Program for 2016 - 2017
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Phi Delta Kappa invites you to our April Dinner Meeting:
How Teachers (Ex)perience Becoming Teachers:
A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study
Dr. Ivon Prefontaine will share the results and themes that emerged from his hermeneutic phenomenological dissertation and research study. This presentation will explore three questions:
- How do certain teachers understand and describe how they experienced becoming a teacher?
- How do the themes that emerged from this research inform classroom teaching practices, policy planning and implementation, future research?, and
- How might this research inform how post-secondary institutes prepare teachers at a time when teachers are leaving the profession at alarming rates?
This presentation is of interest to teachers, district leaders, policy makers, educational researchers, and those who prepare teachers.
Ivon Prefontaine received his PhD in 2017 from Gonzaga University. He is interested in how teachers experience and describe becoming a teacher as an autobiographical narrative, how they experience using curriculum, pedagogy, and digital tools, and how this might inform policy and practice. Ivon has taught for over two decades in the Edmonton area.
Cost: $35.00 member; $40.00 non-member (payable on arrival – cheque, credit card, cash)
Parking in Lot V (access from 116 Street, ½ block south of Sask. Drive) @ $2.50
Email dolainekoch@shaw.ca by Wednesday, April 18 to reserve your seat or call 780-477-0170 and leave a message.
Not A PDK Member? Not a problem.
The U of A Chapter of PDK would like as many local educators as possible to attend this dinner topic and special induction of new members - so we are offering seats at a price only slightly above what members pay. That said, we are currently in the middle of a membership drive and would really like more Edmonton-area educators (teachers, administrators, students, researchers, teacher educators, ministry officials, and post-secondary instructors) to consider joining our organization. We are a small but vibrant organization of local educators from every role and experience level and we are dedicated to educational leadership, service and research.
Interested in Joining Us? It’s as easy as 1, 2, & 3.
- Read the attached brochure on PDK or visit our website.
- Contact Charlotte Rode to learn how you join our group and make an immediate impact. charrode@shaw.ca
- Complete the online registration process and to start receiving our updates and invitations, our newsletters, and the Kappan Magazine.
Feel free to forward this email or the attached poster to other educators who may be interested in participating. You are also welcome to print the poster and share it/post it.
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