In Conversation with Michelle Skop: Finding New Ways to Learn Together
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Innovation in Teaching Award recipient Michelle Skop from Laurier’s Faculty of Social Work joins Mary Wilson, vice-provost of Teaching and Learning, in conversation to discuss bringing simulation-based education into the Social Work classroom, centring community in teaching, and creating classrooms that flourish by being open to possibility.
Laurier’s Donald F. Morgenson Awards for Teaching Excellence honour those who, through their commitment to exemplary teaching, have made significant contributions to the educational experience of Laurier students. Recipients are recognized for both long-standing and early-career excellence, for being classroom innovators and mentors, and for embedding internationalization into their curriculum and pedagogy.
Discussion Resources
- "From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces: A New Way to Frame Dialogue Around Diversity and Social Justice," by Brian Arao and Kristi Clemens [PDF]
- "Moral education and caring," by Nel Noddings
- "Critical Pedagogy in a Time of Fascist Tyranny," by Henry Giroux
- Pedagogy of the oppressed, by Paulo Freire
Recorded July 2022
20 episodes