Andre Ivanov, Professor and Head, Applied Science
Email: ivanov@ece.ubc.ca
Website: http://www.ece.ubc.ca/%7Eivanov/
Area of Research:
Assessing overall program quality and effectiveness in our electrical engineering curriculum and subsequent ability to develop and implement continuous improvement methodologies.
Andrew Riseman, Associate Professor, Plant Breeding and Agroecology
Email: ariseman@interchange.ubc.ca
Website: http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/faculty-members/member/Andrew%20Riseman%20M
Tegan Adams, Research Assistant
Email: tegan@interchange.ubc.ca
Area of Research:
- Overall best practices in CBAR
- We would like to assess our 2nd and 4th year students’ experiences with CBAR in our LFS core courses. Our assessment will be based on results of surveys of students’ views on CBAR in their 2nd year as we would like to further understand:
- Gaps in knowledge between 2nd and 4th year students (i.e. have they learned anything?)
- What students would do differently in CBAR (based on their experiences)
- What a model CBAR approach will look like for our courses. (best practices)
- Join 1 and 2 to find best practices initially for LFS series coursework and others.
Annette Berndt, Senior Instructor, Faculty of Applied Science (Engineering)
Email: ayberndt@apsc.ubc.ca
Area of Research:
Problem-oriented learning, global citizenship, sustainability, professional skills development, engineering communication issues in humanitarian environments, Community Service-Learning/Community-Based Research
Grant Charles, MSW, PhD. Associate Professor and Chair of Field Education, School of Social Work
Email: gcharles@interchange.ubc.ca
Website: http://www.socialwork.ubc.ca/index.php?id=11563
Area of Research
This project will develop a framework for understanding the ‘process’ of the ethics of international educational experiences. Specifically I am interested in answering the following questions:
- What ethical dilemmas do students experience prior to going on International Service Learning (ISL) projects, what are the dilemmas they experience during their time there and what are their ethical dilemmas they experience upon their return?
- How do the dilemmas differ or vary, if at all, from stage to stage?
- What supports do the students need at each stage of the process to be able to successfully navigate through the ethical dilemmas they encounter during their ISL experience?
Jolanta Aleksejuniene, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Dentistry
Email: jolantaa@interchange.ubc.ca
Area of Research:
The research question “Outcomes of undergraduate community service-based dental education: a community perspective”. The specific aims of this present study are:
- To evaluate specifics of the impact student community service has on the communities they serve.
- To evaluate which community partnerships have a mutually beneficial effect and which need to be improved.
- To explore avenues for strengthening the partnerships between students and communities.
- To identify specific areas for improvement.
Karen Gardner, Assistant Clinical Professor, Oral Health Sciences
Email: drkg@interchange.ubc.ca
Website: www.dentportfolio.com
Area of Research:
- Global citizenship through social communication, interaction and technology – knowledge, interaction, skills, attitudes.
- The International Peer Review assignment as an effective learning tool
- The concept of BLOGGing as part of lifelong learning
Kathryn Zeiler & Liane Chen, Instructors, Departments of Botany and Zoology
Email: zeilerk@interchange.ubc.ca, a href=”mailto:lchen@zoology.ubc.ca”>lchen@zoology.ubc.ca
Website:
http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/person/zeiler
http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/person/lchen
http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/instructor.html
Area of Research:
We are interested in identifying and validating which aspects of a third year cell or molecular biology laboratory course will promote critical thinking and problem solving skills. We would like to analyze the effect on student learning of designing a lab course that includes key features of a true research experience.
Marina Milner-Bolotin, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education
Email: mailto:mmilner@interchange.ubc.ca
Website: http://blogs.ubc.ca/mmilner/
Area of Research:
- Design and evaluation of technology-enhanced learning environments for:
- for science and mathematics teaching at middle-school to college levels
- for training in-service and pre-service teachers;
- Creating a community of practice of science educators interested in exploring effective ways of incorporating technology in teaching and learning and investigating the effects of this community on the quality of teaching and learning science.
Niamh Kelly, Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Email: niamh@interchange.ubc.ca
Website: http://www.pathology.ubc.ca/NewPathology/AssociateProfessor/Niamh_Kelly.html
Area of Research:
My TSP research project involves optimising reflection exercises for a community-based science communication course. The central research question is: what makes for good reflective exercises in a science teaching, service learning course?
Susan Nesbit, Senior Instructor, Dept of Civil Engineering
Email: nesbit@interchange.ubc.ca
Website:
http://www.civil.ubc.ca/people/faculty/nesbit/index.html
http://blogs.ubc.ca/nesbit/
Area of Research:
- Impacts of Community Service Learning on communities-of-interest
- The influence of Community Service Learning on the professional attitudes and beliefs of students
