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Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP)

Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP)

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CSLP Speaker Series: David R. Garcia on Teaching Truth to Power: How to Engage in Education Policy

In this politically charged environment academics may exercising their voice to “speak truth to power,” but even a cursory view of research use in policymaking reveals that few are listening. This talk provides a unique perspective of research and policymaking that addresses the problems with research for policy use, the opportune time to build relationships with politicians, how to enlist allies, writing for policy audiences, and what to do once you get in the door. The talk is filled with concrete insights from David R. Garcia (Arizona State University) based on his book (Teach Truth to Power) and policy experiences working as a legislative analyst, top public education official, and 2018 Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate for the state of Arizona.

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A Proportional Response to Threats of Violence by Elementary and Secondary School Students

For safety reasons, school authorities often use out-of-school suspension or transfer when students make threats of violence or act in ways that suggest they pose a danger to others. However, educational research has found that school removal is not an effective strategy and can be over-used on students who did not pose a serious threat. Professor Cornell of the University of Virginia will present a protocol widely used by school staff in U.S. and Canadian schools to conduct assessments that distinguish serious threats from threats that are not serious and to respond proportionally based on the circumstances and context of the student’s behavior. Research conducted in more than 4,000 schools has found this protocol to be a safe and effective way to respond to student threats and to focus on providing support services for students rather than removing them from school.

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Recent Events Coverage

The complexities of teaching language in a plurilingual context explored at recent conference

2nd annual Pedagogical Innovation Awards held at the CSLP as two teachers are honoured

Martin Lalonde to launch interdisciplinary lab on extended realities (XR) with inaugural speed colloquium

Plurilingualism in Education: 2-day conference to explore strategies and best practices begins June 10

CSLP members tackle the critical pedagogies needed to combat disinformation at recent conference

Brad Nelson to explore multi-layered authorship at upcoming workshop

Online webinar delves into the intricacy of plural representation in socially engaged art

Quentin Wheeler-Bell joins the Speaker Series to discuss the backlash against Critical Race Theory

The ethics of allyship explored in latest Unveiling Equity workshop

EmpowerGrad workshops wrap up with sharing session on March 25

Unveiling Equity workshops conclude with online experiment in representation on March 28

On s’écoute campaign launches March 19 at the 4th Space

Dan Mamlok to discuss education in polarizing times at the Speaker Series on March 12

Allyship to be explored in latest Unveiling Equity workshops on March 18

Structural racism and Black feminism the focus of the first Unveiling Equity workshops

Working in the field of education in Quebec the focus of latest EmpowerGrad workshop

Maya Goldenberg joins the Speaker Series to discuss public science communications and the infodemic

Taiaiake Alfred discusses his life and new book at the CSLP Speaker Series

Concordia multimedia arts collective BANAL to debut interdisciplinary performance at the MAI

Challenges and injustices for women in education explored in latest EmpowerGrad workshop

Self-care emphasized during Silent Grieving event held at CSLP on November 11

Art Education students invite you to ponder How To Come Home at the CSLP on November 22

CSLP hosts two BIPOC Day workshops for Le Projet PARR

Bureau of Noncompetitive Research at PHI Foundation opens on November 2

CSLP graduate students to host workshop on Women in the Field of Education

EmpowerGrad Workshops Kick off with Session on Quebec Education

CSLP Speaker Series kicks off with John Rudolph on science education

CSLP Hosted the Imagined Bodies Conference on September 15

Philip Abrami and the Learning Toolkit Celebrated as Robert Cassidy Takes the Reigns

CSLP Welcomes Mike Dixon for Workshop on Record Cutting

"No Outsides: Metal in an Era of Contagion" Conference Rocked Concordia in June

"Underground Arts as a Catalyst for Pluralism in an Era of Polarization" - Summer Institute Concludes

Report from OBSTACLES, a Multidisciplinary Art Residency

CSLP Hosts First Pedagogical Innovation Awards

 
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