representations to Support Scientific Inquiry: A Case Study With Embedded Phenomena. In Session - The Application of Mobile Technologies for Teaching and Learning
Njoki Wane, HSSSJE
African Indigenous Educational Systems: Story-telling as One of the Cornerstone for Teaching & Learning. In Session - Indigenous Education as Pedagogies for Change
Rob Simon, CTL
Investigating Literacy Through Intergenerational Inquiry. In Session - Writing Ourselves Into the Work: Critical Reflections on Praxis by Community-Based Digital Literacies Practitioners
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