Developing the Cultural Diversity Awareness of the Heritage Language Learners, through Community-Based Education
Principal Investigator: Hessam Dehghani, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Asian Studies Project description Language textbooks draw a homogeneous picture of the language and culture of the Persian-speaking community under the pretence of a standard or native culture. Most Persian language learners at UBC, being heritage Learners, are intrinsically motivated to learn the language to connect with […]
Helping Arabic Learners Develop Oral Proficiency: A Comparison of Two Teaching Approaches
Principal Investigator: Nesrine Basheer, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Asian Studies Project description This project investigates the influence of different teaching methods on the oral proficiency and attitudes of L2 Arabic learners. With Arabic being a diglossic language, learners need to acquire both colloquial Arabic (CA) and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) to effectively communicate in various […]
Evaluating Student Learning in the new Climate Studies and Action Certificate
Principal Investigator: Tara Ivanochko, Professor of Teaching, EOAS Project description A new UBC-wide Climate Studies and Action Certificate was developed in response to the 2019 UBC Climate Emergency Declaration. The Certificate includes learning objectives (LOs) related to climate literacy, justice, action, wellbeing and their interrelationships. The first full offering of the Certificate will be in […]
Examining the impact of online branching community pharmacy case (OBCPC) on pharmacy student attitudes of community practice
Principal Investigators: Brie Weir, Manager, Educational Technology and Ali Reza Ladak, Lecturer, Pharmacy Practice, Office of Educational Technology (OETLD) and Integration Activities Project description The Online Branching Community Pharmacy Case (OBCPC) (https://blogs.ubc.ca/onlinebranchingcommunitypharmacycase/), a virtual gaming scenario (VSG), was deployed to 224-year 1 (PY1) entry-to-practice PharmD students offering them an opportunity in their first semester to […]
Debunking the misconception of genetic essentialism – a pre/post study of first year biology students’ beliefs
Principal Investigator: Pam Kalas, Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Zoology Project description The current proposal is a continuation of a larger project dedicated to develop and evaluate new classroom activities to teach genetics. The goal of these new activities is to emphasize the multifactorial nature of inherited traits while highlighting fallacies of genetic determinism. […]
Assessing the Impact of an “Anti-Racist Toolkit for the Writing Classroom”
Principal Investigator: Laila Ferreira, Assistant Professor of Teaching, The School of Journalism, Writing, and Media Project description Five faculty members in Writing, Research, and Discourse Studies (WRDS) recently developed the “Anti-Racist Toolkit for the Writing Classroom,” a 38pg guide that includes links, citations, reflective questions, and action items. The toolkit responds to a gap in […]
Instructors’ Perception of Enablers and Barriers to Effective Course Delivery in a Distributed Learning Environment
Principal Investigator: David Anekwe, Assistant Professor of Teaching / Academic Site Lead Master of Physical Therapy North, Master of Physical Therapy Project description This is a quality improvement project aimed at extracting the perceived enablers and barriers to effective course delivery in a distributed learning environment from instructors teaching at the UBC Master of Physical […]
Teacher candidates’ understandings of the relevance of relatedness/belongingness across varied class sizes
Principal Investigator: Surita Jhangiani, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education Project description Teacher-student relationships are fundamental. Supportive learning contexts foster the satisfaction of students’ need for relatedness; that is, feeling cared for and socially connected with others. Despite its significance, teacher candidates’ perceptions of relatedness have yet to […]
Improving Dental Students’ Teamwork and Communication Skills through Anonymous Peer Feedback
Principal Investigator: PJ Murphy, Lecturer, Department of Oral Biological Medical Sciences Project description This project aims to improve teamwork and communication skills in dental students by using iPeer – an anonymous peer review platform for assessment of classmates’ performance and contributions in group assignments and class presentations. Small group learning and classroom presentations allow students […]
Educational Board Games on Migration/Indigeneity
Principal Investigator: Biz Nijdam, Lecturer, Department of Central Eastern and Northern European Studies & Centre for Migration Studies Project description This project explores the capacity and efficacy of board games in teaching about Indigenous issues, decolonization, settler colonialism, and the tensions that emerge between Indigenous sovereignty and contemporary immigration/migration. Research questions