Paul Axelrod, a professor emeritus at 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Education, recently lent his expertise on the origins of the public education system during an interview on CBC News' IDEAS podcast. The discussion, which took place on the second episode of the series, provided an in-depth look at the historical development of schooling and higher education.

For those intrigued by educational history and its impact on society, Professor Axelrod's insights offer a compelling exploration of the forces that have shaped our educational institutions.

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A number of our faculty and staff will be presenting at AERA’s 2021 virtual annual meeting, April 8 – 12, 2021.

THURSDAY APRIL 8, 2021

Unpacking Early Childhood Education With a Critical Lens
3:00 to 4:00pm EDT
Childhood Innocence and Experience: Memory, Discourse, Practice
Lisa Farley

Exploring the Experiences of Black School Leaders and Their Work
3:00 to 4:00pm EDT
Im/possibilities of Antiracist Leadership: Black and Brown Leaders in White Spaces
Vidya Shah and Nada Aoudeh

FRIDAY APRIL 9, 2021

Future Teachers Reimagining the Possibilities of Curriculum and Pedagogy
9:30 to 10:30am
The Dreamwork of Childhood Memory: The Futures Teachers Make From the Schooling Past (Roundtable Session)
Lisa Farley

Facilitating Education Change Through Various Perspectives
9:30 to 10:30am EDT
Growing Innovation in Rural Sites of Learning: The Role of Professional Learning Networks in Educational Change
Graham Giles (Roundtable)

SATURDAY APRIL 10, 2021

Accepting the Responsibility to Examine and Innovate With Frameworks Used in Education Research
10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
Molade Osibodu (Chair)

Explorations of Past and Future: Narrative Spaces of Teaching and Learning
2:30 to 4:00pm EDT
Making Space for Democratic Dissensus: Futures Curricula and Speculative World-Building in Education
Brittany Tomin

District-Level Reforms for Equity: Politics and Implementation Challenges
2:30 to 4:00pm EDT
Subverting Whiteness: Beliefs, Knowledges, and Competencies of Midlevel, Antiracist District Leaders
Vidya Shah and Nada Aoudeh

Education at the Borders: Rights, Refugees, and Responsibilities
4:10 to 5:40pm EDT
The Rights and Personhood of Other People's Children (Paper)
Aparna Mishra Tarc

The University, Teacher Education, and Bearing Witness at the Border When Political Institutions Fail
Mario DiPaolantonio

SUNDAY APRIL 11, 2021

Reading Critical Pedagogies, Reading Paulo Freire
2:30 to 4:00pm EDT
A Note on Free Association as Transference to Reading
Deborah Britzman

MONDAY APRIL 12, 2021

Accepting Responsibility for (In)Equity in Education? Critical Policy Analysis Across Contexts
9:30 to 11:00am EDT
Shifting Meanings: The Struggle Over Private Funding of Public Schools in Alberta, Canada
Sue Winton

Examining Black Girls' Educational Experiences Across Three Differing Contexts
9:30 to 11:00am EDT
Africa, Our Motherland; Mathematics Classrooms, Our Oppressive Space
Molade Osibodu

Science Teaching and Learning: Socioscientific Issues (SSIs)
11:10am to 12:40pm EDT
New Materialisms in High School Science
Darren Hoeg

Poster Session
11:10am to 12:10pm EDT
Instructors' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices in Blended Courses
Ron Owston and Taru Malhotra

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