{"id":99081,"date":"2025-02-04T14:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T19:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=99081"},"modified":"2025-02-04T17:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T22:03:00","slug":"lecture-series-to-spotlight-research-innovation-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/02\/lecture-series-to-spotlight-research-innovation-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture series to spotlight research, innovation in education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from Brock\u2019s Faculty of Education will shed light on critical issues facing the global educational landscape during a public lecture series celebrating the University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brocku.ca\/60\">60th anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The in-person lectures will share key insights on the advancement of digital technology in classrooms, understanding Indigenous research methodologies and themes of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI).<\/p>\n<p>Kicking off the series on <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/286722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wednesday, Feb. 12<\/a> are Distinguished Professors of Educational Studies Susan Drake and Louis Volante.<\/p>\n<p>Drake, who has extensively explored curriculum design and assessment, will discuss the positive role education can play in helping to solve troubling global issues through the lens of transdisciplinary problem solving in classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Volante, whose interdisciplinary scholarship focuses on the global governance of education, will discuss findings from a recent statistical analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic learning outcomes, and consider implications for education policy and large-scale reform.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/286769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thursday, March 6<\/a>, Assistant Professor Mohammed Estaiteyeh and Associate Professor Leanne Taylor, who both hold Brock\u2019s Chancellor\u2019s Chairs for Teaching Excellence, will weigh in on technology and EDI, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Estaiteyeh will explore technology in relation to current trends, challenges and opportunities and highlight strategies for equipping educators with the mindset and skills needed to navigate the digital classroom of the future.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor will share her current research which focuses on key EDI themes and challenges within teacher education during an era marked by complex societal shifts and increasing resistance to equity initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>During the final talk on <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/286800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wednesday, March 26<\/a>, faculty members in Brock\u2019s Indigenous Educational Studies programs will share insight on Indigenous research methodologies.<\/p>\n<p>Professor and Director of Indigenous Educational Studies Sheila Cote-Meek and Assistant Professors of Indigenous Educational Studies Jeannie Martin and Sherri Vansickle will discuss the cultural practices and traditional teachings embedded in two distinct regalia: the Ribbon Skirt and the Gustowah Haudenosaunee Men\u2019s Headdress.<\/p>\n<p>All research talks are free and open to the public. The Brock community is encouraged to register through <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/organization\/faculty-of-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ExperienceBU<\/a>. More information can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/education\/faculty-of-education-60th-anniversary-speaker-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOE speaker series web page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from Brock\u2019s Faculty of Education will shed light on critical issues facing the global educational landscape during a public lecture series celebrating the University\u2019s 60th anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":99085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9794,1],"tags":[32,98,13113,10471,3028,13128,12386,3093,13603],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99081"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99081"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99097,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99081\/revisions\/99097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}