IATHE - Eugene Rice Webcast

Event: 30th McGraw-Hill Ryerson National Teaching, Learning and Technology Conference
Type of Event: Keynote Conference Webcast
Date: May 14 - 16, 2007
Time: coming soon
Location: Concordia University Montreal, Québec
Notes: (This event will be archived on this page at 5:00pm (GMT -05:00) Eastern Canadian time for future viewing.)

Abstract
As educators we are keen to find out how we can help students to think more creatively. We would love to be able to inspire students to come up with new ideas and to become motivated and passionate about their work. However, as well as asking how to enhance their creative potential, we also need to think about why we want them to do so. Creative thinking techniques are highly effective, however they may be used equally to innovate and make the world a better place or to enable others to destroy our planet, kill one another, or increase the gap between rich and poor. The presentation will summarise Caroline Baillie's work in enhancing students' and teachers' creativity and will present some of the most effective strategies that promote very different ways of thinking. It will do so in the light of her current work on promoting social justice.

Speaker Bio:
Caroline is the Dupont Canada Chair of Engineering Education Research and Development at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario. She is cross appointed into Chemical Engineering, Sociology and Women's studies. Her role is to enhance the learning experience of engineering students across the Faculty whilst maintaining her research and teaching interests in education, materials science and engineering. She is particularly interested in ways in which science and engineering can help to create solutions for the environment as well as social problems. She hosts the 'Engineering and Social Justice' network with George Catalano. She has over 100 publications, papers and books in materials science and education. Her most recent books include a Woodhead publication, "Green Composites', a Routledge publication 'Effective learning and teaching in engineering' and an edited Campus volume 'Travelling facts: the social construction, distribution and accumulation of knowledge'.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://appsci.queensu.ca/ilc/people/baillie/