The Knowledge Forum Fall Series: Student-centered Approaches to Teaching
Channel: Queen's Faculty of Education
Date: 2021-12-06

On November 23, 2021 Queen's Faculty of Education hosted a series of presentations and discussions exploring the theme of student-centered education and meeting the needs of individual students.  

Dr. Alana Butler: Anti-racist Pedagogy and Praxis for Supporting BIPOC Students 

In this presentation, Dr. Alana Butler will focus on strategies for supporting diverse students through anti-racist and anti-oppressive pedagogy to create inclusive environments. 

Dr. Jamie Pyper:  Learning Skills and Social-Emotional Learning in Secondary Schools and Problem-Based Learning in Tertiary Learning: Meeting Students’ Needs   

To meet the needs of individual students, and provide for equity, diversity, and inclusion, means environmental features that help students see themselves in the learning. Collaborative learning environments supports implementing wholistic strategies with Learning Skills and Social-Emotional Learning through ongoing continuous formative feedback in secondary school classrooms. Problem-Based Learning as a structured approach to professional problem solving opens the door for differentiation and individual interests to add value to a collaborative task. Concrete materials of these strategies, used in these learning environments, and evidence from those experiences, will be presented. 

Joyce Tam (B.Ed ’99) and Kelly Leslie : Do You Want to Do The DAKI?   
In Do The DAKI, a SEL Program for K-3 Educators, authors Kelly Leslie and Joyce Tam (B.Ed ’99) create a year-long instructional resource to facilitate social-emotional growth in the classroom. Using the four pillars in the DAKI program: differences, acceptance, kindness, and inclusion, educators will equip students to manage their stress, build resilience, and develop healthy relationships built on a foundation of respect for diversity and inclusion. Kelly and Joyce will present a few easy-to-use lesson plans that will establish the foundation for a collaborative learning environment.