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Reflections on a SSHRC Application

25 Sep 2018

I just submitted my first SSHRC application to the Department of Integrated Studies in Education here at McGill. Sitting with a celebratory beer in my hand, I want to reflect back on the process...

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Reflection on “Racial/Ethnic Identities and Learning Mathematics”

13 Aug 2018

On Tuesday, February 6th 2018, we had the opportunity to attend a talk entitled “How do racial/ethnic identities play a role in learning mathematics?” presented by Dr. Mahtab Nazemi. Dr. Naezmi...

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Practice-Based Pedagogy in SMERG

2 Jul 2018

Five of our SMERG faculty members recently published an article on their use of practice-based pedagogy in the mathematics and science teacher preparation programs.

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First Steps

11 Apr 2018

This week for Dr. Anila Asghar’s MA/PhD Seminar in Math and Science Education course we read ‘“Science Capital”: a conceptual, methodological, and empirical argument for extending Bourdieusian...

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Switching it up

20 Feb 2018

This year I started my class differently than I ever have before. We did the same goofy opening day exercises and name game that I always do, but I didn't hand out a syllabus. Instead I told my...

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EGSS Student Speaker Series

8 Feb 2018

On January 30th, I had the opportunity to present a talk for the EGSS speaker series. Being a first-year PhD student, this kind of forced me to get my thoughts together in an organized way in a...