gradnews
December 2009
Graduate Programs, Faculty of Education
From the Director
End of semester, end of year . . . days seem endlessly
wet and grey. The dreaded flu season lingers on. Exams,
final papers, scholarship applications . . . the academy
marches on. Nerves fray, stress mounts, fatigue sets in,
and enthusiasm wanes. Two basic modes of coping with
stress: reaching out and reaching in. If we do both, it
seems we would double the coping efficacy. Reaching
out to our community, we give and receive support.
Reaching in, we connect with the core strength of who
we are as a person. Isn’t this double gesture of reaching
out and reaching in, exactly the traditional message for
this time of the year?
Only connect, within and without.
I wish you all a glorious season of greetings, celebrations,
festivities, friendship, affection, and renewal; and lettinggo of all that holds us back from being fully open to life
and all its gifts.
Yours . . . descending into December,
Heesoon
Seasons Greetings from the staff
in the Graduate Programs office
contents
from the director........................1
scholarships...............................2
program highlights....................3
people in the news.....................4
student news...........................5-7
convocation...........................8-11
December 2009
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SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES
scholarships
Pacfic Century Graduate Entrance Scholarships
Sean Park - PhD
Curriculum Theory & Instruction Philosophy
Presidents Research Stipend
$6250
(Summer 2009)
Richard Laszlo
Armando Preciado
Olga Shipulina
Melanie Young
Nicholas Zaparytniuk
(Fall 2009)
Melania Alvarez-Adem
Marco Espinoza
Phong Kuoch
Rob McTavish
Amie Wolf Williamson
Entrance Graduate Fellow-
Graduate Fellowships 2009/2010
$6250
Gabriela Alonso-Yanez
Mahboubeh Asgari
Susan Barber
Colleen Bell
Christian Berneche
June Birch
Michael Caulkins
Rosa Chen
Tom Culham
Mary Perez-Dingler
Sadie Donovan
Rylan Egan
George Ekol
Shiva Gol Tabaghi
Sheryl Guloy
Elena Halmaghi
Veronica Hotton
Yuija Jiang
Peter Kovacs
Kristi Lauridsen
Jerry Li
Jodi MacQuarrie
Robert Manery
Paulina Semenec-Michalak – MA – C&I Foundations
Elena Hadjipieri – PhD – Arts Education
Kevin Wells – PhD – Math Education
Greg Hum – PhD – Educational Technology & Learning Design
Catherine Lisimaque – MA – C&I French Education
Brian Eaton – MSc – C&I Math
Kristie McCann – MA – Counselling Psychology
Susan Oesterle
Johanne Provencal
Kathryn Ricketts
Cristina Ruiz Echeverry
Lonny Saltel
Raj Sanghera
Catherine Shaw
Gillian Smith
Natasa Sirotic
Brian Storey
Seanna Takacs
Nicole Thibault
Kurt Thumlert
Irina Tzoneva
Zuzana Vasko
Shu-Hwa Wu
Paul Yeung
Melanie Young
Nicholas Zaparyniuk
International Programs
Myung Doek (Carol) Suhr
Nipaporn Tangtorrith
December
Educational Technology and Learning
Design
The Faculty offers two graduate programs in Educational Technology and Learning Design: A Masters program with both
thesis and non-thesis options, and a PhD program.
The Masters program in Educational Technology and Learning Design is taught at SFU Surrey. It serves professionals
from a broad range of backgrounds, including career teachers, corporate trainers, postsecondary IT and learning and
instructional support personnel, and aspiring researchers. For the convenience of those working full time, classes meet
from 4:30pm to 8:30pm (courses are 4 credits each). For those who are not working or have reduced loads, two core
courses in the program are scheduled each semester.
In up-to-date lab facilities at SFU Surrey, students’ course work combines current academic research with hands-on
training in the use of popular tools for web and multimedia development, including Adobe Dreamweaver and Flash. In
each course, students develop a major project that provides opportunity to apply course concepts to their professional
work.
Most Masters courses in Ed Tech and Learning Design are taught in “mixed mode”, meaning that online discussions are
held between weekly class meetings. Since many students are interested in understanding distance learning, some of
the courses hold fully online meetings once or twice per term. These experiences are later debriefed face-to-face. This
combination allows students to experience distance learning while retaining the benefits of a face-to-face cohort program.
Once each semester, Masters students and faculty work together to organize a Program Institute, which brings all current
Masters students to campus on a Friday evening. Recent Institutes have included a mock thesis defense, a sharing session
in which students discussed elective courses they have taken, and a “homecoming” session in which graduates returned to
talk about their new jobs, and how they are using the skills and knowledge they gained in the program.
The PhD program in Educational Technology and Learning Design is offered at the Burnaby campus. It is designed to
develop skilled researchers whose work is grounded in, and contributes to our growing scholarly understanding of the
promises and challenges associated with the design and use of media-rich learning experiences across the lifespan. The
program, which will soon make its fourth annual intake, serves students of widely varied backgrounds and career tracks,
including postsecondary instructors and instructional development personnel, commercial instructional designers, research
analysts, aspiring faculty members, and others.
Since most students in the program are part-time, the faculty are concerned with maintaining cohesion in the PhD cohort.
This is accomplished in part through bi-monthly potluck get-togethers, held at faculty members’ homes. These gatherings
have varied agendas, which have included “fireside chats” about careers in the field, collegial reviews of draft writings by
students and faculty, and information sessions about the process of completing the PhD.
One of the exciting and rewarding things about being part of these programs is the collective energy of many people, who
are inspired by the same possibilities yet informed by such widely varying life experiences and educational backgrounds.
For faculty and students alike, ongoing challenge and growth provide the basis for our learning community.
Faculty currently associated with the Educational Technology and Learning Design programs are:
Cheryl Amundsen
David Kaufman
John Nesbit
Kevin O’Neill (PhD coordinator)
Phil Winne
Alyssa Wise (Masters coordinator)
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Congratulations!
Jillianne Code (PhD Educational Psychology student) recently won a Graduate Student Research award
from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Studying and Self-Regulated Learning
Special Interest Group (SSRL SIG) for her research “Validating the Epistemic Belief Inventory Using Item
Response Theory “ at the annual meeting in April 2009.
Mahboubeh Asgari (PhD Curriculum Theory and Implementation)
recently represented SFU by presenting a paper at the 23rd AAOUAssociation of Open Universities - Annual Conference in Tehran,
Iran (her native country) from November 3 -5, 2009. There were
146 accepted papers, and six of them were selected to be finalists by
AAOU for the best paper award. Mahboubeh submitted the paper
“Students’ Evaluation of Success in an Online Mentoring Program”
and was chosen as one of the finalists. At the closing ceremony of
the conference, she received the silver medal from the president of
AAOu and a certificate from the Minister of Culture and Islamic
guidance of Iran. Mahboubeh’s paper was based on Tracking
Canada’s Past project, an online mentoring program directed by Dr.
Kevin O’Neill.
News from international programs
"In the mid-80’s, the Universitas Terbuka (UT), Indonesia’s first distance education University, and the Faculty of
Education (FoE) at Simon Fraser University, Canada, initiated a graduate program at SFU for Indonesian students. Dr.
Pak Setijati and Dr. John Ellis of UT and SFU respectively, designed and coordinated a Masters graduate program for
administrators, instructors and teacher education practitioners who worked and/or studied at UT. Many of these UT
Masters graduates are now senior administrators and academics with UT. This Spring 2010, International and Graduate Programs in the Faculty of Education are again welcoming administrators and educators from UT, this time for a
doctoral degree.
This graduate program seeks to encourage curriculum development and leadership to meet the national needs of Indonesia and to attend to the local cultural needs of inclusion and diversity in the country. As we understand it, the goal
for this doctoral program stems both from the social and educational priorities in the country and also from the desire
to support the initiatives made by the UT. This project also draws together and builds upon the activity currently underway by other universities in Indonesia and other groups attempting to address graduate programming through UT.
The need to modernize the teaching of basic subjects in secondary schools and universities also provides an impetus
for this project to use distance education to partly deliver these programs through Universitas Terbuka in various regions of Indonesia."
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student news
Library Information
did you know you can view new books and other items that the library has purchased at
http://troy.lib.sfu.ca/screens/newitems.html
Writing and Learning Support:
The Student Learning Commons (SLC) offers one-to one consultations (booked and drop in) and workshops on a wide range of academic writing, grammar, and learning topics and concerns. These include
writing strong introductions and conclusions, effective paraphrasing, self-proofing and editing, planning
a writing project, exam preparation, study skills, note-taking, time management - and much more. Visit
the SLC web site at http://learningcommons.sfu.ca/ for links to consultation and workshop registration,
as well as an extensive collection of handouts, streaming videos, and other strategies and tools.
Workshops: http://workshops.learningcommons.sfu.ca/workshops
Handouts: http://learningcommons.sfu.ca/tools/find.htm
Consultations: http://learningcommons.sfu.ca/services/consultations.htm
(In Fall 08, the SLC provided 883 consultations for SFU students, compared with 391in Fall 07.)
Library Research Support:
Effective library and information research depends on knowing how to search the library catalogue and
specialized databases, understanding when - and when not- to use tools such as Google and Wikipedia,
developing frames of reference to evaluate search results and information sources, and creating systems
to manage search results . The SFU Library offers a variety of skill-building and support services for
students, including library research skills classes, extensive subject research guides, RefWorks citation
management software, and in person and online assistance.
Workshops: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/tutorials/libskills.htm
Subject Guides: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/
Refworks: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchtools/refworks/
Have you got mail?
Check your graduate student mailbox for mail from the SFU Library, Office of Research Ethics, Scholarship Award Letters, Job Postings and much more. Graduate student mailboxes are located in the hallway
outside of the Graduate Programs general office, EDB 8655.
Centre for Educational Technology
EDB 8501 778-782-6608 www. educ.sfu.ca/cet
The Center for Educational Technology (CET) supports students who are working on degrees with resources and facilities useful for both research and active learning. The computer support and help desk
team frequently assist Master’s and PhD students with setting up computer, projector and other technical
items to present their defences. Drop by for a visit in January! By next semester they should have completed major renovations that further aid student use of the centre.
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student news
EWOB 2009
The annual Education With/Out Borders Symposium took place at its usual venue of Sasamat
Outdoor Center on the edge of the gorgeous Sasamat Lake in Belcarra Park, Port Moody, on
October 23 to 25th. A total of 22 presentations were delivered covering a wide range of topics.
These included aspects of art education, teacher inquiry and experience, international aspects
that incorporated Cambodia, philosophy, embodiment, literacy, and the outdoors to name
a few. The whole event took off with an inspirational opening address called ‘Leading for
Educational Change’ by the new Dean of the Faculty, Dr Kris Magnusson. His presentation set
the tone for the rest of the symposium.
As usual there were individual, collaborative and joint presentations between faculty and
graduate students. There were also workshops and discussion groups that tested ideas being
explored and work already carried out. Additionally, it was good to see new friendships being
made between graduate students. There was an interesting range of discussions that took place
at the Philosophers Café event on Friday evening. The panel discussion on Sunday morning
lasted for more than two hours and proved extremely useful and covered future EWOB themes
and formats. There was also a chance to socialize and ‘just hang out’ in the breath taking
scenery. All in all, EWOB 2009 lived up to its aims and provided new, more experienced
graduate students and faculty a chance to interact with each other and exchange ideas.
A special thank you needs to go out to everyone that attended, presented, organized and
supported EWOB 2009 from behind the scenes. These include the Dean’s office, Graduate
Programs office, International Programs office, EGSA and of course the EWOB 2009
Organizing Committee.
The date for next years EWOB has been tentatively set for October 22-24, 2010, so please
mark your calendars. More details to follow soon. See you there!!
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student news
International Students Working for Strong
Finish
The students of International Master of Education in TESL/FL Cohort 4 at the Faculty of Education, who are
from China, Korea, Taiwan and Thailand, have completed their study at SFU this November. The students
worked hard to prepare for the oral presentations on their comprehensive exams, which were given on
November 17th, 19th, 20th, and 21st. To celebrate the successful completion of the 18-month academic program,
the students will have the Closing Ceremony from 11:00 am to 2:30pm on Thursday, December 17th at
Diamond Alumni Centre. Friends and families of the students, instructors and alumni of the International M.Ed
program are also invited to that event.
On the other hand, the students from International M.Ed program Cohort 5, who are all from China, are
finishing their first semester at SFU. Those international students who arrived in Canada this July have
experienced lots of excitement and challenges in the past four months. Now they are busy writing their term
papers and looking forward to celebrating their first winter in Vancouver.
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CONVOCATION
convocation
CONGRATULATIONS
to the
October 2009
GRADUANDS
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
Dr. Kevin Sean Bespflug
Art Education
The Elementary School Musical as an Authentic, Integrated Performing Arts Experience
Senior Supervisor Dr. Yaroslav Senyshyn
Dr. Janice R. Billy
Back from the Brink: Decolonization Through the
Restoration of Secwepenc Language, Culture, and
Identity
Senior Supervisor Michael Manley-Casimir
Dr. Egan Chernoff
Math Education
Subjective Probabilities Derived from the Perceived
Randomness of Sequences of Outcomes
Senior Supervisor Dr. Rina Zazkis
Dr. Nym Annie-Elizabeth Hughes
It Unfolded Quite Wonderfully: A History of the
Certificate in Clonflict Resolution at the Justice
Institute of British Columbia: 1983-1993
Senior Supervisor Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones
Dr. Jan MacLean
Art Education
Re-Drawing the Line: Whole Inclusion Through the
Arts
Senior Supervisor Dr. Stuart Richmond
Dr. Gerald Edward Morton
How British Columbia School Superintendents
Manage Data
Senior Supervisor Dr. Milton McClaren
Dr. Lorna Louise Ramsay
Art Education
Pedogogy of Embodied Voice: Reflective Arts Performance in Special Needs and Teacher Education
Senior Supervisor Dr. Celeste Snowber
Dr. Phonesavanh Thepphasoulithone
Curriculum Theory & Implementation
Reforming Teacher Education
in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Senior Supervisor Allan MacKinnon
Dr. Jacqueline Frances C. Stokes
Practice Wisdom in Child Protection Decision
Making
Senior Supervisor Dr. Adam Horvath
December 2009
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convocation
MASTER OF EDUCATION
MASTER OF ARTS
Rebecca Christofferson
Brooke Douglas
Lindsey MacInnes
Liujing Mao
Hien Thi Nguyen
Stephen Nikleva
Andrea Wardrop
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Kevin Wells
MASTER OF EDUCATION
Cory Aitken
Stacey Anderson
Michael Arner
Teresa Atkinson
Brigitte Attali-Netherton
Heather Ayris
Gregory Batt
Kristin Beauregard
Richard Beetstra
Mary Berg
Norma-Jean Berg
Eric Bergeron
Hannah Bernardino
Sandra Birch
Frank Bovino
Dawn Britt
Anna Broadhurst
Ewa Brzezinski
Mario Carelse
Sundeep Kaur Chohan
Darryl Colvin
Jack deBad
Ian DeLong
Caroline DesLauriers
Supinder Dhaliwal
Tanya Dissegna
Bonny-Lynn Donovan
Deborah Endean
Kelly-Lyn Evans
Kirsten Farquhar
Jamie Flick
Lili Ge
Fabiana Gennari
Kristy Godo
Carla Harasymchuk
Tammy Harkey
Julia Hayos
Teresa Hootz
Helen Hristodoulakis
Rima Ibata
Rhonda Jones
Geoffry Kang
Johanne Kemp
Challayne Kenney
Laura Kenny
Mohinder Khaira
Robert Kruger
Michael Krystal
Marju Kuhi
Stephen LaPointe
Kevin Larkin
Anne-Marie Lascelles
Kangja Lee
Jasmine Lemon
Anna Lenarczyk
Stephen Leung
Steve Lobo
Gary Loosemore
Stephen Lowe
Catherine Ludwig
Shannon Macdonald
Laura MacNiven
Graham Magnusson
Desiree Maher-Schley
Jagbir Singh Mahli
Inderdeep Kaur Makkar
Cindylee Matthew
Hugh McDonald
Elaine McEachern
Alice McGrath
Brendan McLaughlin
Mari-Jane Medenwaldt
Patricia Miller
Bratislav Mladenovic
Monica Monus
Caroline Morin
Nancy Palejko
Callie Pasitney
Lorraine Patenaude
Carol Rechel
Robyn Rees-Yolkowski
Teresa Robson
Meredith Rusk
Claire Sabiston
Mark Sadlowski
Alfred Schaub
Lesa Schulz
Michele Secret
Atisa Setak
Jasvinder Shahi
Sylvia Showler
David Simington
Rina Simoncioni
Marianne Simpson
Caterina Sorace
Nicole Spencer
Marci Statham
Judy Stephenson
Manjit Sujan
Rabinder Sull
Julie Sutherland
Alan Tevely
Joanne Ward
William Ward
Emily White
Sharon Widdows
Sylvia Wong
Stacey Wyatt
Nancy Wyse
Erica Zaiser
December 2009
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convocation
December 2009
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convocation