Title: Education (Concurrent) Presentation

Presenter: Dr. Daniel Jarvis, SSoE Director (BEd Programs)

Time: 11:30 am, Sat November 5, 2021

VFOH 2021 Link: https://www.nipissingu.ca/future-students/visit-us/open-house 

Canadian Innovation Week 2020

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INNOVATION SHOWCASE
In the spirit of recognizing aspiring Canadian innovators, we have created an Innovation Showcase. Once your students have completed their innovation projects submit them here to be featured on the Innovation Showcase.

Canadian Innovation Week 2020 Website Link

Education for Innovation (E4I) curriculum created by SSoE faculty is being highlighted.

Dr. Daniel Jarvis of the Schulich School of Education is part of Ontario’s Math Knowledge Network, serving within the Critical Transitions Community of Practice team (the others being Mathematics Leadership, Indigenous Knowledge, and Computational Thinking). His work specifically focuses on the transition of the mathematics learner between Grade 8 and Grade 9. On March 20th, participants representing the Ministry of Education, university and college faculty, board level math coordinators, and math teachers gathered at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences in Toronto to take part in a full-day workshop hosted by Dr. Jarvis and entitled Crossing the Divide: Exploring Critical Transition Issues from Grade 8 to 9 Mathematics. Guest speakers addressed critical transition issues/challenges, shared effective board transition strategies, demonstrated provincial technology supports, and highlighted a new online resource for students and their parents/guardians. The event allowed time for small group discussions and hands-on problem-solving activities. Valuable input was also gathered from participants which will be used to direct future MKN work to be done in this area. FieldsLive archives (videos/presentation slides) available here.

The Fields Institute has been selected as the host for the province’s new KNAER (Knowledge Network for Applied Education Research) Mathematics Knowledge Network (2016-2021). Dr. Jarvis will serve as a member of the Expert Advisory Panel.

Fields Institute Announcement

The Network will work with mathematics education stakeholders across Ontario to create four distinct Communities of Practice (Mathematics Leadership, Critical Transitions in Student Mathematical Development, Indigenous Knowledge and Mathematics Education, & Computational Thinking in Mathematics Education) and to provide opportunities for linking research and professional practice, with the goal of supporting Ontario’s Renewed Math Strategy (RMS). This program will be administered through the Fields Institute’s Centre for Mathematics Education (CME). As the Mathematics Knowledge Network Host, Fields will be the lead organization responsible for coordinating the collaborative activities of the network partners.

This new Network includes the following partners: Association francophone pour l’enseignement des mathématiques en Ontario; Brock University; Canadian Mathematical Society; Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences; First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education Association of Ontario; Lakehead University; Nipissing University; Ontario Association for Mathematics Education; Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto; Ontario Mathematics Coordinators Association; Queen’s University; TVO; University of Ontario Institute of Technology; University of Windsor; Western University; Wilfrid Laurier University; and York University.

Fields Institute MathEd Forum Annual Research Day (January 31st, 2015)

Registration: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/register?form_selection=meforum

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