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Developing Minds 2021
Place-Based and Experiential Learning
Schedule
This conference will take place online. Draft schedule subject to change.
TIME |
EVENT |
SPEAKER / TITLE |
| 8:00am | Check-in/Registration | Virtual Conference opens for networking |
8:30am
|
Welcome to SFU |
Welcome and land acknowledgement |
9:00am |
Keynote - Live Presentation |
|
| Keynote | Simona Capisani - Philosophy and Inclusive Pedagogy | |
9:30am |
Q&A for Keynote | |
9:50am |
Coffee Break | |
10:10am |
PowerTalk Breakout Sessions | Moderated interactive sessions addressing PowerTalks and workshops to develop practical lesson plans |
11:00am |
Panel summaries and reporting out from breakout sessions Final Q&A |
|
11:45am |
Summary and closing remarks | |
| Networking on virtual platform |
|
|
12:00pm |
Conference Closes |
Speaker and Breakout Sessions
Breakout sessions - these are small group, interactive roundtables with other delegates, moderated by a speaker or conference team member and based around the materials shown below.
- Breakout 1: Simona Capisani (keynote speaker) Philosophy and Inclusive Pedagogy
- Breakout 2: Lara Campbell (Conference Organizer) exploration of keynote presentation
- Breakout 3: Gillian Judson (PowerTalk presenter) Walking Classroom.
- Breakout 4: Calder Cheverie (PowerTalk presenter) Story-telling in maker-pedagogy
- Breakout 5: David Barnum (PowerTalk Presenter) Rethinking Learning Environments: Community as Classroom.
- Breakout 6: Lori Villeneuve (PowerTalk presenter) Connection to land for a more authentic journey towards Reconciliation
- Breakout 7: Discussion and sharing on experiential and place-based learning with a local knowledge holder
- Breakout 8: Tiffany Muller Myrdahl (PowerTalk presenter) explore sense of place, safety, and belonging through mental mapping
- Breakout 9: Sean Zwagerman (Developing Minds 2018) General discussion for developing practical strategies
- Breakout 10: Paula Rosehart (Conference Organizer)- Exploration generated from Cheverie, Villeneuve and Barnum PowerTalks
About Developing Minds
Recent changes in the BC education curriculum established 'Critical Thinking' as a core teaching approach throughout K-12 classrooms. Students benefit from a rich community of inquiry that promotes deeper understanding of curriculum content and equips them with valuable life skills. School systems already using this approach have documented success using a number of outcome metrics.
Critical thinking skills transfer readily from the classroom into post-secondary education, and beyond. Not only do they enhance learning outcomes but students also gain a competitive advantage in the job market by acquiring skills in critical, creative and collaborative thinking frequently sought by modern employers.
The Developing Minds conference seeks to open up discussion among provincial education stakeholders keen to explore how teaching critical thinking in K-12 classrooms transfers into post-secondary education for student benefit.
Simon Fraser University presents a day of roundtable discussion and keynote presentations on teaching critical thinking within BC’s education system, with a focus on connecting creative thinking with critical thinking skills in the classroom. Attendees will hear from keynote speakers with direct experience, and then collaborate to build a provincial framework of reference.