Investigating Our Practices~Regina 2016~Hosted by Faculty

February 26 and 27 brought undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, K – 12 teachers and others in the field of education together for the second annual Investigating Our Practices ~ Regina conference. On Friday evening, after a wine and cheese reception, Dr. James McNinch brought the keynote presentation entitled, “The (Un)Common Places of Teaching. Saturday included breakfast and lunch and a wide range of presentations, workshops and roundtable discussions on important topics, including:

Saskatchewan Drama Ed Assoc. Resources
Planning Strategies for History and Content of First Nations and Treaty Education
Embodied Methods of Understanding Math
The Kinds of Knowledge and Ways of Knowing that are of Value in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
Sensing Art: Community Programming
From the Void to the Voice
Integration over Assimilation: The Need for a Response by our Education System to the Refugee Crisis
Rethinking Behaviour Management: Choice/Control Theory and Moving Toward Positive Student/Teacher Relationships
Hip Hop Hoop Dance Teachers’ Package
Gaga as Movement Practice for Improvisation and Beyond
Adult Literacy Matters: Addressing a Program Gap
Faculty Perspectives on Teaching in Higher Education: A Case Study
Ready or Not: Cooperating Teachers and Stories of Experience
Rethinking Behaviour Management: Choice/Control Theory and Moving Toward Positive Student/Teacher Relationships
Collective Storytelling, Lifewriting and Literary Métissage
Teacher Inquiry and Indigenous Knowledge Practices
Witness Not Tourist: Our Journey in Working Toward Reconciliation
Teaching Strategies Tried and True from Internship Experience
Teaching Money Management/Personal Finances in a Life Transitions 30 class
Regina’s Art Supply Exchange and Reuse Initiatives
What Do We Say to Children: The Use of Children’s Picture Books for Truth, Decolonization, and Reconciliation
Academic Publishing: A Managing Editor’s Perspective
Of Land and Living Skies: A Community Journal
Animating Children through Extra-Curricular Programs

The conference was well-attended so that each presentation had a good sized group of participants. As icing on the cake (the cake being interesting presentations and conversations), numerous door prizes and great food created a fun and energetic atmosphere. Many thanks to the 2016 IOP Conference Organizing Committee: Kathryn Ricketts, Valerie Triggs, Cindy Rice, Wendy Peart, Keith Adolph, Michele Sorensen & Audray-Anne Montpetit

Twitter hashtag #iopregina2016