Ready or Not: Aligning assessments and program goals regarding practice readiness in the UBC Entry-to-Practice PharmD Program
Project Investigator: Neelam Dhaliwal, Lecturer, Office of Experiential Education, Pharmaceutical Sciences Additional Applicants: George Pachev Project Description The intended study aims at supporting the alignment of assessments to the program’s goals regarding practice readiness by exploring on the faculty’s (faculty instructor’s and practice educator’s) conceptions of the “not ready” student, and evaluating the extent to […]
Student occupational therapists experience of bullying in placements: A national exploratory study
Project Investigator: Donna Drynan, Associate Professor of Teaching, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy Additional Applicants: Jeff Boniface; Palvi Dhillon; Lisa Mahil Project Description The purpose of this study is to understand the prevalence of bullying that student occupational therapists experience or witness while on placements and the impact this may have had on their learning. […]
More practice, more feedback, more learning?: Replacing one weekly synchronous class with asynchronous, low-stakes practice
Project Investigator: Katie Fitzpatrick, Lecturer, WRDS (School of Journalism, Writing and Media) Project Description I have developed a hybrid pedagogy model organized around what I call “Individual Learning Activities,” or ILAs. Every Monday, my students complete an asynchronous, low-stakes “ILA” instead of attending class. ILAs ask them to learn and practice a relevant writing skill. […]
Supporting student wellbeing in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences through exploring faculty and staff motivation to implement wellbeing practices
Project Investigator: Ingrid Price, Associate Professor of Teaching, Pharmaceutical Sciences Additional Applicants: Alex Smith; Jas Jawanda; Parisa Safavi; Jennifer Chatterton Project Description In order to support student success, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FoPS) has committed to collaboratively build and implement a student wellbeing plan centered on a culture of self-care, resiliency, and empowerment. As […]
Danielle Burrell-Kim
danielle.kim [at] ubc.ca PhD student, Language & Literacy Education Danielle completed her MA in Teaching English as a Second language at UBC, and she teaches English for Academic Purposes in a higher education context in the U.S. Her research interests include language ideologies and gender socialization and performance in education. In addition, she extends these […]
Martin Dammert
mdammert [at] student.ubc.ca Master’s student, Human Development, Learning, & Culture Martin is an educational psychologist with previous experience in educational research and teaching (in secondary and tertiary education). His research interests include social perspectives of learning and teaching and motivational phenomena across educational settings and cultures. Through his research, he hopes to support students’ and […]
The Impact of International Graduate Student Colleges in Graduate Student Well-being, Development, and Global Citizenship Education
Project Investigator: Henry Yu, Associate Professor & Principal, St. John’s College, Department of History & Vice-Provost (International) Project Description The project is a qualitative study of the impact of residential living in a multicultural international graduate student residence on postgraduate education and development and global citizenship education. We aim to conduct semi-structured focus groups and […]
Measuring and enhancing student motivation in forestry undergraduates
Project Investigator: Andres Varhola, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Forest Resources Management Project Description Lack of motivation is an important driver of low engagement and performance among undergraduates. While the logical first step to enhance motivation is measuring it, no peer-reviewed study has reported motivation indicators for forestry students. Discipline-specific motivational scaling is important because career […]
EMOTION(ALITY) AND EMOTIVE WRITING: ASSESSING THE IMPACTS IN/ON THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES CLASSROOM
Project Investigator: Pheroze Unwalla Project Description In MES300 The Middle East: Critical Questions & Debates, students examine the troubled history of Middle East Studies (MES) and then work todecolonize and resituate the field within a social justice framework. This project evaluates the impact of emotion(ality) in MES300 and beyond. Inparticular, it assesses the transformative potential […]
Evaluating the Efficacy, Accessibility, Pedagogical Implications and Labour Costs of Adopting an OER in a Greek and Roman Myth Course
Project Investigator: Tara Mulder, Assistant Professor of Teaching, CNERS Project Description This project aims to investigate the efficacy, accessibility, pedagogical implications, and labour costs of adopting the open-access e-textbook, Mythoi Koinoi: An Open Access Anthology of Greek and Roman Myth in a 100-level undergraduate Greek and Roman myth course. Mythoi Koinoi was created with an […]