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Thursday Research Pre-Conference Schedule

This year we are introducing a Research Pre-Conference.  Our expanded conference
format includes a full day of research presentations by leading academics.

We can't think of a better way to gear up for a weekend of connecting with colleagues than exploring the latest in pedagogy and educational research!

 Choose one workshop for each session:

Session 1
9:00-10:30

 

David Booth ON/ Nippising

GOING GRAPHIC: How do we choose and use Graphic Texts to engage boys and girls?

TH1-A

Jill McClay AB/UAlberta

Composing a writing pedagogy: How can/should/do teachers embrace new ways of writing? 

 

TH1-B

 James Nahachewsky BC/UVic

Falling in horizontal spaces: Building a culture of the page through the screen.

 

TH1-C

Session 2
10:45-12:15

 

 

Ronda Arab & Clint Burnham BC/SFU

Invigorating the Classroom with Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Literature.

TH2-A 

Shelley Stagg Peterson ON/OISE

Issues and Practices in Providing Feedback on Student Writing: Results of Two Research Studies.

 

TH2-B

Lynn Fels BC/SFU

Performative Literacy: Walls Do Not A Prison Make.

 

 

TH2-C

 12:15-1:15  Lunch    

Session 3
1:30-3:00

Carl Leggo BC/UBC


Story-telling as Artful and Heartful Research

 

 

TH3-A

 Danette Long, Alsu Gilmetdinova & Lisa Eckert Montana/ Montana State University

"How Should I Say This?" Critical Awareness of Code Switching and the Hybrid Discourse of Teaching?

 

TH3-B

Theresa Rogers BC/UBC

Infusing contemporary literary theories in the classroom: Deepening the conversation with students across texts and grades.

 

TH3-C